The second round of this year’s BSSO Championship took place last weekend on 08/09 May at the Three Sisters race track in Wigan. Both days went really well especially for Josh who won all four races. Not only that he broke the lap record which he held from last year but that was on a 77cc, this time our Polini Evolution 3 70cc engine gave him the muscle he needed on the track. Meanwhile, Sam successfully completed and won the Young Guns class and is getting quicker every race. Apart from injuring his knee after an off on day one, Zack did really well too bearing in mind that this was only his fourth race meeting. He appears to be getting to grips with the set up of the bike and is bringing lap times down every lap and coming in mid-pack. We can see Zack in the top three within the next meeting or two.
Day 1:
Day 2: In race three Josh completed a lap of the circuit in 1:02.05 setting a new track record. Observe how he achieved this in lap four:
Bizarrely Josh’s quickest lap was identical (1:02.05) in the last race as was his top speed – 54.08mph which goes to show his consistency out there on the track:
We feel the need, the need for speed! On Sunday 18 April we went to Elvington to take the Zips for some quarter mile testing before the next round of the BSSO series. The day went well with Pedstop riders Josh Brown and Sam Edwards getting some fast times up the drag strip. Josh’s machine is now equipped with the very latest Polini Evolution 3 engine. As you can imagine we couldn’t wait to find out how the new setup would perform. After a 15.34 second quarter mile run terminating at 79mph we feel even more confident now that Josh has the straight line speed he needs when he returns to the circuit next month. The results of young gun Sam’s full throttle action yielded times in the 16 second bracket with a 16.04 being his best time of the day – quicker than some of the riders of 172 and 180cc machines! Well done Sam.
Ever wondered what it looks heading down a drag strip at breakneck speed? Sit back and watch our latest video to find out…
Now you can watch the second of our videos shot at Mallory Park showing more of the action including onboard camera footage of Josh’s off at Shaw’s Hairpin.
Get the lowdown on our test day at Mallory Park here on PETROL. And you can also find our previous Project Zip videos here.
Hot off the press… Now you can read all about our recent drag racing antics at Santa Pod and Elvington in the second installment of Project Zip. Check it out now…
As planned, we went to Elvington on Sunday 18 October for another sprinting session. Our rider, Josh Brown set off well on the Zip but a cold seize in the last 100 yards resulted in a 15.8 second run and a gentle roll over the line at 60mph. Things can only get better.
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