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Biggadyke and Capewell happy with TT campaign

Friday 13 June 2014
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Biggadyke and Capewell

Boston, Lincs., sidecar driver Phil Biggadyke and passenger Hayley Jayne Capewell from Rugeley wrapped up their TT campaign with their fastest lap to date and a solid 26th place finish in the second Sure Sidecar race.

Their fastest lap of the week came on lap two of Thursday's run at a 92.8mph and they aslo bettered their first race average speed of 91.509 with an at 91.973mph.

The race should have taken place on Wednesday but the weather closed in and wet roads and mist on the mountain made it too dangerous for the crews to race. They sat it out until Thursday when again there was a delay but this time just two hours as the mist on the mountain cleared by lunchtime and they set off at 2.15pm. 

Biggadyke and Capewell began their second assault of the 37.73-mile mountain road course from 45th position and being a time trial with outfits starting the race at 10 second intervals by the time they actually set off the leading outfit was half way around the first lap of the course.
 
At the end of the first lap the pair had moved up into 39th position with an average speed of 92.54mph which was slightly quicker than race one. As they passed the Glen Helen check point on lap two they were up to 37th and recorded a speed of 130.1mph at the Sulby speed trap. By the time they reached the Grandstand at the end of the lap they were up to 33rd and set off on the final lap full of confidence that they could complete their race even further up the field.
 
At Glen Helen they were 29th and with a few riders forced to retire on the final lap they picked up more places on the run across the mountain and the drop back down to the Grandstand to finish the race in 26th position.
 
Phil and Hayley were over the moon with their results on their first time at the TT festival and once she got her breath back Hayley said: “Well, we have done what we came here to do. We qualified and then recorded two finishes so we feel on top of the world."
 

Photo credit Peter Bull

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