A day out at Oulton Park...

A couple of weeks ago (Sept 20th), Leon was out at Oulton Park with the North Gloucester Road Racing Club. The sun was shining, the bike looked great, and Leon rode a blinder. And, on a track that Leon is still just learning, to put in lap times of sub 1:55 was just terrific!

So what happened? Well race one was the qualifying race. Leon started at the back of the grid, as they lined up in championship positions and he isn't in the championship. But that didn't deter Leon. By the time he'd reached Cascades half the pack were already behind him. He worked hard for the rest of the race to secure seventh place on the grid for race two...game on! And what a race it was, with Leon pushing right from the off in true Jeacock style. Very early on Leon found himself fighting with Chris Beverley (who is now the F400 champion by the way) for fourth place, which, in itself, is an achievement. An unfortunate mechanical problem for Andy Whitehead meant that Leon was instead fighting for the final podium position. And guess who came out on top? Yep...it was Leon. A truly well deserved third place.

The commentators seemed to really enjoy the race too. Here's a short film that captures the essence of a great day out:


Leon was also out in the Open Race at the end of the day. He was out with the 125's and 250 GP's. This was always going to be a tough race. But again Leon rose to the occasion, stuck in some fantastic lap times and mixed it with the front runners. Resulting in an excellent fifth place. Well done to Leon for again treating us all to some fine racing action.


Here's a terrific photo of Leon in action, taken by the clever folk at theoldcoachhousesports.net - It is now sitting proudly on the walls at BMC Racing HQ...Thank you!