It was not be, as on lap two he slid off at the low sped chicane and took no further part in the session.

The team did a great job of getting the number one bike repaired for race one, but just before the race, found it wouldn’t start! This left Faulkner with no option but to take the number two bike out with no dry set up time. After eight laps Faulkner pulled in to the pits and stating the bike was un-rideable. A new clutch was put in the number one bike for race two and Faulkner took to the grid with renewed confidence. With good reason, he got a great start and taking five riders in the first lap, he was up to third privateer going in to lap two.
Then entering the long left hander at turn four, Faulkner appeared to run straight on and the resulting crash left the rider nursing cracked ribs and some heavy bruising.
The rider was unable to shed any light on the crash and other riders that had witnessed it could not add any more. The team will have to put that one down to a bad weekend and move onto the next round at Knockhill.

The whole weekend was marred by the tragic death of one of the sports rising stars, Guy Sanders. Hit by following bikes in the Supersport 600 race, Guy later died in Theatre from serious injuries sustained in the incident. Team Emco/NSF Racing would like to offer its condolences to his family, friends and team.

He will be sadly missed.