Nutt adds more points at Cadwell

The Nutt Travel.Com/Dawn/T&G Racing rider fought his way through from 17th on the grid to claim three more championship points and maintain his 100% finishing record.

With the team still searching for more power from the Yamaha engine, subsequent dyno tests revealed that the bell mouths weren't operating correctly and although this was corrected, Marty was still lacking a bit of top end speed along the two long straights at the Lincolnshire circuit.

A lap of 1m31.303s in Saturday's opening qualifying session saw him slot into 17th place but the warmer temperatures in the afternoon meant that it was even harder to find time and although he was one of the few riders to improve his time in the final session, it wasn't enough to see him climb up the grid so he lined up on the sixth row.

The weather was even warmer for Sunday's 16-lap race and a good start saw Marty move in to 15th at the end of the first lap, a position he maintained until he found a way past fellow Irishman Lee Johnston.

Once ahead, his lap times immediately dropped and he promptly pulled away but, by this time, the group in front of him and pulled clear and although he was lapping quicker than them, he ultimately ran out of laps to get on level terms with them.

However, with Tom Grant crashing out on the 14th lap he was promoted to 13th place and the three points have seen him move up to 14th in the Championship table.

Speaking later, a satisfied Marty said: "Cadwell's a really physical circuit and it was extremely hard in the heat whilst I got held up in the first half of the race by Lee Johnston. I just couldn't find a way by him but as soon as I did, my lap times dropped by a second a lap and I was able to pull away but by then I was in no-man's land a bit.

“I kept giving 100% and was reeling the pack in ahead of me but I ran out of laps to get close enough to be able to start thinking about any overtaking attempts so I eventually settled for the 13th place.

“It's another solid finish and some more points on the board but we still need to do a bit more work on the bike so we'll use the break to do just that and ensure we're back on top of the game for the next round."

Marty now has a five week break before the next round with round 5 taking place at Mallory Park, Leicestershire from 25-27 June.