lap, Rees was leading Tim Neave and Chrissy
Rouse, by 0.297 seconds.
Rees would hold onto the lead of the race until
the end of lap 7 when he was passed by Tim
Neave. By mid-race Rees encountered an issue
with his quickshifter and dropped back into
fourth position behind his championship rivals,
Tim Neave, Danny Kent and Chrissy Rouse. For
the remaining five laps of the race, Rees battled
with Kent and Rollo for third position, eventually
just missing out on the final step of the podium
by 1 second.
After the race, Rees had already set his sights
beyond the immediate podium he had just
missed out on.
“I’m really happy with the race, of course, I would
have loved to been on the podium, but P4 finish
is great toward overall championship points.”
Rees’ teammate, Shane Richardson, also had a
strong race finishing in eighth position to claim
valuable championship points.
The second 24 lap race took place on Sunday
afternoon in warm, sunny conditions. Rees started
from 6th position on the grid, the placing had
been determined by the riders fastest lap time
in race one.
The race got off to a frantic start with Lewis Rollo
taking the lead on the opening lap while Rees
held on to his starting position of sixth. By lap
eight, the leading six riders – which included Rees
– had pulled away from the rest of the field.
After conserving his tyres for the later in the race,
Rees with two laps remaining passed Rollo for
fifth position which he would hold until the finish,
crossing the line 1.827 seconds off the race winner
Tim Neave.
Shane Richardson continued his strong weekend
and finished in 13th position.
After three rounds of the championship and
scoring points in each race, Rees currently sits in
3rd position in the National British Superstock
1000 Championship with 66 points, now 36 points
behind championship leader Tim Neave.
Round four of the British Superstock 1000
Championship is set to take place at the
picturesque Oulton Park Circuit over the
weekend of September 18–19.
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