TEAM EMCO HEADED BACK TO OULTON PARK WITH THE INTENTION OF BREAKING THEIR JINX AT THE TEAMS BOGEY TRACK.

With setting from the first round at the track, the team looked stronger from the off. The only problem now was the injuries rider Neil Faulkner had sustained at Mondello Park were really starting to show at one of the most physically demanding tracks in the country. His instructions from the team were to attempt to ride round at as fast a pace as possible without aggravating the injuries further. It was going to be a close thing in qulifying but they all felt it was possible. When qualifying came around, Faulkner did his best to keep witin the qualification maxima, but with the lap record being continualy broken it was proving difficult to do so without putting himself in pain. As his second and last qualifier went in Faulkner decided himself that whatever happened he had to qualify. So he went out to go for it and put up with whatever pain he was suffering for the two laps the tyre would last. It proved to be enough, going nearly two seconds a lap faster! The team were well pleased, but as Faulkner pulled in it was clear it had taken to much. The Team Emco rider was in extreme pain and following a visit to the Chief Medical Officer Toby Branfoot, he was signed not fit to race. All was not all bad news though as Faulkner had acheived a personal goal and the team had done a great job with setting up the bike. The new K Tech forks particularly coming in to their own.