Report by Daniel Leverton
48 riders contested the 4th NCRA Handicap Race held on the 1.7 mile Rockingham Speedway National circuit. A strong showing from Rockingham Forest Wheelers resident racers; Brian Mosnak, Peter Kucak, Vic Davies, Chris Fowler, Pete Bradshaw and Daniel Leverton ensured the team had riders distributed among the CAT 3 and 4 groupings.
Dry, calm conditions proved for a fast event split by 5 handicapped intervals making it a hard effort for the chasing groups. With 5 laps to go the race, bow in two groups, remained split by 46 seconds. One final push in lap 3 equalised the race, a number of attacks from WCRT riders elongated the bunch before an eventual breakaway of the two riders taking a 1-2 victory.
All Rocko’s finished in the bunch with the highest placings coming from Pete Bradshaw (11th) and Daniel Leverton (13th) in the fastest event this season averaging 27.1mph.
Dry, calm conditions proved for a fast event split by 5 handicapped intervals making it a hard effort for the chasing groups. With 5 laps to go the race, bow in two groups, remained split by 46 seconds. One final push in lap 3 equalised the race, a number of attacks from WCRT riders elongated the bunch before an eventual breakaway of the two riders taking a 1-2 victory.
All Rocko’s finished in the bunch with the highest placings coming from Pete Bradshaw (11th) and Daniel Leverton (13th) in the fastest event this season averaging 27.1mph.