Jeremy went down to Snetterton on Friday to take advantage of the practice day, but things did not go according to plan due to a minor slip-off at the esses at the end of the straight during the morning.
He had to fix the bike himself due to his mechanic being still at work. He got it fixed again for the afternoon, and recorded some good times. The mechanic arrived late Friday night after an eventful journey which started with the aerial being knocked off the caravan by an overhanging tree and then the turbo on the van deciding to go on strike, reducing top speed to 40mph.

After a windy Friday night when we thought the awning might blow away, we woke to a less windy but dry Saturday. It seemed a long day, with 4 laps of practice early in the morning, and no race until after lunch, with the second race being so late that minor's lamps were needed. To make matters worse, the 250 grid was full, so Jeremy had been put in what they called the "1300 Shootout" with a real mixture of machinery.

In the first race he finished 5th, but in the second rode to a brilliant 3rd place leaving a lot of the big R1s behind. Needless to say, he was the first of the 250s in both.

The wind was stronger again on Sunday, so changes were made to the bike, which were tested out in the 8 minute free practice. One of Jeremy's main rivals, Lee Dickenson, sadly had mechanical failure during this session and took no further part in the day.
Timed practice could not have gone better, with Jeremy claiming pole position, 0.4s faster than Dean Johnson. In 3rd, 0.3s behind Dean, came Mike Herzberg. Completing the front row was Derek Welch. With Lee not racing, the points situation in the championship meant that a win for Jeremy would secure the title.

Jeremy got his usual good start, and at the end of lap 1, there was a 3 rider breakaway made up of Jeremy, Dean Johnson and Lee Hodges. The lead changed several times until about lap 7 when Lee Hodges pulled out with mechanical failure. At the end of the 16 lap race, Dean Johnson took the victory by 0.5s from Jeremy, and this now gives him a 22 point lead in the championship with one round to go at Mallory on the 23rd September.

A finish of anywhere above 12th place will give Jeremy the championship.

We used the Saturday BMCRC club races as a practice day for Sunday's MRO. We needed to test the gearbox to see if the lessons learnt from the practice day earlier in the year could be put into effect. Jez came back from 4 laps of practice happy with 5th gear but needed top gear changing. With only an hour before the first race it was all on to get this done.

Unfortunately we tried to do too many things in too short a space of time and sadly we had to miss the first race due to the bike not being ready on time (the mechanic was chastised yet again!) too busy eating pies me thinks!!!
The result of this was that Jez was on the back of the grid for the second race as this was based on the results of the first.
To make matters even worse, the race was a mixture of 125 and 250 machines. Jez got a good start, weaving through the pack and was up to 7th place when the red flagged the race. He then had to do it all again. This time, he got boxed in on the first corner, but still fought his way through to an excellent 4th place, setting the fastest lap of the race.

The race was shortened to 4 laps - had there been a 5th he could well have won!

Heavy rain overnight meant that there was a potential problem on tyre choice on Sunday morning, but as Jez's first practice was not until 11am we were lucky and slicks were the order of the day.
Qualifying was a close run thing between the top 3 contenders in the championship. Lee Dickenson blew a crank part way through qualifying, but had already set a respectable time which left him 3rd on the grid.
Mike Herzberg did his usual last lap dash to claim pole position, 0.6s faster than Jeremy, and Andy Sawford completed the front row of the grid.

The race was over 13 laps of the Cadwell full circuit. Jez got his usual good start and led at the end of the first lap. As the race progressed he came under pressure from first Lee Dickenson and then Mike Herzberg.
After the 2 Yamaha riders got passed, Jeremy had quite a lonely ride, with Lea Gourlay several seconds behind on his Aprillia.

On the last lap came the shock when Mike Herzberg crashed at Mansfield corner handing 2nd place to Jeremy and leaving him still in the lead of the championship by the reduced margin of 2 points.

Mike remounted and did manage to finish the race in 6th place.

Result - 1st Lee Dickenson, 2nd Jeremy Goodall, 3rd Lea Gourlay.

The next round is at Snetterton in 3 weeks.

After being unable to get a ride at the Saturday club meeting, time to get a good set up was a minimum. Five minutes untimed practice gave us 5 laps to check that we had the gearbox and gearing something like.
With changeable conditions, tyre choice for the qualifying session was in doubt until the last minute, but slicks were the order of the day.

Qualifying went quite well, always in the top 4, to gain a front row position. In front of us were locals Chris Bishop and Ricardo Ballerini, and championship rival Darren Thomas.
In the race, Jeremy got his usual good start and was 2nd at the end of the first lap behind Chris Bishop. This turned into a three way battle with surprise contender Neil Higgs which went on for most of the race. Neil passed Jeremy to take second place.

