James Westmoreland secured his best result ever this weekend at the tiny Scottish circuit, Knockhill, at round eight of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport series, where he gained a fantastic second place.

20-year-old James ‘Westy’ Westmoreland was riding exceedingly well throughout the weekend and was the fastest rider in the two dry practice sessions on Friday. However during the wet qualifying on sessions on Saturday, Westy dropped to sixth in the first qualifying session but finally moved through the second in the combined qualifying, his first front row start.
 
Westy gained a superb start and was leading into the first corner, by lap four he had fallen to fourth behind Ian Lowry, Glen Richards and James Webb. He soon regained his form and dug deep and passed James Webb into the Hairpin on lap sixth and was hunting down Richards, once again making his move at the Hairpin for second. Lowry had already bridged a big gap and although Westy was setting fast lap times he was unable to catch the Irishman before the race was cut short and red flagged due to rain on lap 22.
 
A delighted Westy said “I’m really happy with the result today. I was happy with the start that I gained but I was a bit cautious on the first few laps as it had been a while since I’d led a race, after I calmed down and got into a rhythm, I managed to pass James (Webb) and Glen (Richards). I’m really pleased with the result and would like to thank all the Centurion team for working so hard. I would also like to pass my condolences to the family and friends of Craig Jones.”

Unfortunately for team-mate Dan Cooper, after crashing out on Friday morning, Dan dislocated his right shoulder and knocked himself out ruling him out of the race this weekend. A phone call to European Superstock 600 rider, 20-year-old Dan Linfoot and Linfoot was soon driving to Knockhill to replace the injured Cooper and gained a solid 13th place on his first outing on the Honda 600.
 
Race Result
 
Ian Lowry                              Suzuki
James Westmoreland            Centurion Racing Honda
Glen Richards                       Triumph
13th Dan Linfoot                  Centurion Racing Honda
 
James Westmoreland is now lying in fourth place in the Championship.
 
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2008 Races

Round 9 -        23rd - 25th August - Cadwell Park, Lincs

Round 10 -      12th - 14th September - Croft, North Yorkshire

Round 11 -      26th - 28th September, Silverstone, Northants

Round 12 -      10th - 12th October - Brands Hatch Indy, Kent

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