JW24 Racing

The weekend I was most looking forward to cut short sadly due to a mechanical issue that wasn’t fixable at the track 😢. More detailed race report later in the week as I did complete one race 😅, but had a great weekend regardless. Just time for a bit of bad luck is all 😎. Sorry to my endurance team mates .aldridge.111 and Glen as I didn’t complete enough time resulting in a Disqualification.

Race week! Sprints and endurance this time with Dr Crash (Niki Williams), .aldridge.111and Glenn Walsh should be mega!!! 😎

First race weekend of the year complete ✅

Great weekend with Bemsee in the MRO600 class which was completely full and will always add a little extra spice. Looking forward to a few more this year with them.

Qualifying didn't go well (P19) as I only had half a day's testing so never really got up to speed, but I felt good for the race and still in good spirits.

Race 1 Friday p13 overall and in class. Got a mega start and was as aggressive as I dared be in the opening laps. Ended in a 4 way battle for a top 10 spot, but a yellow flag on the last lap and a slight error from me meant I ran on at Hislops chicane and gave a few marshalls a freight as they ran across to help a rider (if anyone knows them, pass on my apologies 🙈). That ended that battle and finished a second or so behind. New PB 1:46.1 (still a few seconds off where I feel I should be, but got a whole season to go yet)

Race 2 Saturday p17 overall and p14 in class. Honestly never struggled so much with fitness and arm pump (oddly on the clutch side). Was fine for 3-4 laps and just dropped off making mistakes all over the place, missing gears etc. last time I raced here we did 11 lap races and was fine so I put it down to just riding a bit crap and not smooth mixed with poor fitness.

Race 3 p14 overall P11 in class. Felt much better with a few good battles early on and stayed a bit closer until the last lap and a half when I caught another rider that looked to have some issues and nearly crashed into him as he popped a massive wheelie on the exit of the first chicane then subsequently missed a gear so dropped several seconds.

Feeling good for Brands GP in a few weeks time back with , probably my favourite circuit in the UK 😎.

Also thanks for the help .1985 could have kept me away from the 🍺 though 🤣

Good to put the old beast through it's paces last week... and the bike too. Not had a huge amount of time on the bike other than Oct so happy with the general feeling in the end. Some rounds planned in April then see how things play out 😎

A day early, but I'll forget if I don't do it now. Things didn't quite pan out in 2024 for my racing like I had hoped, , but still had a blast, some good results with my first with in Cup600, a couple of PBs and some spills. 2025 will be a 🔥 year I have no doubt regardless of what I do race wise... Back to Andalucia soon 🙌

I hope everyone has a great New Year!

#2024 #2025