GRAND NATIONAL UK SHORTTRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

The Rye House speedway track, right besides the karting circuit that saw F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton grow up, made for the perfect stage to run the UK Shorttrack finals.



Beautifully prepared, the hard surface produced fantastic races all eve long, at a level of speed hardly ever seen this season.



The UK number 1 rider, Aidan Collins, defended his title and won again the GNC Championship by taking his 4th victory on the last round @ Rye House. Congratulations for the Celtibero supported rider and his whole team!



Here the results Rd 6:




1st - #1 Aidan Collins (HM PLANT Honda 450)
2nd - #14 Tim Neave (Team Suzuki)
3rd - #93 Tom Woolley (Pidcock Honda)
4th - #71 Glyn Pocklington (Helmets4u KTM 525)
5th - #7 Ben Baker (Helmets4u Honda 450)
6th - #54 Peter Boast (Team Suzuki 450)
7th - #20 Darren Trapmore (Kinrade Honda 450)
8th - #18 Mark Richardson (Honda 450)
9th - #98 Richard Mason (Arrow Honda 450)
10th - #30 Alan Birtwistle (Honda 450)
11th - #28 Steve Coles (Honda 450)
DNF - #5 Jacopo Monti (600 Celtibero Rotax)

Final GNC Championship results:

1st Aidan Collins 107pts
2nd Tom Woolley 83 pts
3rd Peter Boast 63pts

4th Richard Mason 61pts
5th Glyn Pocklington 48pts
6th Tim Neave 46pts
7th Ben Baker 46pts
8th Jacopo Monti 36pts
9th Tyson Nelson 36pts
10th Alan Birtwistle 33pts
11th Darren Trapmore 30pts
12th David Haith 27pts


On Thunderbikes, Jacopo Monti finalized the UK race series with his 3rd win in the Thunderbikes class.

Stylish as in his best days, it was a pleasure for us to have him on our bike.



Redmax Thunderbike Championship Rd 5 results @ Rye House Speedway Stadium:

1st - Jacopo Monti (Celtibero Rotax)
2nd - Alan Birtwistle (Yamaha 600)
3rd - Guy Sutherland (Co-Built Rotax)
4th - Anthony Brown (Co-Built Rotax)
5th - Steve Coles (Bros Honda 650)
6th - Geoff Cain (Co-Built Rotax 600)
7th - Paul Harrison (Rotax 600)
8th - Dave Arnold (Scooter Farm Rotax 600)
9th - Guto Llewelyn (Co-Built Husaberg 600)
10th - Wayne Drake (Rotax 600)
11th - Paul Baleta (KTM 600)
12th - Pete Wilky (XR Harley-Davidson 750)

Anthony Brown took the overall win after a consistant season with the power and reliability of his own equipment.
Congratulations!
Making a list of parts to buy from you for next years campaign! ;-)

Final Thunderbike Championship results:

1st Anthony Brown 75pts
2nd Jacopo Monti 68pts
3rd Alan Birtwistle 60pts

4th Steve Coles 54pts
5th Guy Sutherland 41pts
6th Wayne Drake 37pts
7th Paul Baleta 34pts
8th Guto Llewelyn 33pts
9th Pete Wilkinson 33pts
10th Geoff Cain 30pts


Congratulations as well to the junior rider Tom Neave for his win on the Arrow Engineering Junior Championship! Pretty unbelievable his control during the whole season. Thumbs up!




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SILVERSTONE AWAITS THE ROUND 2 OF THE UK SHORTTRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Next Saturday 11th June 2011 at Silverstone!

Here the schedule!

Sign on 10:00-12:00h

Riders briefing 12:15h

Practice 15:15-16:00h

Qualifying 16:15-17:15h

Racing starts at 19:00h

SEE YOU THERE, GUYS!

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Celtibero Racing Components Team ready to line up for the first run at the UK Shorttrack Champioship 2011. See you in Oxford!

After hard and meticulous mechanical work rebuilding the base bike, engineering and tests on our low inertia Celtibero Racing Components, comings and goings from test bench to test bench, from test track to workshop and back to make sure our parts work out as good as we target, this along with lots of great support from friends and family (thanks Jan-Willem for the beautiful head work), we can't wait any longer and go now racing.

Celtibero's CIRCLE-F Rotax race bike

Upper engine mounts made of Olimunllum®

If you love riding like we do, you know how hard the waiting can be until you fire up the engine, select first gear and start rolling. Finnaly ready for the track! Last week we went to Jacopo's and Ulde's beautifully shaped and very technical training track in Novara, Northwest Italy, for a first real roll out. Jacopo, very fit and critical as I have never seen him before, welcomes the great power at high revs, the ability to pull the gears over 10'000 engine rpm and the light and nimble frame. He starts tighting corner lines and sliding as deep as he points, which looks like a game when you watch from the wall, scares you when you observe it close at the corner entry, and don't believe when you see it on pictures.

First test rounds

Jacopo Monti, entering the corner


And here a back view!



Thankfully, little issues came up, like a fuel-tank cracke, a leak in one fork, and wrong mounting clearances between our own silencer and the swingarm, but, hey! we didn't even had to make a single adjustment on the suspension.

Jacopo Monti. Testing in Novara, Italy

So now, 2 further crazy days sorting last details, organizing logistics, (like always, we are later than late on that) then entering the real life: The round 1 of the 2011 POZZANI GRAND NATIONAL UK CHAMPIONSHIP.

Our goal for this Friday in Oxford: see Jacopo challenging the best shorttrack riders in europe, UK's number 1 Aidan Collins, number 2 Tom Wooley, 2009 Champion Peter Boast, Les Collins, Eddy Kenneth, Steve Plater, and guest riders like Dave Alana (USA), Tyson Nelson (aus) and many more, and see all souls involved in our quest with a big sincere smile in their faces. Monti’s unmistakable style will be, in any case, a guarantee for that smile.

Good job guys!

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