In the main race of the day, the Sunflower Trophy event, BJ realised he would be down on power to the main contenders for the race win as they were riding Superbikes and he was on the AIM Yamaha R6 Supersport machine. But none the less he rode through to qualify in a very respectable 13th position going on to take 10th place in the overall results and being the second Supersport over the finish line.

There were two Supersport races for BJ to contest and after qualifying in sixth place he went on to secure sixth in each race.

BJ TOAL

Practice didn’t go as well as I had hoped but apart from that everything was fine, although in the first Supersport race I chose the wrong tyre and was a bit off the pace. But in race two I took the lead from the word go and led for the first two laps. But then I had a bit of a slide and lost drive so dropped back a bit to finish in sixth once again. All in all the weekend has gone well for us and I am happy enough with the results and my intention is to come back again next year.

AIM Yamaha will now return to base to prepare the R1 and R6 machines for the Macau GP, which takes place on November 17. Steve Plater will be again contesting the Superbike race, which he won for the team last year while Steve Allan, who has ridden to victory on two previous occasions in the Supersport class, will ride the AIM Yamaha Supersport bike.

Practise begins on Thursday, November 15 followed by qualifying the following day with racing set over 15 laps of the Macau Street circuit for Saturday at 14.50 (7am our time).