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It was back north next for Davy Morgan Racing and the popular Mid-Antrim 150 Road Races, not Davy's favourite circuit but one that certainly challenges the rider. After recent disappointments and Kells wash-out, Davy was looking forward to getting some solid results in all classes around the clough circuit.

It was not to be the case as first of all heavy rain on friday meant that the roads were wet and all practice was untimed and each rider only had to complete five laps to qualify for Saturdays racing. Davy completed his five laps early on the Strangford Holiday Park Suzuki to ensure the new engine was okay and then headed home for a good nights sleep and the hope of dry roads on Saturday.

Race Day and Davy would start from pole position on both the Strangford Holiday Park Suzuki and DM#71RCSC 250cc Honda and on the second row on the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha due to his current championship positions. After a delay as the organisers power hosed part of the course to try and remove the mud, the first two races ran dry. As the Open Race riders including Davy came to the line however the heavens opened and the start was delayed due to the amount of running water on the track. With tyres changed Davy made a reasonable start, but the conditions were bad and he nursed the GSXR1000 Suzuki home to a disappointing seventh place finish. When he came in the bike was filthy and his visor was like a car windscreen after you have got mud on it and used wiper blades without water, visbility was awful.

The Junior 250cc Race was the very next race and he gave it another go in the slightly improved weather conditions, but it was probably worse track conditions with wet and dry all round, add to that the fact that the 250cc Honda was not running just right he had to settle for his lowest finish of the year in this class in fourth.

A disillusioned and frustrated Davy speaking afterwards commented, "I'm sorry, but that was not for me today if you went of the single racing line the track was really dirty and really slippy. The Suzuki was a real handful and after the 250 race i decided that unless the track was dry i would not go out again. I apologise to all my sponsors and supporters, but i was just not comfortable with the track conditions, hopefully we will now get a dry couple of weeks and get back to racing at Armoy and Dundrod."

pic : Joe Connolly