3 in a row

Just got back from the Open sport Nationals at Shakespeare county raceway, it turned out to be really good event with predominantly hot and sunny weather and just one fairly impressive thunderstorm.

Qualifying didn't get off to a great start, we had a couple of iffy runs trying to find a setting that worked, but the track improved each day and eventually we found a setup that proved to be very consistent.
On the first run we used the setting from the last event at Shakey where we ran a 7.28, it really didn't work and the bike nearly crossed the centerline. So, we tried again in the other lane and it was better but still spinning the tyre. So, we went for a lower start % and much longer build time on the nitrous, this helped a lot but still not great, however the right hand lane was not as good as the left and the same setting on the next run in that lane produced a really great 7.28 at an incredible 186.64mph - a whole 5mph faster than we had been previously.
The time was enough to put us in the number 1 qualifier spot in the unusually small 5 bike field.
Allan Davies seemed to be running ok with a string of 7.6's, Dave buttery found himself at the end of the track regularly and ran a 7.7, and well done to Pete Le Gros who finally got into the 7's with a 7.8 on his Nitro twin. Dave peters had a terrible weekend and in an attempt to find a way down the track he ended up taking the teeth of the primary gears and was out of the show.
Race day was a bit silly - ran as an 8 bike field but with Dave out that left 4 bikes - so a lot of bye runs! I had a bye in the first round as did Allan, but i didn't want to run the right hand lane so ran for lane choice. It was Dave buttery that won in his matchup with Pete, both had good runs - Pete with another 7 and Dave Buttery with an impressive 7.3 but Dave blew the turbo in the process and so was out anyway. It left Allan and me to have bye runs into the final, and again we ran to try and get lane choice - which we did.
In the final Allan got away first which is pretty unusual and took me a little by surprise and i spent half the track chasing him down. I crossed the line first but what i didn't know was Allan had pulled a redlight and handed me the win regardless.

That leaves us in a good position in the points so far, and we are also winners of the Shakey Championship. It also makes it 3 event wins in a row and gives the new bike an unbroken winning streak - every event it's entered it's won! I'll say that now because in less than 2 weeks time we are running in the European finals, and the chances of winning that ......