Gearlink Kawasaki Round 8 Cadwell Park

Motorpoint British Supersport

Ben Wilson on the Gearlink Kawasaki had a bad start in race one at his home circuit of Cadwell Park; Ben was fifth in qualifying but was unfortunate to suffer a technical problem on his Gearlink Kawasaki in the first sprint race, forcing him to retire. In race two he was placed in fifth again on the grid for the second race on Sunday and finished in sixth.

Ben Wilson- lady luck not shining on him this season

His new team-mate for the weekend at Cadwell Park was Scott Hudson; Scott has been racing for the Gearlink Kawasaki team in the National Superstock 600 class and moved up into the main Supersport Championship this weekend. He had two fantastic races for his first attempt finishing in in 17th place in race one and a great points scoring position in race two where he finished in 13th position.

Ben - "It's been another frustrating weekend for me and I feel like it's the story of the year for me. We have been working really hard to try and progress and move things forward but it's pretty disheartening. I have to remember the success and the fantastic season Gearlink Kawasaki and myself had last year and I knew it would have been hard to beat something like that. I've not been able to find a good set up and the problem in race one was a nightmare and I just seem to have no luck this year."

Scott Hudson- stepped up to Supersport at Cadwell

  
Scott - "I'm delighted that Michael and Norma gave me the chance to race the Supersport bike here and to be able to walk away with three Championship points is awesome. I really enjoyed the whole weekend and the difference between the two bikes is huge. I've never ridden on Pirelli tyres and it was a nice feeling to have some real grip and some power. The more time I spent on track the more time I wanted to spend on track! I hope to be on the Gearlink Kawasaki Supersport bike for the rest of the season and it would be nice to get a few more points also."
 
 
Metzeler Superstock 600s

With Scott Hudson moving up into the British Supersport class he was replaced in the Metzeler National Superstock Championship for Gearlink Kawasaki by Jack Groves. The 23-year-old from Swindon, who has not raced a full season in BSB since 2009, stepped up to the pace and found himself gaining a couple of Championship points, finishing in 14th place.

Jack Groves- hoping to see the season out with Gearlink Kawasaki

Jack - "I was really pleased to step in at Gearlink Kawasaki in the stock 600 class for Cadwell Park, I've not raced at this circuit since 2009 and it has been hard to get back up to speed with it all. I've been training hard and become part of the KX Akademy, they have been helping me train and has become a big help. I've lost over a stone and really enjoyed my time racing with Gearlink Kawasaki and thank the team for giving me the opportunity. I hope to be racing with them for the remainder of the season."


Team Manager Michael de Bidaph - "I'm really disappointed with the weekend, at a track we did so well at last year, coming here this year and struggling so much with everything has made things extremely difficult. We've been working really hard and changing several aspects on the Gearlink Kawasaki to try and help Ben progress and we struggled to get close to the times that were set last year here by Ben. We really have not been having the year we'd have hoped for and still hope that we can take one win away from this season.

We thought Scott did a great job in the Supersport class he got better as the weekend progressed and just kept digging deep, he stayed on all weekend and walked away with some Championship points which is brilliant. We want to keep working closely with him and hope he can keep improving and gain some more points.

Jack also did a great job for his first time out on our Superstock bike he also improved his times all weekend and settled in nicely to the Gearlink Kawasaki team, he was good to work with and also gained some valuable Championship points and it would be nice to improve on that at Donington with him."

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Podiums and Crashes for Gearlink Kawasaki

Motorpoint British Supersport

Ben Wilson had a steady weekend at the 2.9-mile Snetterton circuit this weekend riding for Gearlink Kawasaki on the Kawasaki Ninja-ZX-6R. After a hard fought first race battle with Jack Kennedy and Glen Richards for the win, he had to settle for third place in the opening 10-lap race. Sadly in the second race Ben was caught up in an incident, which saw him crashing out of the race from sixth place.

Gearlink Kawasaki's Ben Wilson

 After a few initial set up problems on a circuit that has never been a strong one for the Gearlink Kawasaki team, Ben managed to qualify in fifth place. He gained an awesome start and was leading by the second corner. He was soon locked in a tight battle with Kennedy and Richards and the trio were exchanging places for the first few laps. They soon settled down into a rhythm and Ben had a few rear grip issues and had to bring the Gearlink Kawasaki home in third.

The second race was just as action packed, Ben once again gained the hole-shot from fourth place on the grid. He had the lead but touched the gravel on the exit to the back straight and he lost at least half a second allowing Richards to sneak through. The race became a 12 bike battle and Ben was sat in sixth place when a rider in front of him slowed drastically and Ben and Luke Jones had no-where to go forcing the pair of them to crash out of the race.

Ben Wilson - "I'm hugely disappointed with my results this weekend, it was good to get a podium yesterday as we've been struggling all weekend to get the Gearlink Kawasaki set up properly. We made a fair amount of changes over the weekend to try and get things more settled with the bike. We did struggle here last year and we knew we might be on the back foot coming here this season. I couldn't possibly do anything to avoid the crash in race two I became a sandwich and I just had nowhere to go, I'm gutted. I just hope things will change for the better at Knockhill." 

Metzeler Superstock 600s

Scott Hudson qualified in 17th place on the grid for the 12-lap race at Snetterton and had been improving on his times all weekend. Despite a low qualifying position he gained a great start and was sitting in 11th after the opening lap by lap four he was up to ninth but had a small crash at Palmer and was unable to re-join and continue in the race due to the new BSB rules.

Scott Hudson- Gearlink Kawasaki Superstock 600

Scott Hudson - "I'm really gutted to have crashed out as I was running well in the race and felt really comfortable on the Gearlink Kawasaki and was eager to get some more good results after Donington. I was enjoying it and riding well and after a good start I was keen to run within the top ten again, the back just came round on me and that was me out. Gutted, I'd like to thank all the Gearlink Kawasaki team for all their hard work this weekend and sorry I couldn't get them a result. I need to get myself sorted during qualifying and try put in a good time to get me a higher place up on the grid."

Team Manager/Owner Michael de Bidaph - "Snetterton has always been a track we've struggled to get a good set up on the Gearlink Kawasaki, we struggled last year also so after many changes this weekend that maybe it was too much to change.

Ben as always has ridden extremely hard all weekend but was suffering with brake problems in the second race today, he just couldn't get the bike stopped and sadly was unable to get a result. I would like to thank all our team sponsors and sorry we couldn't get them a good result. It's been a difficult weekend and we hope to move things forward at the next round.

Scott was riding well during the race but we really need to try and get good times with him during qualifying so it puts him higher up on the grid so he does not have to fight his way through from mid pack to get some good results for the team.

We are still looking for another rider to partner Ben in the British Supersport Championship if anyone is interested then please get in touch with us, e-mail Gearlink@aol.com or call 07900 570900."

For more information on Gearlink Kawasaki please visit: www.gearlinkracing.com

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