Samsung Crescent Racing's Jon Kirkham raced to two sixth place finishes today at the ninth round of the 2011 British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park. Significantly Kirkham has regained his speed, finishing the second race just three-seconds behind the winner in what was a very tightly fought race. His points haul lifted him to seventh in the championship, just missing out on the top-six Title Fighters that were finalised today.
Jon Kirkham: "I'm very happy after this weekend. Working with the two crew chiefs – Dale and Lez – meant we could really push hard on set-up, it seemed everything we did this weekend just made our Samsung Crescent Racing bike better and better.
"The first race today didn't go according to plan, though. I got a bad start and got stuck behind another rider for too long, when I did get by it was too late, the leaders had gone. But in the second race I was with the leaders from...
Samsung Crescent Racing's Jon Kirkham showed a continued return to form today when he raced to a fighting fourth place in the first of three British Superbike races being held over the Bank Holiday weekend at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire.
Kirkham, the sole representative for the team this weekend (while John Hopkins recovers from a hand...
Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki's Jon Kirkham hasn't yet ruled out the chance to be inside the all important top six following this weekend's triple-header round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park, with a chance of making the Title Fighter cut.
Kirkham currently lies ninth in the overall standings with one...
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