With the racing so close throughout the field everyone out racing has someone to hunt or be hunted. This not only improves racecraft it also improves the experience for the spectator as there is quite literally always something going on.
The level here in Scotland is a very good indicator of where the class is nationally with Jodie Chalk and Roddy Taylor regularly up at the sharp end in the UK Thundersport series as well as here when they return to Scotland.
Here is what Roddy had to say about the class “Never laughed so much or had as much fun racing a bike. For those that think it is just a fun class think again, the front runners are pushing to and beyond the limits and are as good as any I have come accross.“
Taylor took a twenty-eight-year break from racing and had raced Internationally against the best riders in 250 and 350GP racing. “I have raced against and beat World Champions and the CB500 class in not lacking in talent and that goes for the future or the past”
Look a little further down the road and the class has a natural pathway to the top circuits in the UK. The same machines can be used at national level and the opportunity to compete with the best exponents in the class are just a motorway journey away.
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