The original result was Chris Bishop 1st, Neil Higgs 2nd and Jeremy 3rd with championship rival Darren Thomas in 6th.
However, the results were adjusted for points as Chris Bishop is not eligible for the championship as he finished 10th in last year's British 250 Championship.

With Lee Dickinson and Mike Herzberg at Knockhill Supercup, this now puts Jeremy in the lead of the 250 MRO championship for the first time. The next round is at Cadwell this Sunday.

After a good practice day on the Friday, getting a good set up, the qualifying session went very well for Jeremy, qualifying on pole for the second time this season ahead of some good quality riders in Mike Herzberg, Lee Dickenson and Derek Welch.

In the race, Jeremy got his usual good start, and there was a close 4 way battle between the front row contenders. The lead changed at nearly every corner. On lap 6, Jeremy had the misfortune of break failure at Foulston's chicane and dropped back to 7th place losing 11 seconds on that lap. Having adjusted the breaks while riding, Jeremy fought his way back to 6th place recording the fastest lap of the race at 1m 38.5s - a really exceptional time. Sadly the 6th place dropped him to 4th place in the championship, but only 2 points behind 3rd place.

Due to Ryan Farquar's sponsor, Winston MacAdoo, not allowing his bikes to be ridden on a Sunday, Pete made his bike available to Ryan for the Sunday of the Cock of the North meeting at Scarborough.
On his first outing on the bike, he came 2nd in the support Superbike racing, behind Ian Lougher, but in front of Jason Griffiths and other Scarborough regulars. Next came the 250 race which was red flagged twice, the first time due to Ryan highsiding at Mere hairpin. He managed to get the bike back to the start, so was allowed to ride in the restart.
The second attempt at the race was red flagged due to a crash involving Trevor Keys, with Ryan in the lead when it was stopped. The third attempt was run over 6 laps and Ryan led from start to finish, beating Shaun Brown, a very close second.

Then came the main Cock of the North race. Ryan started on the front row, but was involved in a nasty incident on the way to Mere hairpin on the first lap. He was taken to hospital for a check-up, but was released and we are pleased to say that he was in fine form a few hours later in the pub. The bike escaped reasonable unscathed, just a new fairing required.

After the good showing at the MRO round, the team decided that Jeremy deserved a challenge at the Supercup at Oulton Park.
A new crank was in order, so some running in was required on the Friday. Saturday morning qualifying, he qualified 12th, not quite as fast as he had gone the previous week.
The afternoon session he only got 2 laps in before the rain came, so that stopped any chance of improving. There was then a long wait until the last race on the day on Sunday, which finally started at 6pm.
Jeremy was circulating with a good group of riders battling for 10th position until on lap 7 when he developed gear selection problems. The mechanic wants sacking as it turned out to be a nut that had come off the gear level. The next outing is the MRO round at Brands Hatch on August 12th.

Despite the problems at Castle Combe, we were still lying 3rd in the MRO championship going into the Thruxton round, although a bit further behind than we were before. Thruxton, Jeremy qualified 8th will an ill-handling bike due to lack of time to set it back up.

We made modifications for the race which improved things. Championship leader Lee Dickenson qualified on pole but crashed late in the session, missing the race with a suspected broken thumb. When the lights went green, Jeremy got off to a flying start, leading for the first 2 laps before being passed by Supercup riders Steve Sawford and Mike Herzberg. For most of the race, only a few seconds covered 3rd to 9th places, but Jeremy managed to hold off the opposition to finish 3rd and close the gap in the championship down to only 5 points.

Championship standings are now Darren Thomas 77 points, Lee Dickenson 75 points and Jeremy 72 points with Mike Herzberg catching up on 65. The next round should be at Rockingham, but there is a final decision on Wednesday on whether this meeting can be run.

Pete

Castle Combe saw mixed fortunes for the team. Jeremy qualified on pole for the first time on a 250, but then crashed out on the 2nd corner of the first lap with what we have been told was a spectacular high-side. The bike took off on its own and had an argument with the armco! The bike lost, with lots of front end on damage. Luckily, Jeremy only suffered bruised pride and a few aches and pains. A hectic fortnight ensued and we parts were only received on Thursday, but the machine was back together for us to set off for Thruxton on Saturday.

Jeremy and the team showed real character and determination to get the bike and rider ready and fit in time for Thruxton!!

Used the club meeting at Snetterton on Saturday as a test day, changing the suspension quite a lot and messed with the gearbox. We also tested the kitty litter again but this time stayed on board.

