| It was the long trek across England
to the Steve Henshaw Gold Cup meeting
at Scarborough for the final Road Race
of the season that was the pneultimate
outing for Davy Morgan Racing in 2010.
Its looked upon as very much a holiday
meeting with a chance to mix racing and
a bit of relaxation after the intensity
of a long season.
The team left base at around 8:00am on
Friday morning and arrived at the paddock
at 7:15pm and preceeded to set-up. Saturday
brought a cold morning, but at least a
dry track as practice got underway. It
did not start well as the chilly conditions
meant that the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha could
not be got up to temperature and with
really short sessions there was no chance
to pull in and get some more tape on the
radiator so it would be a back row start
in the heat. Things went a bit better
on the Strangford Holiday Park Suzuki
when he qualified tenth for his heat despite
only completing two laps when a front
brake problem forced Davy to call the
session short. The 250cc / Minitwins Practice
was last for Davy and after a major seizure
at Killalane the previous weekend most
of the session was spent running in the
re-built mannmade Honda and a dissappointing
14th overall and the seventh quickest
250 machine was the result.
Racing started well with a pretty uneventful
run to tenth place on the Strangford Holiday
Park Suzuki in the first Heat of the Superbikes
and qualification for the Final. The 250cc
Race was next and a poor start saw Davy
well down the field at the end of the
opening lap, but he got his head down
and managed to eventually pick off a number
of riders and get himself up to fourth
place at the flag. There was dissappointment
next time on track when he was forced
to retire on the third lap of the Superbike
Final when tyre problems meant that the
bike was all over the place. Dissappointment
turned to frustration in what turned out
to be Davy's final outing of the day in
his Supersport Heat. On the CSC Branson
R6 Yamaha Davy made a lighting start and
from the back of the grid found himself
mid pack going into Mere Hairpin, then
a rider went down in front of him and
Davy was jammed between the fallen bike
and the bank. By the time the bike was
moved the pack was well up the hill and
Davy was dead last. Once again he got
his head down and managed to get himself
up to twelfth over the four lap sprint,
but not enough to qualify for the final.
Salt was rubbed into the wounds when the
rider who came off and blocked Davy was
one of the invited riders in the final.
Sunday was a non-event for Davy when
wet and slippy conditions meant that the
team did not have the correct tyres to
go out and the correct decision was taken
to sit out racing and so that was the
Gold Cup and 2010 Road Race Season over
and the team packed up and headed for
Cairnryan and the boat home. |

pic : Maria Crawley |
| Speaking on the trip home Davy Commented,
"That was a frustrating day the
conditions were not not good and there
was a lot of leavesand water on the track
so i decided that it was not for me. Saturday
went okay and i was having some fun. I
love racing and i really enjoyed the run
on the 250 and the CSC Branson R6 was
brilliant and was having a good time on
it before the incident which put paid
to any hopes of making the final, i thought
i might have got an invite to the final,
but it went to a Yorkshireman. There were
a few niggly problems with the Strangford
Holiday Park Suzuki which made things
difficult, but we got there before the
tyre went off. So a mixed end to a long
and successful season."
"Thats our road race season
over, but we have a run out at Thruxton
on the first weekend in October to show
our appreciation to the sponsors from
that part of the world who cannot get
to any of the road races in Ireland or
Isle of Man. I want to thank everyone
who has helped me this year especially
my sponsors without whom i could not make
it on track. CSC Branson - Steve &
Chris (Caffyn) and the team including
Paul from Branson Honda & Yamaha,
United Asphalt, Jet Plant, Inlay, Wenlock,
SC Surfacing, Inglewood Hotel. My other
main sponsors Trevor (Matthewson) of Strangford
Holiday Park, Davy Morgan #71 Road Race
Supporters Club and 01RaceFX Graphics.
My personal sponsors LaMon House Hotel,
Quoile Fuels Ltd, EJ Tractors, Arai Helmets,
Rock Oil and NGK. Thankyou for all your
support, without it Davy Morgan Racing
would not exist, i hope i have gave you
something to smile about in 2010 and hope
we can continue our association in 2011
and maybe add a few others to help share
the load."
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