Reid Sweeps The Board At Bishopscourt

Saturday the 14th of November saw Justin Reid move to the number one slot in the Ulster Aerials Quad class of the 2009 P&O Winter Supermoto Series, Supermoto Northern Ireland promoting the penultimate round of the popular four-round series at the superb Bishopscourt Race Circuit.

Travelling the short distance from his Comber base to the Downpatrick venue eager to improve on his 4th place position with half the series run, Reid put in a text book performance around the initially wet but quickly drying one mile circuit, posting fastest lap in qualifying by one and a half seconds to secure an additional five bonus points, before taking an unprecedented four from four lights to flag victories on his way to maximum points. 

Having already won four of the eight races in total from the opening two rounds, Reid’s wise choice to play his double points scoring “Joker” at the meeting turned a fifty-eight point deficit into a sixty-eight point lead at the top of the table, Reid requiring just twelve points from a potential eighty at the final round to secure the 2009 title.

Clearly delighted after dominating the day’s proceedings, Justin commented, ‘I don’t think I’ve ever scored so many points in a single race day! 210 points is pretty crazy but that is the beauty of the joker system – it really can shake up the results. Today is the first time that I have run the new CT drag style pipes and they really seemed to help smooth the power delivery which suited the conditions today. It’s unfortunate that Mark Troughton had problems here but I guess I’ve had my fair share over the years so I’m happy to have taken the lead in the Championship. I have continued to use the smaller CT 400 kit this season and it has really punched above it’s weight! I had a lot of fun today and can’t wait until the last round next weekend.’

Results

Race One
1st – Justin Reid, 2nd – Geoff Ingram (Jnr), 3rd – Colin Forsythe, 4th – Emma Mackin, 5th – Daniel McDermott

Race Two
1st – Reid, 2nd – Cathal McCartan, 3rd – Ingram, 4th – Terence Mackin, 5th – Forsythe

Race Three
1st – Reid, 2nd – McCartan, 3rd – T. Mackin, 4th – E. Mackin, 5th – Forsythe

Race Four
1st – Reid, 2nd – McCartan, 3rd – Ingram, 4th – E. Mackin, 5th – McDermott

Series Standings After Round 3 (of 4)
1st – Justin Reid 393, 2nd – Cathal McCartan 325, 3rd – Emma Mackin 237, 4th – Terence Mackin 235, 5th – Alastair Wilson 213, 6th – Mark Troughton 196

Next race: Saturday 21st November 2009 – P&O Winter Supermoto Series / Ulster Aerials Quad Round 4, Kirkistown Race Circuit, Kirkistown, County Down

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