Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th May

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Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th May, 2012


Round 1 of the Motorcycle Mag Road Racing Championship will be held at the Bira Race Track Pattaya on Sunday, 27th May, 2012.


This will be the first race for Colin Butler and Luke Stokes as part of the Panadda Racing team, both will be riding race prepared Honda Fireblade CBR 1000 RR's.

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Lots of good info on the teams and the racing on Barry Russell's website "Under The Helmet" in the link below:

http://barrygrussell.wordpress.com/tag/panadda-racing/



There's quite a bunch of us going down to watch the racing on Sunday (some are leaving for Pattaya on the Thursday before the race!), feel free to join us down there.
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Thanks Phil

My plan is to go down on Thursday too so I can catch some of the testing on Friday and Saturday. After a five month break everyone is raring to go. Colin and Luke will definitely be in the mix, but there are others in the superbike class to watch out for:

Saksit Senakhan has got a new (ish) ZX10-R. He needs to resolve some set-up issues, but he was doing 1:06s at Bira with the bike wobbling about all over the place. He is certainly capable of running 1:04s with the right set-up.
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'Stamp' Apiwat Wongthananon is fresh from his double podium in the ARRC Asia Dream Cup at Sepang last week and could well be maturing psychologically to give him the toughness to sustain a strong pace for race distance.

Another Panadda Racing rider, Ben Fortt will start the season in SB-2, but his testing times have been coming down into the 1:06s. This cool-headed 18 year-old usually runs faster in races than in practice, so I expect his race pace to lift him quickly into SB-1.
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One major disappointment is the story that 'Sup' Anucha will not be in SB-1 in 2012. I had previously tipped him for the championship, but it seems we are to be denied watching him transfer his sublime light motorcycle racing skills to Superbikes.

I have not been to many of the pre-season tests, but Luke and Colin have other riders they rate and may well comment.

One thing I have learned over the last year or so is that we won't really know who will be on the grid until the competitors turn up for registration!

It will also be the first round at Bira for Moto3 Production, which has already run three rounds at Thailand Circuit. Last year this class provided the most thrilling racing of all, so it will be good to see how the 2012 field is shaping up. I found some results for yesterday's round on the Facebook of a FMSCT employee, which showed a win for Stamp by less than 0.2s, so it looks like the excitement will continue.
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

I think "the Bell" will also be running very good but it just depends if he can last race distance, he was running mid 04s at BIRA a few weeks ago.

There seems to be a number of guys running low 06s to high 05s so there could be some good racing there. I still think moto3 will be the race to watch, I was at Thailand circuit yesterday and the racing is even tighter then last year with 7 riders running 1:29s laps and 5 more in the 1:30s.

Myself and Luke will be at BIRA from thurs until Sun, still have a lot of setup work to be done on the new bike but the good ole repsol will be sitting in the Van if neede. .lol
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Colin - What time is your actual race on Sunday?


newf said:
I think "the Bell" will also be running very good but it just depends if he can last race distance, he was running mid 04s at BIRA a few weeks ago.

There seems to be a number of guys running low 06s to high 05s so there could be some good racing there. I still think moto3 will be the race to watch, I was at Thailand circuit yesterday and the racing is even tighter then last year with 7 riders running 1:29s laps and 5 more in the 1:30s.

Myself and Luke will be at BIRA from thurs until Sun, still have a lot of setup work to be done on the new bike but the good ole repsol will be sitting in the Van if neede. .lol
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Just got the race schedule from Colin for 27th May, 2012 -CLICK ON IT TO ENLARGE


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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

This is on cable tv, right? Where can I watch in CM? Haven't watched any bike racing for ages...
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Is it not on the telly? Luke said it was on cable, I think. Riders Corner, Eurodinner, UN pub... No?
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Qualifying is completed


Luke Stokes & Colin Butler battling it out in SB1


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Colin's second on the start grid, Luke is 4th. Luke's lap time on his bike showed 1' 04.3" - the tracks machine showed his best qualifying lap time as 1' 05.3"


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Colin

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Luke

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Tignote isn't racing in SB1, Stamp had the best time in qualifying (in the SB1 1,000 cc class)


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Ben (no. 40) is going very quick too

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

No. 29 has great style in Moto 3 class


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No.8 (not Tignote, another no.8) looking good ----CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO ENLARGE THIS ONE!


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No.3 should get some style points

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Tingnote, currently the fastest guy in SB1 out practicing on Saturday


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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Luke has been having some fuel delivery problems with his bike, thinks its from rust falling off the inside of the tank where some welding was done......pretty dangerous out there if you have a problem with bikes coming up behind you at 240 km/h

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Qualifying over (Colin)

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Gixxer, no.86, with some serious lean angle


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Moss from Chiang Mai on his BMW going well


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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Tingnote's father, manager of the Panadda racing team


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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Bright colors

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New Gixxer with lots of carbon trim

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Another GSX 1000

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This looked brand new

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One of the Thai riders on the Panadda Racing team

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Bell (55), Ben's (40) team-mate is going quick, he ended up third passing Luke (who came in a respectable 4th in the SB1 class) 2/3rds of the way through the race, also riding a Honda Fireblade 1000 RR. Colin ended up 2nd, Stamp coming first.

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

The SB1 (& SB1) class race got underway about 1645 on Sunday 28th may, 2012 - quite busy into the first corner

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Leaders into the first corner Stamp (24) , Bell (55)

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Luke (70) & Colin (33)

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Colin (33) & Bell (55) close on the second lap

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Battle for 2nd, 3rd & 4th on the second lap (Colin (33), Bell (55), Luke (70))

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Stamp, winner of the SB1 (1,000cc) race power wheelies out of the first bend

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Sparks from Stoke 70's titanium knee sliders

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

First corner

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More power wheelies

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Colin Butler (33)

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Stokes 70 power wheelies

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Moss from Chiang Mai pulls one too on the BMW

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Fast into the first corner

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Ben (40) came off in the first corner , no serious injuries


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Then a guy on a Kawasaki ZX10 came off too in nearly exactly the same place- here the green bike in mid-impact with the tire wall

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SB1 race results


1. Stamp (24)

2. Colin Butler (33)

3. Bell (55)

4. Luke Stokes (70)
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

One of the Gorgeous Pirelli track girls (CLICK PHOTO TO "ENLARGE")


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2 of them


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The third one





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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Start of the Moto 3 production race - 3 minutes

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1 minute


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30 seconds

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Nice bright day

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Out of the pits

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A rare sight

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Checking the lap times from the bike's transponder


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The Panadda racing team bikes

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& the groupies

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Team

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Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Excellent pics, Phil! My shutter speed experiments during the race didn't go so well, so lucky you knew what you were doing!!
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Worrying lack of brolly dollies on Sunday, GAF?..... :(
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Ben (40) in SB1's slide before impacting the tire-wall, there were no serious injuries.


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Photo's used with the permission of Hiro.
 
Re: Round 1 of racing at Bira track, Pattaya, Sunday 27th M

Thanks for the report and the fantastic pictures Phil, much appreciated.
cheers :RO
 
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