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13th September 2011
The
Doodson Motorsport Team were back in action at the Donington Park round
of the British Superbike Championship with AMA Superbike regular David
Anthony posting a solid performance on his debut with the team.
The
30year old Australian now resides in California competing in the AMA
American Superbike Championship with numerous top ten finishes under
his belt. “Aussie Dave” is no stranger to the British Superbike paddock
having ridden in Supersport and Superstock classes, not to mention a
successful foray into the Superbike EVO championship last year, scoring
a double win at Thruxton.
Taking
the place of injured team regular Tom Tunstall, Anthony flew direct
from the final round of AMA in New Jersey to Donington Park to get his
first taste of the high powered Doodson Motorsport BMW S1000RR race
bike.
Using
practice and qualifying to continue to acclimatise to the German
machine and the unfamiliar 2.48 mile Leicestershire track, David’s
progress was consistent. Averaging 96.75mph over the lap he secured the
seventh fastest time of the EVO runners.
In
the first of Sunday’s two 20lap races the rear tyre spun on the wheel
rim early in the race, throwing the wheel out of balance and severely
hampering his efforts. The vibration deteriorated and eventually
Anthony had to pit to change the rear tyre.
Race
two proved more fruitful and the Aussie was up to fifth by the end of
lap one. Equalling his qualifying pace he passed South African Hudson
Kennaugh on lap ten, but was passed by Evo front runners Graham Gowland
and Glen Richards taking a solid sixth place at the chequered flag.
The experience gained gives Anthony a great foundation to build on as the championship moves to the penultimate round at Silverstone in just less than two weeks.
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