Centurion Honda's James Westmoreland picked up a fifth and some vital British Supersport championship points at Cadwell Park yesterday.

Westmoreland had been struggling throughout the weekend with bike set up and a few technical problems during practice, which saw him lose out on track time.

The youngster from Hull could only qualify in ninth position but he was eager to gain a good start and battle with the front runners. A great start saw Westy lying in fifth place into the first corner, the race was soon red flagged after an incident on the opening lap.
 
After a short delay the race was cut short to 14 laps, Westy did not gain a great start and was in eighth place after the first lap, working hard and digging deep he managed to get passed Chris Martin and Steve Brogan, he was then locked in a tight battle to the finish with Triumph rider Paul Young.
 
"I'm really happy with my results as I raced well after a difficult weekend with set up problems," said Westy. "Cadwell is not a track that suits me and my riding style all that well, so fifth on a bad weekend is good and I've managed to close in on Lowry in the Championship and pulled a gap on Martin and Brogan so I'm pretty pleased. Thanks again to all the Centurion team."
 
Tommy Bridewell became a welcomed member to the Centurion Racing team, despite very little time on the Honda 600 and still recovering from a badly broken leg, Bridewell rode extremely well over the weekend to gain a solid tenth place in the race.

As Bridewell battled to get to grips with the Centurion bike around the very difficult Cadwell track his times were consistently improving and a big effort in second qualifying saw him qualify in tenth place, just behind Westmoreland.
 
Riding on the one off CJ Riders Fund number '9' machine Bridewell was boxed into the first corner off the start but still managed to gain a place by the end of the first lap. He then became locked in one of the closest battles of the race in a four man scrap for eighth position with regular front runners Ian Lowry, Chris Martin and Steve Brogan. Getting the better of Brogan and only being 0.2 behind Martin at the chequered flag, young Bridewell rode an exceptional race.
 
He said: "I'm really grateful to the Centurion Team for giving me this opportunity. It was a hard weekend and a difficult track to learn everything all at once, I had to dig deep during qualifying if I was going to get a good grid position. The race was tricky but I really enjoyed it and I was having a good dice with the others. My leg was getting quite sore towards the end of the race but I'm pretty pleased with where I finished."
 
Dan Cooper was also riding injured and after dislocating his shoulder at Knockhill two weeks ago he was eager to prove he could ride and finish in a good position. He gained 14th place and two points in the overall standings. Fighting through the pain Cooper was adamant that he wanted to ride at the physical track after missing out last year with the same injury.  
 
He said: "I knew this weekend was going to be difficult and it was a battle with the time to try and get fit for it. My shoulder is still giving me some grief and there were times I thought about not riding.

"Cadwell is such a physical circuit and although I was injured I really wanted to ride there as it's also a great track. I had a couple of problems with the bike during practice but once we sorted them, my aim was just to get some points during the race. It's definitely put pressure on my shoulder and I know the best thing for me will be to get the operation on it at the end of the year. I'm looking forward to the last three races of the year and hope I'll be fully fit for them all."