Edenderry’s Kevin Keyes is Team #109’s
sole entry for this weekends World Superbike Championship round at Donington
Park in which the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class run alongside as a
support class for the European round of the series.
It was less than a month ago from
Keyes was last in action at Oulton Park where he bounced back from two crashes
in qualifying and warm up to score his second podium finish of the season,
taking a brilliant second place finish around the Chester circuit.
Back fully fit following his Bank
Holiday weekend crashes, Keyes is hoping to use the current momentum he has
built from the last round to hopefully stand on the podium once again this
weekend. Having competed at Donington Park already this season, scoring his
maiden podium finish in the class at the opening event of the campaign in
April, the twenty-year-old has hopes of doing the same again this weekend.
Speaking ahead of this weekend the
Offaly rider said; “I’m feeling confident heading into this weekend, I’m
feeling fit again after our crashes at Oulton, and I’ve done plenty of training
ahead of the weekend to make sure I am coming into it sharp. Ryan Vickers has
an entry into the World Supersport class this weekend, so with him not out my
aim is to get some more valuable points with him away for this round, be smart,
and bring it home, hopefully up the front.”
Sharing a paddock the biggest teams
and riders in the World Superbike Championship, including fellow Kawasaki
rider, and current world champion Jonathan Rea is a motivation for Kevin, and
he is hoping to attempt to catch the attention of some of the biggest riders
and teams in the world this weekend.
“For me this is an important round,
not just for myself personally, but for us as a team,” said Kevin. “Sharing a
paddock with the World Superbike and Supersport teams is a huge opportunity.
You never know who will be looking at you, and the team has put a lot of effort
into looking and working professionally this season. So hopefully I can do a
good job in front of some big teams and riders, and if I can come home as top
Kawasaki in the class, keep the attention of ‘Team Green’, you never know what
can happen.”
Words James McCann
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