Saturday last saw team TMC MOTO X fielding 2 of their premier riders in the shape of John Meara (premier mx2) and Christy Harnett (premier mx1). The crew had set up camp in Porters Pit, Desertmartin for round 3 of the “Retink Racing Adult Irish Championship”
Fresh winds, bright sunshine and a perfectly groomed track set the scene for what was to become an awesome days racing.
The Honda mounted TMC lads made a good impression in qualifying with John qualifying 9th and Christy qualifying 18th .
JOHN MEARA mx2
Race 1 saw John get a brilliant start and he was lying 3rd overall, mixing it with the top mx1 lads and leading the mx2 lads by 18 seconds when he encountered a few lapped riders, as he tried overtake, one of the rider moved across to allow him by only to crash into him loosing him the lead but still managed to get 2nd.
Race 2 was a brilliant ride coming from about 8th to finish up 2nd overall and win mx2.
Race 3 he got a bad start and while trying to carve his way through the field, developed a huge blister on his hand and could hardly hold on but still managed 2nd.
Those results still leave John about 19 points ahead of 2nd place man, Michael McCammond
“All in all it was a good weekend and I look forward to the remaining rounds”
Christy Harnett mx1
Christy went well in qualifying even though 18th didn’t really reflect the way he was riding.
Race 1 started well but he got caught in a tyre on the 2nd corner which demoted him to nearly last but worked his way up to 10th mx1
A bad start in race 2 forced him to battle hard to finish 7th
Another bad start in race 3 and a couple of minor offs netted him 8th.
“I was fairly happy the way the day went and I made a lot of progress with my confidence but I am still struggling but it’s a long season yet”
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Report by Bignoel PR
Photo by McKinstry Pics
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