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The 2009 Lotus Cars racing season started on May 6th. There will be ten evenings of racing over twelve weeks. |
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Simon, Liam and Joe are racing in the league. They are racing in the main senior event which is a Regional C+ Scratch race under British Cycling rules of one hour duration for E/1/2/3/4 category riders. The racing takes place on the Lotus Cars Test Track at Hethel near Norwich. |
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Race 6 - 17th June 2009 |
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Simon Asher and Liam Gentry entered the sixth race in the series. Once again the rqace rolled out with a few attacks but nothing getting away. At the 20 minute mark the full track was opened which marked an attack by 3 riders who got away for a number of laps with the lead getting out to 40 seconds. The group fueled by Liam, Simon and Phil Hetzel reduced the gap and caught the break setting it up for a bunch sprint. Simon managed to come through the field to 5th and Liam finsihed close behind in 6th. |
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Race 5 - 10th June 2009 |
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Simon Asher and Liam Gentry entered the fifth race in the series. The race went along with relatively nothing happening the group seemed happy to chase all attacks including a lap and a half of Simon and Chris Bartlet around 10 seconds up the road. As the bunch came round on the final lap Simon attacked with about 1km to go. As he was caught and the pace slowed Liam attacked in a good piece of team riding and looked like he would get to the line but ended up a creditable 3rd. |
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Race 4 - 3rd June 2009 |
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Simon Asher and Liam Gentry entered the forth race in the series. The pace started relatively slow then Joe Skipper tore up the field taking a three man break including Simon away. Simon was unable to hold on so dropped back into a smaller group which ended up as 8 people who eventually sprinted for the line with Simon rolling in 7th. |
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Race 3 - 20th May 2009 |
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Simon Asher and Liam Gentry entered the third race in the series. Both boys were riding really strongly and were in the thick of the action. Simon broke away on his own with about 2 miles to go but couldn't quite hold on and was caught by the peleton with 200 metres to go. |
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Race 2 - 13th May 2009 |
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Simon Asher and Liam Gentry entered the second race in the series. Simon got away in a group of six, but missed out of a top 5 finish after puncturing again on the last lap. Liam picked up a point coming in 10th. |
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Race 1 - 6th May 2009 |
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Simon, Liam and Joe all entered the first race in the series. The race started badly for Simon, who punctured on the first lap, and was forced to pull out. Liam stayed in the main pack, and was forcing the pace along at the front. Joe was part of a breakaway of seven riders near the end of the race, and finished strongly to win well. Liam came home in the main peloton. |
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