Quattro Plant Kawasaki’s Dan Linfoot had a solid MCE British Superbike weekend at Oulton Park after coming away with two finishes well inside the top ten, leaving him eighth overall in the championship standings.
The rider had his best finish of sixth in the opening race and finished in seventh in the final outing at the Cheshire circuit. In race one the Knaresborough lad diced initially with Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Stuart Easton, GBmoto Kawasaki’s Chris Walker and Milwaukee Yamaha’s Tommy Bridewell.
Linfoot found himself locked in battle with Anvil Tire Tag Racing’s Richard Cooper for the second half of the race and having sat behind his fellow Kawasaki rider for a number of laps, he made his move on the final rotation to take sixth place at the chequered flag.
The second 18-lap encounter saw him line up in the slightly lower starting position of tenth but a strong start saw him move up to eighth and running in close company with Bridewell, Easton and former Champion Buildbase BMW’s Ryuichi Kiyonari.
As the race wore on, Linfoot was involved in a five-man battle for sixth place and he ultimately crossed the line in a good seventh to take a solid haul of nineteen points, but the rider is still slightly disappointed with his race-pace, and wants to improve.
“It’s been a good weekend with some good results and, given how everything unfolded in qualifying, the two race finishes are probably where I expected to be,” said Linfoot.
“I’m slightly disappointed not to have matched the pace of Stuart Easton and Tommy Bridewell throughout the race and I need to adapt my riding style to get the best out of myself and the bike for the entire race distance. If I can make progress in that area, I’m confident I’ll be closer to where I want to be.
“The bike’s working well and the motor’s really strong so if I can keep banging in the top six, top seven finishes, hopefully grabbing a fourth place here and there, we won’t be a million miles away come the Showdown. It’s early days at the moment and there are plenty of races still to go but it’s been a very solid start to the season so a big thanks to all the team.”
