This is the 2021 season finale so give it 100% effort! !!!
Pembrey plays host to the final round for 2021 and as such all the championships will be sorted out over the next two days. With 75 points up for grabs in each class it’s not too late for a strong weekend to result in a better position in the final points table. On the flip side anyone with a slender points lead is in a real dilemma… defend… or attack. A slip up could cost a shot at silverware, but sit back on your laurels and that trophy could be nicked from under your nose !!!
The Clubs premier series the Phoenix Motorcycles (Trowbridge) Open is still up for grabs with Max Symonds and Daniel Cooper gunning for NG’s biggest trophy, The Gavin Lee Memorial cup that goes with the title. Max leads the series after fourteen rounds, but by just four points. Daniel had lead the points table from round one, but at round thirteen (…. unlucky for Dan !) he made his first mistake of the year after a clutch issues caused his to crash out. Max uses an S1000R BMW and Dan a CBR600 Honda, but both machines will have their strong and weak points here. Max may have the power but Dan will have the advantage of the lighter and more nimble 600 at the hairpins of Brooklands and Hatchets. Third place in the series is still up-for-grabs with Dave Mackay and Chris Pope split by just one point!!!
Twelve of the twenty-seven championships are still to be decided with the following riders still aiming to secure 2021 glory…. Phil Atkinson and Chris Moore (ACU 250GP), Tom Hayward and Ant Hodson (ACU 125GP), Chris Oliver and Jason Hill (1300 Streetstock), Harley Prebble and Chester Norton (700 Pre Injection), with Richard Stather and James McHardy (1300 Pre Injection). Racing brothers Richard and Dan Harris are both gunning for the same trophy (Mini Twin), James Seath, Michael McKerr and Steve Richards (500cc), there is a five way battle with Benjamin Falla, Owen Hunt, Chris Lavisher, Christopher Bullock and Andrew Nicholson (Sound if Thunder). Both Ducati Series are still up for grabs with Chris Norris and Scott Wilson (620cc A class) and Brian Tipple and Floyd Moody (600cc B class). Two of the Formula Prostock classes are still going begging too with Tony Hart and Nick Williamson in the Battle of the Twins, with Tom Vear, Matt Jones and Lewis Rees able to claim the 750cc superbike title. All three newcomers titles are still up for grabs with George Edwards, Ryan Jones, Tyson Lewis and Scott Key in the running for the Open, Aaron Lily and Andrew Glasgow in the 500cc and in the Mini Twins class Bevan Plumley or Darren O’Leary can still claim championship honour.
The Pembrey Circuit is 1.456-miles and throws up a series of demanding challenges for the riders. The circuit has two very distinct sections split by the Hatchets and Brooklands hairpins. The technical section from Hatchets, through Spitfires, Dibeni, Paddock and the Esses then changes after heavy braking at Brooklands as the fast sweeping sections through the Speedway, Woodlands and Honda Curve take over. Despite the hairpin sections lap speeds in excess of 90mph are needed for glory.
Josh Day holds the outright NG lap record here, set in July 2019, circulating in 57.29 seconds on his R1 Yamaha, which equates to an average of 91.49mph.
Adding extra interest to the weekend NG Road Racing are again running the British National series for 125cc and 250cc GP machinery. This is the only place in the UK that you will see these full-blown ex-GP machines racing for a full British Championship title backed by the ACU. We also have the Ducati Desmo Due Series and the Formula Prostocks runners including the Suzuki Bandit challenge. Also for Pembrey we have one race each day for the National ACU 50cc championship series and 125 Streetstocks.