The last two nights practice on Friday and Saturday were to turn out less successful for Davy Morgan Racing with machine breakdowns and dodgy track conditions bringing practice week to a dissappointing end.

The weather on Friday night was good and Davy was looking to get another three laps completed, on the CSC Branson 560cc Honda, 1045cc Rick Abbott Kawasaki and mannmade group 250cc Honda. Davy headed off down Glencrutchery Road on the Senior Classic Honda with hopes high, but again, the bike broke down after Glen Helen and to add more dissappointment to the evening by the time he got back to the paddock the session was over and so he could not get out on the Abbott Kawasaki. He did however get back to take the mannmade Honda out in the second session and completed a lap at 107.929mph, not on pace with practice leader Sayle, but it is only practice.

Saturday and the riders were greeted to damp roads and a diesel spill so practice was severly cut, which put even more pressure on. The only priortity for Davy Morgan Racing was to get a lap on the Post Classic Abbott Kawasaki to get it qualified and ready to race on Monday. With the head gasket going earlier in the week everyone was anxious as Davy headed off down Bray Hill on his last opportunity to get the business done in this class. Unfortunately it was not to be when the clutch packed up and it was a retirement at Ballacraine. This was a real dissappointment for the whole team and an unwanted premature end to MGP practice.

Speaking on Sunday a dissappointed Davy said, "Things had been going pretty well during the middle of the week with some reasonable times and compltede laps, but things just went a bit off at the end and more problems with the Senior Classic and Post Classic machines. I am really dissappointed for Rick (Abbott) as he has put a lot of time, money and effort into the Kawasaki, but with only getting 10 miles completed on it we all feel that it would not be right to race it for safety reasons as i really do not know how the bike will react, lets hope i get another chance to see what it can do. We can do no more now so its now just fingers crossed for some dry weather and some race finishes"

"Its now down to racing on Monday and the Junior Classic and hopefully at the very least a finish for Steve (Caffyn) on the CSC Branson 350cc Honda, we are eighth quickest in practice so hopefully a leaderboard finish as well. Earlier in the week it did not seem to be running right, but Steve has traced the problem back to a spark plug that has been detonated to bits so it seems to be going better now, we will find out tomorrow.

Pic: Martyn Parnell