Double trouble.MOTORCYCLING: Leon Camier was denied a double win in the ninth round of the British Superbike Championship The British Superbike series is the leading motorsport motorcycle racing championship in the United Kingdom. The Series, known to most as "BSB" is managed and organised by MCRCB-Events. by a flag infringement in the second race at Cadwell Park ''This article or section is being rewritten at Cadwell Park is a large motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles south of Louth. It is sited across a steep sided valley, giving rise to dips and crests. . The runaway series leader had gone into the final lap There is also Final Lap (novel), a novel in the Traces series by Malcolm Rose. Final Lap is a video game released by Namco and Atari Games (for the Americas) in 1987 which was the unofficial sequel to the popular Pole Position games. with a lead of six seconds but his Airwaves Yamaha was under observation due to a smoking engine. Race officials displayed the black and orange flag to Camier, requiring him to pull into the pits as it was feared oil was spilling on to the circuit. Camier ignored the call to enter the pits and continued to take the chequered flag, believing that he had taken his 16th win of what has been a dominant campaign. However, within minutes he learned that he had been stripped of victory. The victory in the second race therefore went to Camier's team-mate, James Ellison, who finished ahead of Stuart Easton and Simon Andrews. Earlier, Camier, starting from pole, had taken the first race victory by seven seconds from Easton and Ellison. With three rounds remaining, Camier enjoys a 97'-point lead over Ellison in the riders' standings. |
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