Kiwi in world supersport

[speedracerjimmy]

midge smart racing brands hatch in supersport.
go hard boy:rockon:

[sosman]

Sweet! never heard of him......but go hard man :2thumbsup

[Shaun]

Fantastic effort Midge


Jonathan Rea GBR Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR 15 laps
2. Craig Jones GBR Parkalgar Racing Team Honda CBR600RR +0.209 secs
3. Andrew Pitt AUS Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR +0.664 secs
4. Broc Parkes AUS Yamaha World Supersport YZF-R6 +2.816 secs
5. Joshua Brookes AUS Hannspree Stiggy Motors Honda CBR600RR +6.789 secs
6. Barry Veneman NED RES Software Hoegee Suzuki GSX-R600 +9.094 secs
7. Gianluca Nannelli ITA Hannspree Honda Althea Honda CBR600RR +15.048 secs
8. Massimo Roccoli ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni YZF - R6 +15.623 secs
9. Rob Frost GBR Team Buff 675 +18.393 secs
10. Hudson Kennaugh RSA Raceways Yamaha YZF-R6 +19.528 secs
11. Steve Plater GBR Triumph Italia BE1 Racing 675 +20.034 secs
12. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Berry Racing Honda CBR600RR +22.696 secs
13. Vesa Kallio FIN Benjan Racing Team Honda CBR600RR +25.049 secs
14. Joan Lascorz SPA Glaner Motocard.com Honda CBR600RR +27.102 secs
15. Graeme Gowland GBR Berry Racing Honda CBR600RR +35.504 secs
16. Danilo Dell'Omo ITA HP Racing Team Honda CBR600RR +39.023 secs
17. Midge Smart NZL CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR600RR +40.820 secs

[zadok]

An admirable showing. I will have to keep my open for him now I know he is a Kiwi.

[speedracerjimmy]

great ride by midge.really cool to see him out there.that was a nasty crash by craig jones apparently suffered a serious head injury.

[quickbuck]

Was a great effort by Midge.
I have seen him race here, and he is FAST!

I was following him through the timing sheets as they crossed the line.... Great TV coverage right there... Midge was obviously with some serious company.

Just goes to show how fast those Supersport boys are.
The race (a re-start after rain) was prematurly stopped by Craig Jones' crash.... VERY Horrific it was, hope he pulls through.

Sadly, it was just one of those accidents where your heart sinks and everybody realises how quick it can all go wrong. Jones was laying on the track as bikes wizzed passed at 170mph. Thankfully nobody hit him.

Good to see Midge got some exposure over there though.

[GSVR]

Was a great effort by Midge.
I have seen him race here, and he is FAST!



The 600s might have been interesting if Midge hadn't missed the south island rounds due to injury. When he raced at Manfield and Puke he had the better of Dennis Charlet. As it turned out the battle for the Supersport and Superbike Titles both turned into one horse races.

[CHOPPA]

Is he coming back for the nationals this year? wonder if he will ride honda in NZ? Do you know if he is doing any other wss rounds? ill have to keep an eye out!! Cant have been a very nice scene for midge for the second time in less then a year!

[kittytamer]

Isn't Midge origionally from the UK? Good to see him mixing it up on the world stage though.
Very sad news that Craig Jones died in hospital dusring the night after the race. A big loss to racing.

[quickbuck]

Isn't Midge origionally from the UK? .

Yeah, he is.... Think he has dual citizinship or something.... Good on him for flying the Kiwi flag.

Will be great if he gets a ride with Honda NZ.

[wharfy]

All you ever wanted to know about Midge Smart :-)

http://www.midgesmart.com/

[gav]

Kiwi? Nope, British ....

[RobRod]

Good to see some one from NZ (if not born here) racing a bike in a world series other than MX, although have never heard of him until now. Hope he stays at it and not just a wildcard entry.

[CHOPPA]

I had heard about him way back when i was racing mx, he cleaned up 2 nz 125 nats and he won every race he entered in this years 600 class at the nats, you guys have gotta read more magazines!

[gav]

Randy Mamola raced in NZ as a nipper (15 or 16) maybe we should have cheered him on as a Kiwi? :no:

[raftn]

Yes that is good news, but sad news about Craig Jones, who was killed on Saturday at Brands Hatch. http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/news_ext.php?id=2483

[Cleve]

Very sad about Craig Jones. Horrible crash.

[quickbuck]

Kiwi? Nope, British ....

Ummm, in the lap scoring it was a NZ flag beside his name.

[gav]

Ummm, in the lap scoring it was a NZ flag beside his name.
Yeah, so what? Its on the internet so it must be true!?
Good to see the kiwi flag, and maybe he has entered under a NZ licence/entry for some reason (?) but go check his own website, nothing on there about being born in NZ. Think he's the nephew of Paul Smart?