Aaron Clarke is fifth in the National Superstock 600 championships after racing to a seventh-place finish at Brands Hatch over the weekend.
Kirton’s Clarke rode well in his qualifying session for the Superstock 600 race and began his race from the fourth row.
He got away to a good start, making up three places on the first lap to settle into seventh place.
He entered into a monumental scrap for sixth place with Zac Corderoy, but Clarke forged ahead and into sixth place on lap 12.
The draperRACING rider held his position until Corderoy finally got past him again with three laps to go.
This time Clarke was unable to fight back and followed him home just over half a second adrift.
Clarke said: “I got held up a bit in the early laps but it was good fun and I had a great battle with Corderoy. I was running at the same sort of pace as the top three which was pleasing.”
With the nine points gained, Clarke moves up to fifth in the rider standings on 19 points.
The next round is at Oulton Park in Cheshire over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend of May 5-7.
