Pete Wright pushed to the limits at Anglesey

After securing a second podium of the campaign, the Tividale rider was also full of praise for the staff, medics and marshals who had to deal with a series of nasty crashes at Anglesey.

Following a great start from the outside of the grid in race one, in the 600 Cup class, Wright got away with the lead group until Jamie Cornfield squeezed past up the inside soon followed by PSS rider Broderick Whitmore-Wilson.

“Jamie soon pulled a gap and I was losing time to Brod so I knew I had to pull my socks up and started to close back up on Brod, who I could see was having handling issues,” said Wright.

“In the meantime, Scott Stevens had lost the front into turn two promoting those behind up a place.

“I crossed the line only just over a second behind Brod, which certainly gave me confidence for race two on the Sunday, and bagged myself my second podium of the season finishing third in class.”

Red flags quickly came out during race two following a huge pile-up into turn one, affecting about 10 riders.

“Most were up and walking but a few were much worse off and we wish those riders a very speedy recovery,” said Wright.

After a long delay, while ambulances moved off site, the race resumed and Wright finished fourth in class, which placed him ninth for race three.

“I got away well again but was fifth in class and surrounded by PSS riders Louis O’Reagan and Robert Childs in front, and Brod behind,” he said.

“I got past Robert at the bottom of the corkscrew and was right behind Louis just as Brod got by me. For the rest of the race we were nose to tail – it was great fun.

“The bike felt great and for race four I got a good start and soon found myself tucked up behind Louis O’Reagan again.

“But I was determined not to wait to get past this time and got a great drive out of church to pass him on the fast right kink of the back straight.

“I started to pull in Brod and fourth-place Barry Dimelow, of Fatboy Racing, but ran out of laps.

“However, I had the biggest buzz on the bike, with every lap in the 1:11s. I ended on another personal best lap of 1:11.07, so close to a 1:10, when last year my PB was a 1:12.3.

“Big thanks to my sponsors Mupo Dave Croft, DRC Race Leathers, Properly Protected Insurance, Cradley Kawasaki, Putoline Distribution UK, TAG Speed, Motorbykebitz, Pcr performance, Novol, Motorcycle parts warehouse, PFC brakes, AS3 Performance, Revs suspension services, Profibre, HEL Performance, RUS Scaffolding, MBF Home Improvements Ltd and Express & Star newspaper.”

The Black Country was also well represented once again during round two of the EMRA championship at Mallory Park.

Richard Evans, right, from Wolverhampton, held on to top spot in the Pre Injection 600 class following another successful weekend of racing.

“It was a good weekend all round really, despite having a disastrous qualifying,” he said. “There was so much traffic I just couldn’t get a clear lap and ended up qualifying eighth on the third row, which wasn’t ideal.

“I started the first couple of laps quite steady and then got going, chasing the leading group.

“After busting a gut I managed to finish second in the 600 class, which I was pleased with.

“The second race I managed to get away and just managed each lap, pushing a little more each time, and won the race.

“It keeps me top of the championship because I didn’t drop a lot of points and the lad I was battling with for most the round didn’t compete in the first round.”

Wednesbury speedster Neil Lloyd, 48, also finally saw some good luck come his way during an extremely busy meeting, swapping bikes to race in numerous classes.

“We had a decent weekend with EMRA and the earlystock club, racing our classic in the earlystocks and the ZX6 in the Pre Injection 600 class,” he said.

“Although the baffles have messed up the power delivery, we managed to complete both races finishing 10th overall in both earlystock races.

“The club then decided I was in the wrong class and moved me into another class, more suited to our bike – and although there were no trophies I’m now leading that class!

“We’re starting to make progress with the ZXR 600 too, making small adjustments to the suspension every time I go out.”

Lloyd said the bike had ‘the best feeling yet’ in the final race after he came away with mixed results on the 600cc, finishing 16th overall and sixth in class in the opening race, and the 14th overall and fifth in class in the second.

Lloyd now heads to the Isle of Man for the Pre-TT Classic, May 24-27.