Anthony Johnson couldn’t have asked for a better weekend, taking three wins at Cadwell Park last weekend.

It was the perfect weekend for Johnson at the latest round of the British Motorcycle Racing Club season. He even took two out of the three pole positions cross the weekend as well in the Helmet City MRO SuperSport class. He brings us up-do-date with his race weekend:

Race One – We led from lights out. Tried to get my head down and into a rhythm straight away, hopefully building a gap I could maintain. Luckily for me, Kyle and Sam got into a bit of a scrap over the first few laps which let me pull a small gap. After a few laps I had a look behind, saw I had some time in hand, and let the pace off slightly to try and save the tyre for race two.

Race Two – My favourite race of the weekend. Got the initial jump off the line and led the first lap before Kyle Jenkins came past – this turned into a proper game of cat and mouse. Kyle’s on a 765 and mine’s a 675 but the bikes are pretty evenly matched.

We swapped the lead a few times as we both tried to work out where each of us was stronger around the track. I sat in behind and waited for the last few laps to make a move, which came at the Gooseneck. Once past, I tried to make a break – Kyle came back down the inside into Park but went in a bit too hot and couldn’t pull it down to the apex, so I turned back underneath on the exit.

Getting to the bottom of the Mountain he ran into lapped traffic – I got past one rider, got a bike between us, then past a few more before the line to take P1. Gutted it didn’t go right down to the wire, but it could have gone either way, to be fair. Top riding from Kyle – a really enjoyable race throughout.

Race Three – Same set of tyres from race one, so I was hoping the rear would hang in for the race distance. Plan was to push from the start and see what we could do with the grip available.

Got a good start, led into turn one, and pushed on straight away. From about lap two the rear started spinning a lot on first touch of throttle, so I had to stay online and not override the bike. After a few laps I checked over my shoulder and had about a second in hand. The bike was moving around a lot on the rear but felt good, so I kept the pace up and brought it home in P1 for the hat-trick! Really happy with that.

I was also under the lap record for pretty much the whole race, on an old tyre! Even after all these years racing different bikes in different classes, it shows there’s always room for improvement – and how a small change in approach can really change the outcome.

A massive thank you to all my sponsors – none of this season would’ve been possible without you. You’re all incredible people and I can’t thank you enough.

Next up is Snetterton in a couple of weeks – hopefully we’ll have a better time there this time around.

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