G&S Racing Kawasaki riders Asher Durham and Jorel Boerboom were at Oulton Park for round nine of the British Supersport championship, where differing weather conditions played their part in the results.
Both riders took full advantage of the free practice and qualifying sessions to familiarise themselves with the technical Cheshire circuit and started the first race from rows nine and 10.
Durham anticipated the lights well at the start of Saturday’s Sprint race and made up three places on the opening lap. He passed his team mate one lap later and successfully chased down Michael Dunlop to move up into 19th position. Just as he was poised to catch the next group of riders, the red flag halted the race because of a crash and a result was called at eight laps distance with Durham awarded 19th.
Boerboom was 20th when the race was brought to a premature end.
Sunday morning brought heavy and persistent rain, which caused racing to be delayed. By the time the Supersport riders took to their grid positions, the track was not so wet and both riders had been fast enough in the first race to be awarded better grid positions and lined up side by side on grid eight.
Boerboom got a fantastic start, making up eight places to gain 16th place in the early laps. He was battling for position within a group of riders on the penultimate lap when a rider fell in his path at Druids, leaving him nowhere to go and he went down uninjured.
Durham made it up to 17th on lap 10 of 12 but was too far away from the riders ahead to make any further impact.
Team manager Tom Fisher said: “Oulton Park was always going to be a challenge but our riders gave their all and rode well in the difficult conditions.
“Jorel was unlucky to be involved in someone else’s crash. He rode well and deserved a finish. Asher also rode well in both races. His lap times were good and if he had started further up the grid, he could have been up into the points.”
The team are next in action at Donington Park on September 27-29.
