Davy with partner Trudy, Stuart and No.1 fan Harry, made the long eight-hour trip to the south east of Ireland to make his first appearance at the Faugheen Road Races. With the 750cc limit at Faugheen there were only two bikes packed in the van, the Investasure/John Bell R6 and the Ballygowan & District RR Supporters Club 250cc Honda.

Practice was used to learn the circuit and Davy took to the circuit quickly and qualified well on both machines and was looking forward to some good results on Race Day. It was the 250 Junior Race first and a second place finish behind Ryan guaranteed the retention of the lead in the Street Sweep 2 Stroke Racing Supporters Club Championship, but Darren Burns passed Richard Britton on the final lap, which meant a share in the July Mini Series between Davy and Darren with a 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place finish each.

The R6 Yamaha was next on the grid for the 600cc Supersport Races and in both the Championship and Non-Championship races Davy finished second to the man on fire at the moment, Ryan Farquhar on his MSS Discovery Kawasaki. The now customary post Championship Race farce started and Davy was again excluded from the race result despite proving that his bike was Regal Spec. Davy appealed the decision, but it was rejected and it has left the Saintfield man with a dilemma when it comes to riding in the 600cc Races in the Southern Centre run races.

The Grand Final saw that man Farquhar disappear off at the front again, with Davy having a terrific battle for second with Cameron Donald and John Burrows. Despite all his efforts our man had to settle for fourth as he could not compete with the straight line speed of the tuned 600cc machine of Donald and the 750cc Suzuki of Burrows. Fourth place was okay and added to the other results was enough to give Davy another Best Newcomer Award.

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Despite a successful weekend an angry Davy commented, “We arrived really late on Friday night and even though it was dark we took a run around the circuit in the van and I thought to myself I will never get the hang of this, there seemed to be bales lining the circuit everywhere. Trudy told me not to be silly and that I would love the place, as always she was right I absolutely loved the circuit there were fast flowing corners and it was not like the previous circuits were you just gun it corner to corner than slam on the brakes.”

“The racing was superb and i had some brilliant results with only Ryan (Farquhar) beating me in three of my four outings. The exclusion and appeal thing with my Regal Spec 600cc Yamaha got a bit nasty though and spoiled a bit, what was a very enjoyable weekend. The way it was handled and the fact I was given my appeal money back, I think says it all. A few people within the Southern Centre need to look at their attitude towards us, so much so that I think we will be giving the Dundalk Road Race a miss. They are now telling me that I do not have a 600cc machine that I can ride in the Southern Centre. I don’t want to go in to the details, but the Dyno man even offered to write a letter stating that my bike was standard and within the rules. It’s a case of what do I do now as everyone knows there were tuned bikes out there yet I am the one excluded and my bike is Regal Spec.”