WSS'09 Round 9: Donington Park, Race Day

Monday, June 29, 2009

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing scored a great result with Garry McCoy's first podium on the Triumph Daytona 675, making it a historic result for the English manufacturer in their second World Supersport season.
The Australian rider got a good start and took fourth place, a position he maintained until halfway into the race when he managed to overtake Sofuoglu. He then buit a substantial advantage and finished on the podium. Nannelli did well too as he finished eighth even though he jumped to twentieth place after the first lap. He did however pull off a great recovery and after six laps he was already eleventh. He then engaged in a duel with Veneman, Pitt, Vizziello e Dell’Omo for the sixth place. The tyres eventually worn off in the final part of the race and the Italian passed the chequered flag in eighth place,  improving the Misano result.

Another great result came from James Westmoreland who turned 21 on Wednesday 24th June and celebrated in style by riding as a Wildcard in World Supersport at Donington Park.

Westmoreland is currently in fifth place in the British Supersport Championship riding for JW Racing aboard the all British Triumph Daytona 675. He completed first free practice at World Supersport in 13th place and was just 0.2secs off regular World Supersport and fellow Triumph rider, Garry McCoy who was in eighth place. James completed the race in a very respectable 11th place.

After this weekends's results, McCoy is ninth in the riders' standings while Nannelli remains fifteenth.
 
GARRY McCOY |  Triumph Daytona 675 | 3rd : "It feels great to be the first rider to score a podium result with a Triumph. I've been collaborating with the English manufacturer for two seasons now, but with Giuliano Rovelli's team only since the last round. We didn't start the season on the right foot but now we're score great results. I knew that sooner or later I would ride a great race. I have to thank the entire team for a good job done on the machine which is getting better and better. Now we broke the ice but there is still a long way to go in the championship".
 
GIULIANO ROVELLI - TEAM MANAGER: "We scored a great result after setting up a great team who worked hard on this project. Garry did the rest today but everybody did a great job. This is the first podium for Triumph but it's a first for me as well and it's really an indescribable feeling. I asked Garry to finish the race before the others because I had a plane to catch and he almost made it...".
 
Race Standings:
 
1  35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 34'15.876 (154,981 kph)
2  26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 5.391
3  24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 14.918
4  54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 22.248
5  50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37.054
6  77 Veneman B. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 39.079
7 105 Vizziello G. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 39.978
8  69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 42.733
9   9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 43.030
10   1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 47.422
11   4 Westmorland J. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 50.207
12   7 Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 50.474
13 101 Coghlan K. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 50.763
14   6 Kennaugh H. (RSA) Yamaha YZF R6 58.147
15  51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 59.756
 
Riders Standings:
 
1 C. Crutchlow GBR 185
2 E. Laverty IRL 157
3 K. Sofuoglu TUR 121
4 J. Lascorz ESP 106
5 A. Pitt AUS 79
6 A. West AUS 75
7 F. Foret FRA 63
8 M. Aitchison AUS 61
9 G. McCoy AUS 55 
10 M. Pirro ITA 49
11 M. Roccoli ITA 40 
12 B. Veneman NED 40
13 K. Fujiwara JPN 39
14 M. Lagrive FRA 38
15 G. Nannelli ITA 31