May 20, 2015
International success for Cookstown/Burrows Engineering Racing
International success for Cookstown/Burrows Engineering Racing
by baylon mccaughey ; www.irishracephotography.com
In Thursday evening’s first Supertwins race, the exuberant Hamilton finished third behind Ryan Farquhar and Jeremy McWilliams while in Saturday’s race, when McWilliams beat Farquhar to the chequered flag, Hamilton was again third but much more involved in the battle for victory on the Cookstown/Burrows Engineering Kawasaki 650.
Team owner John Burrows said:
"In Thursday’s race Jamie was a distant third, our bike just didn’t have the same performance capabilities as the bikes of Farquhar and McWilliams. However, the team worked hard on the Friday making changes, and with the expert help of Nigel Watt at the Coleraine Dynoshop, Jamie had a much more potent weapon for Saturday’s race. |
Hamilton commented:
"Two rostrum finishes is good work although I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get to fight for the win on the last lap along the Coast Road in Saturday’s race. I just got into Magherabuoy too hot and that let McWilliams and Farquhar get away. Thanks to all the team and Nigel Watt for their hard work on Friday, the Kawasaki was a different bike on Saturday and I can’t wait to race it at the TT." |
Hamilton had mixed fortunes in the Supersport and Superbike classes. In Thursday night’s Supersport 600 race he held John McGuinness at bay to take ninth place on the Cookstown/Burrows Engineering Honda CBR. The chance of a second top ten Supersport result disappeared on Saturday after the Honda suffered a clutch failure.
In the Superbike race Jamie was right out of luck when the normally ultra reliable Suzuki 1000 was sidelined in the early stages by a fuel pump malfunction.
Everyone at Cookstown/Burrows Engineering Racing would like to send their best wishes to all those injured at the North West with special consideration going to Stephen Thompson who of course rode for the team in 2013.