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Report from the 2011 BSB National Superstock 1000 Round 7 Oulton Park:
It was good to see the smile back on Geoff Lapworth’s face after a difficult period in the BSB National Superstock 1000 series. Although the weekend was not without its problems, the Heysham Trucks Honda Fireblade was again suffering from serious handling problems throughout practice and qualifying. The issue was eventually resolved when it was discovered the front forks had damaged internals probably due to a crash at Knockhill. As a consequence the local racer fell back into the “shoot out race”.
When this race started not only did Geoff leave his problems behind him he also left then rest of the field in his wake as he bulleted from row 2 of the grid hole shotting and winning the race in fine style recording a fastest lap of 1.42 seconds. It was such a pity the rain spoiled the race on Sunday.
The weather conditions were dreadful and after 5 laps the race was stopped due to crashes. Adam Jenkinson won the race 2nd was Victor Cox and 3rd John McGuinness. Geoff finished 23rd which was a true indictor the lad is back on form and those who witnessed him on the top step of the podium after the “shoot out” could see that when Larry Carter presented him with the winners cap.
