Action packed weekend of racing took place on 4th & 5th May at Cadwell

Thursday May 8, 2014 at 3:29pm

Adam Reeve notched up three wins and a second place to take an early lead in the Derby Phoenix Pre-Injection 600 ACU Sponsored Clubman’s championship.

The 32-year-old from Rotherham, on his Fifth Avenue Limousines Yamaha won his first seven-lap race by almost 32 seconds from Ryan Cooper (Yamaha).

Mike Horberry (Sargent Electrical Services Yamaha) had to start at the back of the grid in that one, but pulled through the pack to finish fifth.

Horberry, the club’s reigning Superstock champion, started on row two in the next race and finished second, less than half a second down.

Horberry, the 44-year-old from Hull, beat Reeve in the fourth race to end the meeting second in the standings, 19 points behind Reeve.

Consistency paid off for David Stiff (Yamaha) who started the two-day meeting with sixth place, but then rattled up two thirds and a fourth to end third in the points’ table on 55, 40 down on Reeve.

Lee Wilson (MSG Racing Suzuki 1000) was the man to beat in the big bike races.

The 31-year-old Yorkshire man raced seven times over the two days and won six of them. He was unbeaten in the four 751-1300cc races and won the first two Allcomers, before being forced to settle for second place, just under four seconds behind Dan Hegarty (Woodcock of Nottingham Kawasaki 1000) in the third.

Wilson tops the big bike Allcomers’ standings five points clear of Hegarty.

Billy Redmayne (Honda 600) won all the 175-675cc races and is on 75, 15 clear of Stirling Cruddas (Honda 600).

Jamie Harrison (Honda 1000) followed Wilson home in the first 751-1300cc race and Dean Harrison (RC Express Kawasaki 1000) was second in the next.

Jamie Harrison was runner-up in Monday’s first race, shortened to five laps after a red-flagged incident.

Hegarty, from the back of the grid, could only manage third place, a quarter of a second behind Harrison, despite setting the fastest lap of the race.

Wilson completed the clean sweep in race four, beating Hegarty by just over two seconds.

Jamie Harrison was third home to take his tally to 72, 28 down on Wilson.

Dean Harrison gave Monday’s two races a miss to concentrate on his Minitwins machine.

Billy Redmayne (Honda) notched up a win and three second places in his four F600 races and now tops the club championship on 85 points, 19 more than his closest rival Ross Walker (Yamaha).

Redmayne, the 23-year-old Manxman, currently serving in the Parachute Regiment, claimed he was short of track time after last being out on a bike in October, but it did not show.

He ran home second to Dan Hegarty (Cross Lane Garage Kawasaki) in the first two F600 races, then won the third, before running home a close second to Walker in the fourth.

Hegarty, still recovering from the arm injury which led him to have 11 operations, did not ride in Monday’s two races, but still completed 40 laps on the big bike, leaving him very tired.

Dean Harrison spearhead his family outing to Cadwell with three wins in the Minitwins.

The 25-year-old from Bradford was in action on his RC Express Kawasaki 650 in this class, along with his similarly mounted 29-year-old brother, Adrian, while their 50-year-old dad, Conrad Harrison, was out in the F2 Sidecar championship round.

Harrison was narrowly beaten by Bruce Dunn (Yamaha 250) in race one, with Adrian Harrison third home.

Harrison went on win the next three outings, chased home by Dunn.

Adrian Harrison added another third and a fourth in his next two races, but a mechanical problem put him out of the last one.

Paul Ellerker was top dog in the Formula 400 class. The club regular ran home winner in all four races, well clear of his closest rival, Andrew Bown (Yamaha 250).

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