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Poor weather denies Amor glory



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Published Date:
21 August 2008

KEITH AMOR was denied his final opportunity of claiming an international race win in the 2008 season when torrential rain caused Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix to be abandoned.

The Wilson Craig Honda rider was hoping to crown an excellent season with a first time victory at the Dundrod circuit.

However, with severe weather hitting the whole of Northern Ireland there was no chance of any racing taking place and cancella
tion was the only decision the organisers could make.

With Wednesday's practice sessions also cancelled, the Falkirk motorcycle ace's only outings came in Thursday's qualifying. And, with the track drying all the time, he was able to post some solid times.

Fifth fastest in the Superbike class, Amor followed that up with seventh in the Supersport division to ensure he was right in the mix in both classes.

He also posted the sixth fastest time in the Superstock session, despite only completing two laps after the engine blew on his Honda Fireblade. Sadly, though, that was the closest Keith or anyone else got to any race action and the colossal downpour on Saturday meant the entire race schedule was abandoned.

"I've honestly never seen rain like it," said 35-year-old Amor. "There was no way in this world that racing was going to happen on Saturday
and we'd have been better off getting the waterskis out!

"It's a real shame as the circuit is awesome and the club have worked
so hard on the safety side of things.

"I really feel for them, and for all the fans that turned out, but the weather is something that is out of everybody's control.

"What practice we had was quite fraught and, with the engine blowing on the Superstock machine, we were going to have to race with a standard engine from a road bike.

"The times were good in all of the classes, though, and I was quite happy with getting on the second row in each of them. But, sadly, that was end of the week in terms of getting out on the circuit so I can only hope that we can go back next year and have another go."



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  • Last Updated: 21 August 2008 10:58 AM
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