3rd place for JW Racing at Cadwell Park British Superbike Round 2009
01/09/2009 20:55:19

The Bank holiday weekend not only brought a massive crowd of 40,000 spectators but a 4th podium of the season for James Westmoreland moving him up to 3rd place in the Championship. The weekend started slowly with the team working hard on a good set up to allow James to challenge for the race victory on Monday afternoon. Qualifying went very well with James only one of two riders in the 1.29's under the lap record and he gained a front row start in 2nd position.

James and the team knew it was imperative to gain a great start as it would be very hard fighting mid pack and keeping out of trouble would be the key to the race. 21 year old Westy got a great start and took the holeshot before Ben Wilson made a move into Charlies but James responded immediately and did a fantastic job of leading the race for the first 4 laps. Billy McConnell passed the 675 Triumph on lap 5 and James fought very hard to hang onto the back of him but he gradually pulled away. A few laps later James came under pressure from Steve Plater and he passed him with a few laps to go and James had to settle for 3rd place and 16 championship points.

"That was a good race to be honest. We have struggled to get the bike working perfectly for this track all weekend and we had to use the hard compound tyre instead of the soft compound which our rivals could make work. To be still on the podium at my home race is a great result and it has moved me into 3rd place in the Championship. The gap to Steve in the Championship has increased but there are still 3 rounds to go, and anything can happen so I will go to Croft and try and win the race. I would just like to thank all my team, sponsors, family, friends and supporters. Roll on Croft! “ commented James.