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After the disappointment of saturdays practice postponement due to the weather,
the 2010 TT got underway for real with
the first timed session and Davy was ready
to go. With it being the first time on
track at race speeds it was a case of
getting in some solid laps, checking out
the track and getting a feel of the bikes
around the mountain Circuit especially
with two new ones.
Davy brought the CSC Branson R1 Superstock
Yamaha to the line to get his 2010 assault
underway and despite a lot of traffic
and checking out the bits of new tarmac
he managed a lap in 19 min 25.90 sec @
a speed of 116.500mph, which is a really
good starting point and the 22nd quickest
time of the evening in the Superstock
Class. After one lap Davy pulled in and
after a quick change over it was out on
the Strangford Holiday Park GSXR1000 Suzuki
and with it being a totally new bike to
Davy around the 37 3/4 mile circuit he
was looking for another solid lap.
As he set off down Bray Hill he knew
almost immediately he was going to the
love the bike and 19 min 11.83 secs later
he was back at the Grandstand with a lap
@ 117.924mph and a big smile knowing that
he can weather permitting go a lot faster.
The time gave him 21st in the Superbike
standings. Again he only did one lap as
he wanted to get a lap on all three bikes
to get a feel for them all.
His final lap of the session was on the
CSC Branson R6 Supersport Yamaha and again
it was a solid lap without pushing and
putting the wee bike through too much
abuse first time out. He managed a lap
@ 115.600mph in 19 min 34.98 sec and was
good enough for the 15th quickest time
in the class, not a bad result for a run
round.
Commenting after a satisfied Davy commented,
"Its the first night of practice,
i was not concerned about my times and
others can do what they like, but for
us it was a session just to get back in
to the circuit and get a feel of where
we are going with the bikes. The R1 Yamaha
needs more work as it is still not handling
great, the Suzuki is class and the R6
Yamaha feels good so we are looking forward
with a lot of positives. We have a few
minor things to try and adjust, but on
the whole we are happy with how the session
went. Hopefully it will be dry tomorrow
and we will start to up the speeds and
i will have a bit more to tell you all."
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