Team Phoenix Racing Is Born.
After a few months of discussions, Raptor Superpaint are proud to announce the launch of Team Phoenix Racing. After a spilt in the formally named TDR100, Steve (Raptor Superpaint), Peter Franck TDR100 (team & bike owner) and Rob Gibson (STG Graphix} came to an agreement and have decided to try a track day at Mallory Park.
On Saturday 3rd July 2010, individuals came together at Mallory Park to test out the Yamaha TZ250 bike and possible new rider, Richard Holmes-Williams, aka TractorBoy. The following track report has been published by Steve on various forums.
I arrived at Mallory with some of the Raptor crew. Made my way over to the paddocks in search of Pete (Workshy), who I have never met before, then got our pitch set up. The sun was out in all of its glory but was a tad windy. Gibbo then turned up with his half finished bike, so I helped fit his newly painted fairing and seat unit.
Off we went to get young Richard (TractorBoy) signed in and briefed ready for the track. The one thing TB didn’t realise was, that we had booked him in the fast group. TB is the southern champion 2009 in Mini-moto’s and has only ever been on a 80cc geared bike & never been on a full race track. The fun was just about to begin.
Pete got the TZ250 ready to go out & TB kitted up for his debut on track. When asked if TB was nervous, he answered “Not really, it just feels weird on this thing” He went out half way down the pack and done 3 laps at 1-08 which was a great start. He continued with the sessions and just got quicker every lap. It was great to see a 16 year old lad, so focused and he listened to every bit of coaching from Workshy & myself. On his penultimate session, TB managed 3 consecutive laps of 1-01 & then he managed to pull off a 59.6 lap.
Steve said “Young 16 year old Richard, has proven to be an exciting prospect in racing, so I feel it only fair & just to give him a chance on track. I feel confident that the team will progress excellently due to the amount of people involved and their commitment is very apparent”
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