No Limits Racing - Round 3
Cadwell Park - Report by :DEEGEE: Motorsport Photography
12 -13 Sep 2020
Last weekend’s No Limits race meeting was the penultimate motorcycle meeting of the season at Lincolnshire’s mini-Nurburgring, Cadwell Park. Where has the season gone ?
Glorious sunshine was on offer, which brought back memories for me of the September International meetings in the 70’s at this unique venue, which led to my initial interest in motor-cycle racing, when the likes of GP stars Mike Hailwood, Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read on their works bikes , and sidecar legend Max Deubel, regularly competed.
This season has been all about finding new locations for spectator photographers at every racing venue as COVID 19 has resulted in some of the best viewing spots being “out of bounds”.
As a consequence, new favourite locations for me at Cadwell Park, my local circuit, which, in my opinion, are definitely worth a visit, are Charlies 1, looking back downhill towards Coppice, from alongside the safety fence, Park Straight, including a shot uphill, back towards the Gooseneck, which produces a left to right shot of the bikes (a rare opportunity at Cadwell), Park Corner and Chris Curve.
Admittedly, some are only available to a photographer through a large telephoto lens, but a smaller telephoto (70 – 300) can provide some equally good shots.
There was a quality entry list on offer at this No Limits event, particularly on Sunday, that included a number of TT regulars, including Phil Crowe, Gary Johnson and John Ingram, taking part in the Pirelli Super Series 1000 class.
A couple of regular high profile BSB support class Tri-Options Ducati competitors, Sam Cox #31 and David Shoubridge, who was on the podium at the last BSB meeting at Silverstone were also racing.
There was a frustrating start to the day’s proceedings as the first race which got underway at 10 am was immediately red-flagged after a nasty looking incident on the start line.
Fortunately, there were no serious injuries sustained, although a delay of 45 minutes meant all the remaining races ran two laps less to try and get back on programme.
Re-starting, the reduced six lap race 1 was a thriller, which set the tone for the days racing, providing a ding-dong battle between Joe Moore # 26 and Sam Cox #31 (who took the Ducati Cup title as a result of his performances over the weekend) at the front of the field.
Later in the day and the highlight of the next Racebuykz.com Cup 1000 and Ducati Challenge race was a phenomenal ride by David Shoubridge who started in dead last place 38th on grid.
He carved his way through the field on his Ducati to sixth place, hats off to you Sir cracking ride.
Another thrilling duel on the packed programme, from start to finish in all of the three Pirelli Super Series 600 races contested, was between Kawasaki mounted 15 year old Joe Talbot #49 and James Alderson #19 on his Triumph.
The winning margin for Talbot on all three occasions was 0.279, 0.201 and 0.119 of a second respectively.
The pair should be congratulated for providing the spectators with some outstanding riding with the result in doubt on every occasion right to the line.
The two feature races of the day were for the Pirelli Super Series 1000 championship, and after claiming an easy victory on Saturday the clear favourite for honours the following day was circuit specialist Phil Crowe.
“Crowey” dominated the first race of the day, but retired midway during the second race whilst comfortably leading.
Leaving the impressive Brayden Elliott, who looks odds on favourite for championship honours, and Gary Johnson, to fight out a titanic battle for the win, Elliott eventually triumphing by less than a second.
The meeting also hosted a Ladies only race to raise public awareness and support victims of domestic abuse.
The race, held over 5 laps, was won by some margin by Kayla Barrington, but the competitor who made an impression on everyone present was Annemarie Kenyeres, who finished a creditable 11th on her pink Supermoto machine.
The weather and the hotly contested races were superb throughout the day but just a couple of niggles on behalf of the viewing public, who, once again, turned up in large numbers and were COVID safe throughout.
No race programme was available, either hard copy or online, and only one race commentator.
He did a sterling job on his own and should get a big clap on the back for his efforts, but he was unable to comment on any action out on the park section of the circuit.
Until next time, Stay Safe and Capture the Action.
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