Russ was really starting to get sorted at Brands towards the end of the second race, but an early end to the race (red-flag) left him languishing in 9th, to add to his first race 6th place. Things were looking good on the Sunday until a cracked clutch cover (after effects of the crashes?) on the morning warm up left us wondering what might have been....
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A new two into one underseat exhaust was hand built and fitted to the Ducati for this round. If you are interested in one of these contact Two Wheel Technics under "Links". It its lighter and more crash worthy than the twin exhaust set up - as events were to confirm...
After qualifying on the second row for race one, Russ ran in fourth place until a rear master cylinder fault caused the rear brake to drag - check out the spectacular glowing disc in the gallery! This resulted in a DNF and consequently a back row (37th place) start for race two.
Russ carved his way up to 9th giving a third row start for the third race in which he set the fastest lap of the meeting and missed out on a win by less than 0.1s from Championship leader Peter Molloy. A rather mixed weekend ended with an unfortunate crash out of a comfotable third in the final wet race.
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The bioethanol powered Ducati was progressing well at Croix in June with a 4th, then a 3rd, then 2nd in the warm up and then - a startline crash put paid to the weekend! Some good pictures though, and as usual some great racing in the BMCRC Minitwins series. Next, we return to Snetterton on 5th July.
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( 3 / 3507 )The Inzane bio racer will be competing at the following BMCRC rounds:
Snetterton 5/6th July
Brands Hatch 19/20th July
Cadwell park 2/3rd August
Snetterton 13/14th September
Brands Hatch 27/28th September
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Although the £1000 ebay Laverda did prove itself to be faster than most of the Suzukis every time it ran, it was always going to struggle on fast circuits against the top SV 650s. Running the Laverda did prove several things:
1. Bioethanol (e85) is an excellent fuel for racing bikes.
2. You don't need to spend thousands buying a Suzuki, reworking the forks, changing the rear shock, fitting a race exhaust and fitting new discs to run near the front in Minitwins. Just get a Laverda 650 Formula!
3. Russ Joyner can still ride a bike fast and his bike preparation is superb.
4. To actually win a Bemsee minitwin race you need to be near the 72bhp limit, which the Laverda was about 10 bhp off.
So, team Inzane has upped its game and developed a 2003 Ducati 800SS race bike. Once again ebay produced a suitable donor bike, which Russ has hand crafted into a gorgeous and unique racer clothed in a lovely piece of QB Carbon Desmosedici bodywork. It is still heavier than an SV, but it looks great.
The stock motor loves the e85 and was much more powerful than the Laverda on the dyno - straight up to 70bhp with the homemade exhaust.
With expert setup setup help from Baines Racing on the Friday, the Ducati qualified 2nd in a field of 39 on Saturday and finished third in its first race! Russ did even better in race 2 by pipping championship contender Peter Molloy by 0.1s to get 2nd. More to come!
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