Seeley remains out in front

In the tricky conditions, it was Seeley who ended up on the front row for the opening race in third place. The opening race was scheduled to be 10 laps and the racing was extremely close and five riders were battling for the lead. An incident on lap six forced the race to be red flagged with Alastair taking second behind Stuart Easton and Ben Wilson, 0.5 behind Stuart.

The second race scheduled for 18 laps was just as frantic and with concerns over tyre wear, they cut the race distance to 15 laps and once again another red flag saw it become a 13-lap race. Wilson, Seeley, Billy McConnell and Easton were continually swapping positions throughout the whole race and produced some of the best racing seen in years. This time it was Wilson up to second and Seeley in third when the race was stopped and declared a result.

Said Seeley: “They were both really good races today and it’s always close at Thruxton, I managed to get a good set up early in the weekend which helped me as with the bad weather track time was limited on Saturday. I was trying to set something up for the last lap in the second race and was in a good position to make a move but it was cut short, so had to settle for two podiums and I have left here leading the Championship so I am pretty happy. The Gearlink Kawasaki worked really well all weekend and we proved we have the speed to run with the Yamaha and Triumphs. Thanks must go to all my personal sponsors and also to the Gearlink Kawasaki team again for all their hard work.”