Birchall Brothers Snatch Pole
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12/04/14 - 23:08
Ben and Tom Birchall will start tomorrows 15 lap race from pole position on their “Mitchells of Mansfield” LCR, Suzuki they finished the second qualifying session with a time of 2’07.229, and with a top speed of 266.0 kph. After the session both Ben and Tom were really pleased with how things went, Ben said “I am happy now, I can set good lap times consistently” Tom also said” the bike is going really well, we are really looking forward to tomorrow’s race”
Second place on the grid goes to Jorg Steinhausen and Axel Kolsch on their “Steinhausen Racing” LCR, BMW. The gap between them and the Birchalls is only 0.076. Jorg said “I am very happy with the bike, we were a bit low on fuel on our last fast lap, so we could not push so hard for the faster time, but I am very happy”
Starting from third spot on the grid will be Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze, on their “The Relocator” LCR, Kawasaki, they set a time of 2’08.373. Tim said “I am really happy today, after the problem we had yesterday, and only completing three laps, today is really the first session for us. The bike felt good and it is really the first time we have tried the Kawasaki engine in anger” Gregory too was very happy saying “ it is good to be back after having a year away from the sport, and really good to be on the front row of the grid”.
Starting the second row of the grid and in fourth spot will be Kurt Hock and Enrico Becker on their “Hock Racing” LCR, Suzuki. The team opted to change their engine after yesterday’s session, after finding it down on power. They set a time of 2’08.697. The team were really happy with today’s performance and are looking forward to tomorrow’s race.
Sitting next to them in fifth spot is the Finnish team of Petri Makkula and Harri Asumaniemi on their “Team Makkula” LCR, BMW, they set a time of 2’13.610. Petri said “the bike is fast and going well, it is up to us to get it right now” with a grin on his face!!
Heading the third row and in sixth place is Jacob Rutz and Thomas Hofer on their “Sidecar Racing Team Rutz” LCR, Yamaha, they set a time of 2’14.207. They are happy, with no problems with their machine they hope to go well in tomorrow’s race.
Next to them in the middle of the third row is Bennie Streuer and Geert Koerts on the “Team Streuer” LCR, Suzuki. They improved a great deal on their times from yesterday, but Bennie said “I am not happy with the speeds we are doing, we will have to see if there is a problem with the machine before tomorrow’s race”.
With a time of 2’15.171 and in eighth place is Uwe Gurck and Manfred Wechselberger on their “Polizei Sport Verein Wels” LCR, BMW, they had problems with the gearbox on their machine so will need to change an engine before tomorrow’s race.
Heading the fourth row is Janez Remse and Jamie Biggs on their “Remse Racing” LCR, Yamaha. They had no problems with their machine and are looking forward to the race tomorrow.
Next to them is Mike Roscher and Anna Burkard on their “Roscher Hanni Racing” LCR, BMW,” the bike feels good and going well, we hope we can go well in the race” said Mike.
Philippe Gallerne and Julien Chesneau on their “Team Gallerne” RCN, Suzuki, were having problems with power, and Philippe had some problems with a heat shield not doing its job properly in yesterday’s session.
The race will be over fifteen laps and will start at 15.50 local time. If the weather stays good it will be a hard race for all teams.
Text Mark Walters
Originally Posted by scracha
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