SNETTERTON - MRO ROUND 4.

2nd - 3rd JULY 2005.

Triple MMM Racing Dissapointment.

GP Wildcard - Bad News.

After the good results at Silverstone, Andy was selected by the MRO as a wildcard entry for the British 250cc GrandPrix at Donington park. We tried to enter last season, but were unable to do so due to applying too late. Again this season, we were to be dissapointed.

Our governing body - the A.C.U decided in their "wisdom", to not to allow ANY of the three wildcard applicants to compete by refusing their start permissions. All they would say is that none of the applicants were "Of a suitable standard to compete".

Last season, the MRO champion - Lee Dickinson, qualified well within the maximum time, and managed to finish the race in a respectable position. This season, Andy has ridden faster lap times at all the circuits than Lee. Which goes to show that Andy would probably have made the qualifying time.
At the end of the day, if the riders don't make the qualification time, they are not allowed to race. Surely this should be the only deciding factor in whether the riders are allowed to compete.
The ACU made their decision in a closed meeting, where none of the applicants were allowed to put forward any arguments as to why they should be allowed to enter the world stage as a wildcard entry.
The MRO 250 championship is the highest standard of 250gp racing in the country, so anyone in the top 3 places should be given the chance to try at the highest level.
We would however like publicly to thank all the people who work for our championship organisers - the MRO for their hard work trying to get this bad decision reversed.

Snetterton MRO Round 4.

The team were not able to attend the MRO meeting at Snetterton. We hoped that results would go our way, so as not to loose too many points to our rivals.

Qualifying.

Pole position went to Toby Markham, with Alex Kenchington 2nd and Mark Welch 3rd on the grid. Our nearest rival - Ian Gardener qualified 5th.

Race 1.

Results.

1st - Alex Kenchington, 2nd Toby Markham, 3rd Dan Tarratt. Ian Gardener D.N.F.

Race 2.

Results.

1st - Alex Kenchington, 2nd Toby Markham, 3rd Mark Welch. Ian Gardener 11th.

Conclusions.

We have now dropped to 5th in the championship, and are now 25 points behind the championship leader, so in all, the results from Snetterton were as good as we could have hoped for.