Despite technical issues, Kevin Keyes’ fifth placed finish in the Superstock 600 was the highlight for G&S Racing Kawasaki at Snetterton last weekend.
There was also an 11th place finish in the race for TJ Toms on his 18th birthday weekend while Milo Ward was unfortunate to slip from his machine at Agostini on the first lap of the Superstock 1000 race.
Keyes was on the pace throughout the weekend and began the Stock 600 race from the third row.
He got a good start and picked up three places on the first lap to move up to sixth place.
He then passed Storm Stacey on lap two for fifth place although he in turn was then passed by Eunan McGlinchey who promptly crashed out of the race.
Keyes remained fifth place for the duration of the 10 laps to pick up 11 championship points to place him fifth in the rider standings.
Toms began the race from the fourth row and he too made a good start gaining three places on the opening lap to 10th position.
He made it up to ninth on lap four but then dropped back to complete the race in 11th place and moved eighth in the chapmionship.
Ward was improving with every outing during free practice and qualifying and began his challenge from the seventh row but his race was short lived as he, along with three other riders crashed on the first lap.
Team manager Tom Fisher said: “All three riders made some big steps forward over the weekend but unfortunately they were all caught out during qualifying with the bad weather conditions.
“Both Kevin and TJ were running with a slight problem with the Kawasaki which held them back a bit otherwise we could have been looking at a couple of podiums.
“But they both rode well and brought some valuable points back to the team.
“Milo advanced well during free practice and qualifying but all his hard work came to nothing when he was unfortunate to crash in the early stages of his race.
“We now have a race against time to get the big Kawasaki put back together in time for Thruxton.
“It took a big hit in the crash and will take a lot of work to get it back up and running.”
The whole event was overshadowed after Superstock 600 competitor Aaron Clifford suffered serious head injuries in an accident during the warm up and was placed in an induced coma.
Fisher said: “We were saddened that a fellow rider and friend has been taken to hospital with some serious injuries. Everyone at G&S Racing send our best wishes to him and also his family at this difficult time and wish him well for a speedy recovery.”
