Davy was looking forward to his return to Dundrod after a four-year absence due to his Manx Grand Prix commitments and injury. The fast flowing circuit suits his riding style and he was hopeful of some good results on all three machines, Ballygowan & District Road Racing Supporters Club 250cc Honda, Investasure Financial Services R6 Yamaha and the Touchwood Consulting ZX10 Kawasaki.

Practice did not go well in the perfect conditions on Wednesday with little niggling machine problems and Davy struggling to pick up the circuit again after being away, especially with all the safety improvements causing all sorts of problems and very disappointing qualifying positions.

On Thursday morning the weather had changed for the worse and two laps practice on the Superbike was all the time on circuit as it was impossible to learn anything more in the awful conditions. The AJN Plumbing Contracts Dundrod 150 Superbike Race was on Thursday afternoon and things did not get much better resulting in a retirement on the opening lap, when slick tyres were the wrong option.

Race Day and Davy, was looking for a change of luck, which did not come. In his first race, the Run for Yer Maun Supersport Race a stone hit the helmet on lap one and knocked one side of the visor out, Davy tried to fix it, but the whole thing came out on his hand and had no choice, but to retire. The Street Sweep 250cc Race gave Davy his only finish of the week in a disappointing eighth place after riding the wheels of the little Honda on the brakes and round the corners. Davy commented, “I passed Darren (Burns) and Richardson on the bends down in to Leathemstown, but half way up the hill they just went past me again, the wee bike is just not quick enough”.

In Road Racing Ireland UGP Superbike Race Davy was running in the top fifteen and had just done his first lap over 120mph and was confident of going faster on the Touchwood Consulting ZX10 when the rain started and the race was stopped. For the restart the wrong tyres were chosen for conditions around the circuit and after things looking pretty good in the early part of the race, a frustrating DNF was the result and a realization that it was just going to be one of those awful race meetings you get from time to time.

Shrugging his shoulders and totally depressed on Saturday evening Davy said, “One to forget.”

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