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Cameron Donald wins at the 2006 Des D'Arcy Motor Skerries 100
& smashes lap record !!!
(2nd July 2006)
On Saturday 1st July Cameron competed at the Skerries 100 road race
in Ireland. Even as a newcomer to this track he managed to qualify
pole position for the Superbike class and 2nd position for the 600
Supersport.
First up was the Senior Open, an eight lap race.
Cameron got off to a great start upon his Robinson Concrete Honda
and lead Finnegan, Porter and Archibald into the first
corner. He managed to hold the lead for the entire race
finishing 6 seconds in front of Finnegan in second place and
setting a new lap record of 107.249 mph!
"I am thrilled. I only saw the track for the first time
yesterday so to break the lap record is awesome. I'm looking
forward to the Grand Final!"
The next race for Donald was the 600 Supersport upon his Wilson
Craig Honda. Cameron started from 2nd position on the grid and went
into the first corner in fourth position. Cameron held third place
for most of the race but pushed through to finish 2nd only 0.4
seconds behind Porter.
"There aren't many spots on this course you can past and I
didn't get the best of starts. To come through to second was
great."
The final race was the 2006 Des D'Arcy Motor Skerries 100. Cameron
starting again from pole position. Leading the field into the first
turn but running wide, dropped to fifth position. Cameron
immediately began to charge his way through the field completing
lap 1 in 3rd position. Cameron knew he had to get past Finnegan and
Porter as soon as possible, as due to the hot conditions the track
surface was breaking up in spots resulting in Cameron being hit by
many flying stones. He past Porter and then Finnegan on the
entrance to the tunnel on the next two laps to take the lead and
the win! Again breaking the lap record with a speed of
108.27!
"I'm so happy. Was such a great days racing and I knew it
would be tough to race Martin at his home track. I never expected a
win here but from my first lap, I really enjoyed the circuit and I
think that helped me get up to speed so quickly.
A massive thanks to all the team as the Wilson Craig 600 and
Robinson's Concrete 1000 made my job that much easier."
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