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Bradley King |
 Hi
guys. heres my report from the last 2 bec rounds.,,
The last two rounds of the bec took place on Consecutive weekends. rd4 was a new event - the knighton enduro - in wales run by the central wales auto club. There were two special tests which were both grassy mx style. Day 1 started ok with a good time on the first test. Unfortunatly my day was let down by slow times on both laps of the second test. I ended day 1 5th expert and 4th e2 rider. I started day 2 with another good first test 1/2 a second of the leader. But i then had small crashes in the 3 tests which dropped me to 8th expert and 5th e2. I was dissapointed with my results having struggled to get to grips with the tests all weekend but was hoping to make up for it a the natterjack. The natterjack has been runing for many years and is organise by team -reme. there was once again to tests. on mx test in a big sand bowl and a long enduro test by the start through the trees. Bad times on the first two tests including a mistake on the mx test put me a long way behind the leaders. I pulled back through the day to finish 4th expert and 3rd e2. day 2 went alot smoother than day 1 and although i only managed 5th expert and 4th e2 i put in better times on the mx test but struggled to ride like my usual self on the enduro test. I think my results over the last to round have put me down to 4th place in the expert championship and 3rd in the expert e2 points. I may have been higher if not for a rule in the bec where a rider gets to drop his worst two rounds. Next year i will move up to the championship class and will be training hard to do well. i still have 3 more events in the next 3 weekends - weymouth beach mx, weston beach race and then my first european championship event in holland. i would like to say thanks to all of my sponsers for there help this year; GAS GAS UK, TALON, K4OFFROAD, RENTHAL, KRIEGA, ALPINESTARS, SCEC, STEVE PLAIN SUSPENSION AND RUSH RACING. for more info please go to my sponsers page. Id also like to thank; ... My family for all the hard work, money and time they have put in to help me. especially my mum and dad and sister Zoe. Also my uncle tony for Kingsporting my bike.
John shirt for all his help and support this year. Danny and Danielle hall at rogershill raceway for letting me ride at the track and danielle for giving me physio in the last part of the year to get my shoulder as strong as possible. The wakely and Padgett familys for all there support. Steve plain for setting up my suspension. Everyone who has helped me this year. Whatever it be every thing helps. Everyone who has cheered me on a special test or pointed me a line. All the organisers and helpers of all the events. And anyone i have forgot! thanks very much Brad king - enduro and hare scrambles on K4OFFROAD GAS GAS EC250 - www.freewebs.com/bradking25
I rode 2 events over the bank holiday weekend with GBXC on sunday and XMOOR on monday. I got a bad start at gbxc and had 2 crashes trying to pass on the first lap of the super fast track. I pushed hard all race but with the track being so fast and the race shortened to only 2hours struggled to make time up and ended a disappointing 5th placed expert. Xmoors event was held at the awesome Storidge wood with a 20 minute lap all in woodland. I got a reasonable start and managed to work up to second behind Wayne Mundell at the end of lap 1. i got into the lead on lap 2 and pulled a gap. at the start of the last lap i had a 4 minute lead but had to make a second stop for fuel. At the flag i managed to win by 2 minutes to get my first ever overall win. My next event is the Brechfa enduro on the 18th of may. Thanks to all of my sponsers; GAS GAS UK, TALON, K4OFFROAD, RENTHAL, KRIEGA, SCEC STEVE PLAIN SUSPENSION AND RUSH RACING. 7th and 2nd in Scotland The second round of the BEC was last weekend in snowy Scotland. The lap was 65 mile lap with 2 awesome special tests making probably the best event i have rode. Day 1 started ok with the enduro test but 2 crashes in the sand querry of the mx test - the second of which saw me facing the wrong way struggling to start the bike -.left me playin catch up. luckily there was a tight check which most lost time on but i stayed clean which moved me to 7th expert and 2nd in the E2 class Day 2 went a lot smoother with just one lap and no crashing!! I finished 2nd expert - behind day 1 winner Derek Little - and 1st E2 rider. The next round is in August and I have lots of events before then to help me up my game. I'd like to thank my sponsors - GAS GAS UK, TALON, KRIEGA, K4OFFROAD, SCEC, STEVE PLAIN SUSPENSION AND RUSH RACING. I'd also like to thank everyone who helped me during the weekend especially Rob Sartin. Also the padgett family, danny hall, stan watt, the edmondsons and especially my family!!! Brad king - enduro and hare scrambles on K4OFFROAD GAS GAS EC250 - www.freewebs.com/bradking25
