Kells was the next stop for Davy and the Road Race circus, a circuit once described as having three straights, three corners and two jumps. It’s a great weekend that all the riders and spectators alike enjoy and Davy was looking to improve on his Walderstown performance. You need quick machinery, very good brakes or extreme bravery to achieve good results in this neck of the woods.

Davy rode the wheels off the Ballygowan RRSC 250 Honda in his first outing of the day in the Street Sweep 2 Stroke Racing SC Race. He was down on top speed to rivals Darren Burns and Barry Davidson, but his riding ability kept him in touch throughout, but in the end he had to settle for the final step of the podium less than one second behind race winner Burns. The Investasure/John Bell Yamaha was ridden to third place in the Irish Championship 600cc Race, but it was all to no avail as an exclusion from the results followed for not letting the bike be inspected after the race.

The frustration of the previous race had to be put to the back of the mind as the Touchwood Consulting Kawasaki was brought to the line for the Open Race. It was another step forward with a ninth place finish and a fastest lap just 2.5 seconds down on the quickest lap of the race. Davy’s last race on the day was the Non-Championship 600 Race and another solid top six finish was achieved coming in fourth behind Farquhar, Martin and Archibald, not bad company to be keeping.

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With mixed feelings Davy commented later, “The exclusion was a real spoiler, they wanted to strip the bike after the race, but I would not let them as I would not have had enough time to put it back together for the non-championship race. I offered to let it be put on the dyno, but they were adamant they wanted to strip it, so that was that. The other results were very pleasing and I suppose on the whole it was a very good weekend with three top six finishes, all be it with one taken away and most importantly another step forward with the Touchwood Consulting Kawasaki.”

“We now lead the Overall and July Mini Series of the Street Sweep 2 Stroke Racing Supporters Club Championships, which would be really nice to win. The July Mini Series finishes at Faugheen so I will have to make the very long trip to make my debut there and defend my position”