MRO Minitwin – Race 2

Further to the problems during Race 1, it was identified that the issue forcing 74 – Daniel Singleton‘s early retirement was a broken down rear coil pack.

Being a member of the Bemsee, the friendliest paddock in club racing; a replacement coil pack was found and fitted. Many thanks to Faith Fueled Racing.

74 – Daniel Singleton now had his work cut out, starting at the back of the grid.

With Race 2 underway 78 – Keith Povah took the lead from starting on pole with 26 – Glynn Davies in 2nd and 184 – David Twyford in 3rd.

After the 1st lap 74 – Daniel Singleton was already in 6th place after an awesome start.

After lap 2, 26 – Glynn Davies remained in the lead followed by 78 – Keith Povah in 2nd with 74 – Daniel Singleton, after moving up to 3rd place hot on his heels.

After lap 3 – 74 – Daniel Singleton had taken the lead and it looked like his determination had paid off. 26 – Glynn Davies was now in 2nd place with 78 – Keith Povah in 3rd and 184 – David Twyford in 4th.

For the next 5 laps, 74 – Daniel Singleton held onto the lead with a battle for 2nd place between 26 – Glynn Davies and 78 – Keith Povah providing seat of the pants racing.

The first 3 riders created a gap of 13.459 seconds in front of 9 – Mark Taylor in 4th place, with 74 – Daniel Singleton taking the chequered flag.

78 – Keith Povah came in 2nd, with 26 – Glynn Davies in 3rd.

74 – Daniel Singleton set the fastest lap with a 1:50.240 during lap 7.

74 – Daniel Singleton said “I fought my very hardest and got a brilliant start battling my way to the front by lap 3 and eventually taking the win. I am obscenely proud about this and think I may have even surprised myself!“