Red White 'n' Blue

The next race meeting - the Summer Nationals, is now just a couple of weeks away. The entry list for all bike classes is quite impressive and just shows how many bikes there are out there in the wings.
The latest entry list has 9 in comp bike, which isn't bad at all but the real surprise is funny bike, which has come back from the brink of extinction in the middle of last year to 12 bikes at this one.
So whos new in comp? well.... the list looks like this:

1	Philip Leamon	Suzuki GSXR 750	1290cc
2	Harold Wolfenden	Suzuki Hayabusa	1299cc
3	Phil Crossley	Suzuki GSX	1500cc
4	Tony Clark	Suzuki GSX	1500cc
6	Jemma Venables	Suzuki Hayabusa	1300cc
7	Lizz McCarthy	Suzuki GSX	1428cc
24	Mick Winyard	Suzuki GSXR1100	1216cc
42	Alan Davies	Suzuki GSX	1428cc
627	Kevin Osman	Suzuki Turbo Busa	1300cc

Both Kevin Osman and Mick Winyard have previously been 8.50 bike racers. I've spoken to a few 8.50 racers recently who are planning the move to comp bike, so there may be even more entries to come later in the year. 8.50 is proving to be the stepping stone that it was intended to be.

Paintwork is 99% finished, it's certainly looking a lot less stealthy than the previous matt black affair.