Tom Ward Racing

Thruxton was always going to be an unknown for us as we don't have much experience there with the Honda and 2022 being the last time I rode there. We were quick from FP1, in the top 3 and qualifying 3rd. Race 1 was tough as I cooked my tyre with 4 laps to go and dropped after leading most of the race, it was frustrating as I was just a sitting duck in the final few laps to cross the line P5!
We made some big changes that evening which helped massively for the next day, in race 2 I had a bad start but was patient with the tyre and slowly worked my way to the front of the battle for 2nd. I stayed behind Allingham and thought to play it safe after the day before.... by waiting till the end to try and pass into the final chicane where I felt strong. But Owens passed me with a few laps to go. I tried to get straight back past as I felt I had good tyre left and didn't want to let Allingham get away. I was in 4th on the penultimate lap and stayed as close as possible to line up a move into the final chicane, I got perfect drive out of church and slipstreamed Owens and got past half way down the back straight, there was a bit of a gap to Allingham but I felt there was still a possibility to get past into the final chicane, he held a defensive line which wasn't ideal as I had broken so late with more speed than normal because of the slipstream, so I had to let off the brakes to not take him out then still try to make the apex! My ambition outweighed my talent as I completely folded the front for about 30 meters where I thought I had crashed, somehow the back end stepped out and saved me from crashing which meant I ended up running over the chicane... I lost exactly 0.5 before the finish which meant I still ended up P3. Hopefully there will be some footage on the highlights race as it was definitely the biggest moment I've had on a bike 😂 it was a fun race and I was happy with the improvements from race 1 to race 2! Always feel like you could have done more but just happy to finish strong 💪🏼 a big thanks to everyone in the Armada Marine Cables team for all their hard work! I'm really excited for Cadwell park next weekend, it's one of my favourite tracks so hopefully we can make some more progress!
Massive thank you to my Sponsors
Burnell Switchgear
Mander Organ Builders
Creekside Construction Ltd
Fabweld Metalworks
Dynamix Accountancy
Arc-on gloves
Bradbury Racing

P2 in Qualifying with the same laptime as Pole position +0.000. Followed up by 2 hard fought races for the win but crossing the line P3 🏆🏆 both times! Happy to be in the fight but a little disappointed, learn and move forward and onto the next one 😈! Massive congrats to my mate on the wins 💪🏼
Thank you to the team and my amazing sponsors

Mander Organ Builders
metalworks

P3 for tomorrow's race