Difficult weekend for Gino Rea at Nurburgring
07-09-2009
Gino and the Ten Kate Honda team competed the 7th round of the WSBK Superstock 600 Championship at the weekend in Nurburgring. Although going into the weekend positive unfortunately the results were not what Gino was wanting.
The weather through the weekend was mixed resulting in not much setup time for the dry race that occurred on Sunday. Having qualified 7th on the second row Gino got a good start and got away with the front four riders for the first laps of the race. Gradually however, as the pace increased Gino found that he was not able to keep at the front without the bike getting too out of shape and he slipped positions finishing in 6th place.
The result leaves Gino in 3rd place in the championship 24 points behind the leader Petrucci, with a maximum of 75 points available from the last three races. Gino is looking for podiums and wins in the last races.
Photos from the weekend are in the gallery here.
Results from the race and the championship table are here.
Sponsors
Team StoneBaker.
For 2009 StoneBaker Racing is sponsoring four riders. Dan Linfoot, Gino Rea, Christian Iddon and Pat McDougall.
Dan Linfoot has joined premier BSB team Rob Mac Racing Yamaha to compete in the British Supersport Championship.
Gino Rea has joined leading WSBK team Ten Kate Honda to compete in the WSBK Superstock 600 Championship.
Christian Iddon competes in the Supermoto World Championship with factory supported Team Motoracing KTM.
Pat McDougall competes in the BSB Superstock 600 Championship in privateer team Beowulf Racing.
