It was a brilliant day for me and the best racing I've done this early in the season.  I scored 10+1 from 5 rides.  I won the first race and I came 2nd in the 2nd race behind my team mate.  In the 3rd race I won again.  In the 4th race after a poor start into the first bend I had to pass my team mate to try to battle hard to get in front.  After we battled for 1st I ended up making a small error on the last bend which forced me back to 2nd place.  I fell in the 5th race and was excluded.  I went in a bit too hard and fell but my team mate had nowhere to go and had to lay his bike down and hit my left hand.  It's very badly bruised and swollen.

I would like to say thanks to Brian Woodcock for all the help tonight with the new bike and engine which made all the difference.

Results

Boston Barracuda-Braves 59

Simon Walker - 2 2 3 1 1 = 9
Mike Pickering - 1* 1* 2* Fx = 4+3
Ben Powell - 0 3 1 3 = 7
Nathan Irwin - 3 2* 3 2 Fx = 10+1
Carl Wilkinson - 3 3 3 3 = 12
Adam Lowe - 3 0 2* = 5+1
Simon Lambert - 2* 2* 3 1 1* = 9+3

Stoke Spitfires 39

Justin Elkins - 3 EF Ex (2Min) 0 = 3
Gary Flint - F 1 1 1 = 3
Luke Priest - 2 1* 4^ 2 3 = 12+1
Jack Hargreaves - 1* 2 1 3 2* = 9+2
Barrie Evans - 1 6^ 2 2 = 11
Gareth Isherwood - R 0 0 0 0 = 0
Andrew Blackburn - 1 0 0 0 = 1