YOUNG FINISHES IN TOP TEN ON HIS TRIUMPH 675 IN BRITISH SUPERSPORT RACE AT MALLORY PARK Youngy gets Triumph in the top 10!: Leicestershire based racer/team owner Paul Young and his PYR Triumph Daytona 675 have landed in the top 10 in their home round of Mallory Park! Qualifying: “Qualifying went pretty well. I was 11th quickest in both individual sessions, and ended up 13th overall. With three chicanes and a hairpin every 58 seconds, traffic was always going to play a major part in qualifying. My final run on a qualifying tyre felt great. I did my fastest time through the first sector, but I got stuffed by the slowest guy on track in the last chicane! It was a shame because I was confident of a second row start.” The Race: “I elected to ride the slower of my two bikes because the number one bike had been jumping out of gear in Friday practice. I was happy to do that because the chassis was working great on the second bike. During the race I got up to eighth before that bike also started jumping out of gear! When it started missing gears I was thinking more about finishing the race and not mucking things up! Out of Shaw’s Hairpin I’d click second, then it would pop into neutral. I had to coast through the chicane then try and find a gear to continue on my way. This lost me a lot of ground. Jay Vincent caught me up after I’d passed him early in the race but I made myself as wide as I could to make sure I achieved the aim of a top 10 finish. It was nice to be dicing with and passing quality riders like Stuart Easton, Jay Vincent and Simon Andrews. The way I look at it, I’m now up racing with people I should be. These are racers with distributor support, good kit and excellent racing credentials! That said, more sponsors are needed to get more out of my Triumph to get it right up at the front. The best bit for a ‘local’ racer like me is that I did actually hear screams from crowd saying ‘Go Youngy’ on the warm-up lap, so thanks to everyone who screamed for me!” Exposure: At the latest Mallory Park round, Youngy and the Triumph got some much-needed TV coverage on SKY TV thanks to his high-running position. Coming events: The British Supersport Championship resumes on June 18th when the BSB circus arrives at Snetterton. Competing in the Superstock class there last year, Young finished the race in 5th place. “To be honest, I don’t like it much. Snetterton isn’t going to be good for us, as we’re still a fair bit down at the top-end. Snetterton is simply two drag strips connected by a couple of corners, so it’s going to be difficult. In the next couple of weeks we’re going to be doing some dyno work to find some top-end power.” British Supersport Championship & Supersport Cup Mallory Park Race Result 1 – Cal CRUTCHLOW – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 25:15.596 2 – Leon CAMIER – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 25:20.047 3 – Tom SYKES – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 25:24.694 4 – Dennis HOBBS – Honda – Padgetts Batley Ltd – 25:34.926 5 – Pere RIBA – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 25:38.878 6 – Simon ANDREWS – Yamaha – Piranha Racing – 25:39.112 7 – Stuart EASTON – Ducati – Lloyds British Ducati – 25:44.545 8 – Kieran MURPHY – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 25:44.868 9 – Tommy BRIDEWELL – Suzuki – Vivaldi Racing – 25:45.659 10 – Paul YOUNG – Triumph – Paul Young Racing – 25:49.380 11 – Jay VINCENT – Honda – Padgetts Batley Ltd – 25:49.616 12 – Ian LOWRY – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 25:54.655 13 – Richard WREN – Yamaha – Richard Wren Racing – 25:57.164 14 – Sam OWENS – Honda – Premier Motorsport – 26:02.218 15 – Gary JOHNSON – Honda – Trucklinks Racing – 26:34.631