Team Colin Appleyard / Macadam Racing returned to Cadwell Park at the weekend, the scene of impressive performances from both Jack Kennedy and Deane Brown back in May.

The team's Supersport 600 Championship rider Jack Kennedy had to contend with a wet first qualifying session , but showing his usual form in these conditions he provisionally put it on the front row with a very impressive 3rd place.  The following day in a very windy but dry 2nd qualifying he still managed a very creditable 9th position, and 3rd row on the grid. A big improvement on the last two rounds.

In Sunday's race he did not have the best of first laps and quickly lost touch with the leading pack.  However he kept battling away and eventually finished seventh, one place behind the sixth position he achieved in May.

Team Manager Robin Appleyard was, overall, happy with his performance.  "The bike set up was good and Jack once again rode well.  Whilst he's achieving consistent top ten finishes I think he is capable of raising the bar and running with the top five in the final three meetings of the year."

In the 125cc Championship young Deane Brown was second at Cadwell last time out so he was confidently looking for a race win.  That confidence was not misplaced as he qualified on the second row in fifth.

Not for the first time this season he soon found himself vying for the lead with Championship leader James Lodge, the pair having started to pull clear after a very fast start.  Unfortunately bad luck was to strike on the third lap as Lodge high sided at Mansfield Corner and Deane was unable to miss the spinning bike in the middle of the track.

Afterwards an extremely disappointed Deane said: "I could have won that race.  The bike was great and I was confident I could have got the better of James.  I just need some luck, I can win races!"

Meanwhile the team’s other rider Ashley Beech once again had a disappointing weekend, falling off during Friday's qualifying session and damaging an ankle.

Robin Appleyard commented: "Sadly Ash has lost all confidence.  I'm looking at the possibility of entering him into some club races.  We all know what he is capable of, it's just a matter of getting him going again. Sometimes you have to step back to go forward."

Next up for the team is the short journey up the A1 to Croft on 11th / 12th September where Deane has a 125 Championship double header to look forward to and hopefully a couple of race wins.