Shane Byrne stages good recovery in the World Superbike Championship
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Sittingbourne's Shane Byrne was a man on a
recovery mission at World Superbike round seven and couldn’t hide
his delight at what he managed to achieve in America.
The 33-year-old suffered a nightmare start
to race one at Miller Motorsports Park and got stuck behind the
smoking engine of Jacob Smrz before being forced off course.
Byrne was demoted to the very back of the
grid but showed great courage to battle his way 14 places up the
field to finish sixth.
The Althea Racing rider finished one place
down in seventh in a less dramatic race two as Italian Max Biaggi
cruised to his third double win of the season.
Byrne’s efforts saw him take his overall
tally to 81 points good enough for 12th overall and the
Sittingbourne ace toasted a job well done in the American state of
Utah.
“The bike felt very good and I was happy
with the set up – I was just unlucky because I nearly crashed
because of Smrz and ran off two laps in,” said Byrne.
“I think there must have been a bit of oil
on the track from where Smrz’s bike blew because the rear came
right around me.
“I thought it was going to be a massive
crash but it somehow came back but I was off the track and heading
for the tyre wall.
“That left me with some work to do but I
felt good, the team and the bike are working really well and we
were unlucky not to be further up in qualifying.
“I think we have turned a bit of a corner
and the most important thing is that I need to be enjoying my
riding.
“I have taken some good points and this
makes me more determined as we enter the second half of the
championship.”
World Superbike Championship races will
be broadcast on Eurosport, with the European rounds also available
in High Definition. Eurosport Sky 410 & Virgin Media 521.
Eurosport HD is on Sky 412 and Virgin Media 522.
Tuesday, June 01 2010
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