I rode 2 H&H's this weekend and finished 2nd at both. On Saturday I rode a ORE event and Sunday raced SCEC at Inside Park. The idea was to practice towards 2-day BEC events. Saturdays race started well as I got the holeshot but made a mistake and Jamie Paget slipped past. He pulled about 1 1/2 minutes in the first 2 laps as I was struggling to get to grips with the super slick (after the quads had polished it) and super fast track. I got faster as the race went on but I couldn't reel Jamie in. Sundays race was on the awesome inside park track run by southern counties enduro club. I got a got start and was leading on the first lap followed by Andy Frost - who was determined to win his last SCEC event before going to live in Australia - and Mark Cornick. mark toke the lead on the 2nd lap but took a fall. me and Andy were racing through the back markers on lap 2 &3 but i had a big crash when I hit a log overtaking a slower rider. this dropped me some time and I couldn't catch Andy as he was on a mission and was quicker than me through the traffic. this was my 5th second place in a row and I'm getting a bit fed up with it now!!! so i will be out to change things at round 2 of the BEC in Scotland. Pictures are on my 08 PICS PAGE. Thanks to all of my sponsors; GAS GAS UK, TALON, K4OFFROAD, KRIEGA, SCEC AND RUSH RACING. for more info please go to my sponsors page 2nd at first round of BEC Diss mcc ran round 1 of the BEC in Brandon forest. the Muntjac runs a short 20 mile lap ridden 5 times. the first 2 laps are slack and both include a timed special test. the last 3 didn't have a test but the check times got tighter. the day started good when i won the experts first test by 3 seconds over Gavin Houson. The second test didn't go quite so well as i was 9 seconds slower than lap 1. I was disappointed because over the 2 tests Gavin beat me by 0.9 seconds!!. The last 3 laps went 49 - 47 - 44 minutes. On the third lap i rode at a fast but steady pace and completed the check in 44 minutes so i knew id be ok for the last lap. the last 2 laps went without problems and i ended the day 2nd expert and 1st e2 class rider. I'm now really looking forward to round 2 in Scotland next month. id like to thanks everyone who has helped me so far this year especially my family and my sponsors - gas gas uk, talon, kriega k4 offroad and rush racing. for more info please go to my sponsors page 2nd at GBXC My good start to the season continued with 2nd in the expert class at the all new Great British Cross Country Championship at Matchams. Conditions were dry. at the start of the 2hr 45mins race it was smooth but it got alot rougher during the race. I got a rubbish start but quickly worked my way through the pack on lap 1. On lap 2&3 I was part of a 4 way battle for 2nd in the experts but leader Mark Roberts had put a lead after getting a good start. By the hour mark I had worked my way into the lead of the experts and was pulling a gap. My pitstop went well but just before the 2hr point I noticed fuel leaking from the cap. I stopped and tried to fix it. I had to stop to top up and replace the cap. (thanks to Rob Wrayford for letting me borrow his!!!). I lost the lead and 2 minutes to Mark Roberts. I'm pleased with my riding and my fitness and I'm really looking forwards to the first round of the BEC this coming weekend when I will be aiming to at least repeat today's result. I'd like to thank all of my sponsors - Gas Gas, k4offroad, kriega, talon (especially Rob Sartin who has helped so much with my fitness and my diet), and rush racing - for more info go to the sponsors page Bradley 10th in Tough One 08 Young expert Bradley King had a super tough weekend. He left his home in Dorset at 5pm on Friday night & got within 10 miles from Oswestry by 9.30pm when his van engine went bang. His only option was to accept National breakdown tow back home to Dorset - arriving at 3am - to swap all his gear into a second van & drive back to arrived at Nantmawr quarry to arrive at 8.30am. Brad had about 1 hours sleep & he was exhausted but he stuck to the task & finished 10th. Bradley King injured - 24th May 2007 Bradley King has injured his foot. His mother reports "Last night whilst out practising a tree jumped out in front of him and hit him! He has broken 4 toes and cracked a bone in his foot. He is devastated as he will miss the Welsh - a week after his 18th birthday - and Hungary which he was really looking forward to. It could have been worse as he was only a few miles away from home. He hopes to be fit enough to do the Hafren. We see the orthopaedic doctor on Tuesday." Update - 3rd July Today I have been for a check up at the hospital. The x-ray showed that the break in my foot is repairing well but will not be back to full strength for a number of weeks yet. So I have taken the decision to not to ride at the Hafren Round 1 of the BEC as the risks of hitting and re-breaking it are too high. I am obviously very disappionted but I will focus on making my comeback at the Tywi only two weeks later than the Hafren with a good result. Name: Bradley King DOB: 13/6/89
Class: Expert E1 Bike: K4OFFROAD gas gas ec125 Sponsor: K40FFROAD, Kriega, Talon I began riding at the age of 4 on a pw50. I started trials at 10 and rode that until I was 14 when I started motox. I started in H&H locally at 16. 2006 was my first season in the BEC and I finished 2nd clubman e1 and won the Rhayader clubman overall. im now 17 and hoping to be competing for the E1 Experts Championship and doing 2 rounds of the European series. My current website is www.freewebs.com/bradking25 but I am in the process of making my own personal site which will be www.bradking.co.uk . My email address is bradkingmx@btinternet.com |
Rob
sartin for all his help and advice with training and my riding.
GBXC
& XMOOR; 5TH + 1ST
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