Free practice tried different gearing because of the change in wind direction, and Jez seemed happy with the set up.
Into qualifying, set an early quick time, but as the session went on, seemed to drop down the leader board into 5th place. On the last lap put in a stunning time with Lee Dickinson who claimed pole, with Jez claiming 3rd place, continuing his record of always starting on the front row. The team was happy with this result as a lot of Supercup riders were behind us on the grid.

Race time, and a good, clean flying start saw Jez lead into the first corner. As they came to the chicane at the end of lap 1 the order was Jeremy, Lee Dickinson, Mike Herzberg and Laurence Hopper.
One of our main championship contenders, Laurence crashed at the chicane but was luckily unhurt. This caused a gap between the front 3 and the chasing pack. Jeremy led for 4 laps before being passed by Lee, who slowly stretched his advantage by a few tenths of a second every lap. On lap 10 of 18, Jeremy came under pressure from Mike Herzberg who seemed to have a slightly faster bike and took second place on the back straight.

The race finished in this order with Lee winning by 5 seconds from Mike with Jeremy a further 4.5 seconds behind. This keeps Jeremy 3rd in the championship going to Castle Combe on 19th May.

Practice day on Saturday was wet in the morning so we did not go out , it dried out over dinner so we went out in the afternoon but not for long, CRASHING at island bend on lap 2 causing a fair bit of damage and knocking Jeremy about a fair bit. Luckily we had Sunday to rebuild the bike and Jeremy.

Monday free practice we had to treat as a session to make sure the bike and Jeremy were alright, Qualifying went well on pole for most of the session until been knocked back to second place by Oulton specialist Derek Welch,the team was happy being in front of all our Championship rivals.

After getting a good start in the race it had to be stopped after a nasty crash between Frank Swain and Richardo Ballerini.
In the restart Jeremy got another good start and at the end of lap 1 Jeremy, Derek Welch and Lawrence Hopper had broken away from the chasing pack. The three riders swapped places for 5 laps, when Lawrence's engine gave up . Jeremy and Derek battled for the remaining 5 laps and on the last lap it was Derek who appeared first out of the last corner to take victory by 0.2 sec.

Then we found out that Jeremy had been given a 10 second penalty for a jump start but luckily he beat the third place by 10.03 to hang on to second place. This now puts Jeremy third in the championship.

Lea Dickinson 50pts
Darren Thomas 48 pts
Jeremy Goodall 40pts
Cheers Pete

Another up and down weekend for Jeremy

Hello everyone Pete here with the latest news from Team Turnbull.
A good practice day with lots of supercup riders there for Jeremy to mix with and learn. A very wet qualifying with us on pole half way through the session when unluckily Jeremy lost the front at the slowest corner bending the footrest and brake lever.
There was lots of crashes in the session and at the end we qualified in fourth place on the front row.

In the race in dry perfect conditions Jeremy got a good start and lead at the first corner, as they came back into view at the end of the first lap it was Jeremy from Lea Dickinson and Lawrence Hopper. This went on for five laps swapping places until the start of lap six when Jeremy came through the start and finish touring with a seized engine.

Better luck next time at Oulton Park on easter monday.
Read all about here next week!!

DONINGTON PARK SUNDAY 11TH MARCH MRO ROUND 1

An up and down weekend.
Saturday was a trackday and was involved in an incident at the chicane where 2 people went down on the entry to the corner and Jeremy went down on the exit,doing a fair bit of damage to the lefthand side.Had to burn a bit of midnight oil to get it ready for Sunday.

Sunday a mixture of wet and dry conditions, free practice was on slicks and went well, altered the handling a little before the qualifying session. Qualifying in the dry on slicks went well got out first on the track and got in some quick laps on a clear track,then on the last lap of qualifying he put in his fastest lap which put him 3rd on the grid an exellent start to the year with lots of good riders behind Jeremy.

Down came the rain!!
The race held in wet conditions, drama at the start Stuart Easton's Monstermob Honda is on one cyclinder also Tim Levy enters the pits with something wrong with his bike, a good start from Jeremy and leads into Redgate corner with the very experienced Derek Welch second.
Jeremy held on to the lead for seven or eight laps until Lea Dickinson passed him. Jeremy challenged again at Redgate corner but neally loses the front and runs into the gravel keeps the bike upright and rejoins the track in fourth place,he picks up the pace again and by the end of the fourteen lap race he had got back up to second place.

1st Lea Dickinson
2nd Jeremy Goodall
3rd Darren Thomas
4th Derek Welch

Not bad a podium finish on his first outing on the bike, roll on Silverstone.