CB500 Racing: Archive

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Aintree Race Meeting

Paul Griffin 2013 The second race meeting of the season took place on 11th May 2013 at a very wet and windy Aintree Race Circuit. Arriving at the circuit in torrential rain unloaded the bike and took it to scrutineering. No problems, so out with the dry wheels and in with the wets. Always glad for wet races at aintree as it gives the little 500s a bit more of a chance against the faster...

May 16th

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First Race W100 Oulton Park 26th April

Photography © Roly Grigg 2013. First outing of the 2013 season with the Wirral 100 motor club at Oulton Park saw full grids and mixed weather, bright sunshine to hail showers. Arriving early at Oulton Park to find we had to que for an hr to get in as the gates didn’t open till 7am sharp, same time as technical inspection was supposed to start…..bugger Got the bike through...

May 3rd

Snow delays start to season

The start to this seasons racing has been put on hold due to the heavy snowfall that covers much of the North/North West of the UK. As can be seen from the picture below there won’t be much racing going on until the snow clears. The next meeting will either be the Donnington Park Bank holiday Thundersport meeting or the next Wirral 100 meeting in April. Bit of a pain having to wait esp...

Mar 25th

Mar 13th

First race meeting on weekend of 23 March Wirral...

The first meeting of the season takes place with the wirral 100 at the fantastic Anglesey Ty Croes Circuit. I will be racing in the F400 & Mini Twins championship as well as the 251cc to 500cc open class. This is the first test for the new season on the CB500 and the start of attaining my national ACU racing license. I will keep this blog updated with regular updates as the season...

Mar 13th

The 2013 Season Draws near

After missing the whole of last season due to financial difficulties everything is set in place for the coming 2013 season. The aim for this season is to attain a national road racing license. This is the first stepping stone towards competing at the Manx GP. This season I will be competing again in the Thundersport 500 championship, while competing in select rounds of the Wirral 100 and...

Feb 10th