Embassy Earn Another Podium at Brands Hatch

Monday, May 12, 2008

With the qualifying positions from the last Brands Hatch meet in place for today’s race the team were already in a good position to add to their success at Oulton Park. Glen was second on the grid and Paul was in ninth.

Glen and Paul both got off to bad starts with Glen dropping to 6th and Paul back to 18th after a bump from Midge Smart forced his brake lever high, forcing him to slow down in order to readjust it but it still clearly affected him throughout the race. After three riders came off at the first turn the safety car came out for two laps. When it eventually returned to the pit the Map Embassy riders got their heads down and got back to work. Glen managed to climb to 3rd almost immediately and then a lap later passed Brogan on the HM Plant Honda to take 2nd, where he stayed for the remainder of the race.  He was unable to catch Hudson Kennaugh on his Raceways Yamaha who had put his own result beyond doubt.

Glen Richards gave his thoughts on the race:
“Once I passed Brogan my hardest job was trying to put some distance between me and the pack. I managed to do that but couldn’t catch Hudson; he raced well today.”

Paul did extremely well to climb in to the top ten. The bike and rider clearly have the capabilities.

1.Hudson Kennaugh - (Raceways Yamaha)
2. Glen Richards - (MAP Embassy Racing Triumph)
3. Steve Brogan - (HM Plant Honda)
4. James Westmoreland - (Centurion Racing Honda)
5. BJ Toal - (Virgin Media Yamaha)
10. Paul Young – (MAP Embassy Racing Triumph)

Due to the rescheduled meet at Brands Hatch, the Supersport and Superstock races had to be incorporated into the MRO schedule that was taking place at the track at the weekend. One of those races being the Triumph Triple Challenge. So, as you would expect, the only Triumph factory backed team drew even more attention than they had enjoyed at previous rounds, with a hoard of Triumph fans and riders trying to get a glimpse of their garage and an autograph from the three riders. Needless to say the whole team, though they would never admit it, enjoyed the attention.

The team now have two weeks to prepare before the next race at Donington on the 26th of May.