Tim Neave
Our man Tim's been nailing it on the Hawk Suzuki
ChasingCoops,leaving darkies…
You might have read in my twin brother, Tom’s, column last month about the DTRA Flat Track championship round that we entered – it was a mega event, and great to be back to my racing roots. I shoulda-coulda-woulda won it if I hadn’t of crashed in the ‘final’ race. At least me and Tom showed the regulars we haven’t lost our touch just yet.
The penultimate round of the British Superstock 1000 championship at Donington Park was next and I had my best result of the season there, finishing fifth. Poor Tom didn’t – I think it must have flustered him when I passed him at the start of the race and the red mist got to him – he only managed three corners before throwing it at the scenery. He broke his foot in the crash, but he is back on his feet now (sort of), hobbling around, but he’s in good spirits and waiting for his shoulder MOT next month. The last round of the season was at Brands Hatch and I was ready to go out on a high. Conditions in FP1 weren’t great, but Steve Hicken from Hawk Suzuki just told me o stop being a girl and get out there and get some laps n. I feel I’ve got a good connection with Steve. I know he knows what he is talking about and I trust him when he gives me advice, so I went back out there, pulled my finger out and ended up fifth. I thought it might have been a bit of a fluke, but FP2 was just as good and I ended up fifth in that, too.