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After showing two dominating performances at Round 1 where Jonny Walker won both races comfortably to lead the championship JW suffered bad luck at Round 2. Arriving at the venue in a confident mood Jonny was dealt a real setback when he picked up a stomach bug, being sick all night and not able to eat prior to the race meaning his energy levels were at rock bottom - the day would be about surviving and damage limitation for the championship.

For this round the race format was changed - instead of timed training and 2 x 1 hour races there would be just a practice and a single two hour race. Practice would attract championship points by the virtue of the two fastest combined laps for each rider which would attract championship points. J, meaning he would be third overall on combined times behind David Knight and Graham Jarvis.

Going into the main 2 hour race Jonny had to adopt a tactic of just trying to preserve energy and keep out of trouble, no way could he consider to race at his normal pace. Being very tired from lack of sleep and of course the possibility of dehydrating due to being sick was a real concern. He made a good solid start and had a sensible and steady ride to finish in third position. With one round remaining of this series Jonny holds a slender lead over Graham Jarvis.

Jonny Walker KORR KTM 300 EXC - " So glad the day is over, this morning I was feeling terrible and was sick again after trying to eat something. I must have eaten something bad yesterday. It’s very difficult to think and focus when you feel so tired and it just makes an extreme race double hard. I am satisfied that I finished in third, its the best I could do today and at least I am still leading the championship. I was really looking forward to this race and have been working really hard since the last round and am quite disappointed that I could only cruise around today and not race.

“Julian could not be with me this weekend so a big thanks to Ady Smith from KTM Off-Road schools for coming to assist and also D3-Racing team and Pete Brown for support, I hope I can be on top form again for next week’s Tough One."

Results
1. David Knight KTM 300 EXC
2. Graham Jarvis Husaberg TE 300
3. Jonny Walker SHR KORR KTM 300 EXC