Birchall Brothers top qualifying

With two qualifying sessions today, in brilliant sunshine. It was the Birchall Brothers Ben and Tom, on their “Mitchells of Mansfield” LCR, Suzuki, who set the fastest time of 1:42.712. Brothers Ben and Tom had no problems in the sessions, and their machine is working perfectly. The brothers are looking forward to the race tomorrow. Second on the grid will be Jorg Steinhausen and Ashley Hawes with their “Steinhausen Racing” LCR, BMW; they set a time of 1:43.313. Jorg and Ashley are happy with the time, but they had to get out of traffic to set the time, Jorg said “the first few laps were a bit frantic; we had to push to get a clear run for our time” Third will be Pekka Paivarinta and Adolf Hanni on the “Team Suzuki Finland” LCR, Suzuki, they set a time of 1:43.676. In the morning Pekka was at the medical centre, he has trouble with his back and could not sit in the sidecar, he could only walk or stand, saying “I hope all will be good, maybe injections and adrenaline will get me through the weekend” No problems with Adolf, and the machine is good, but they keep saying it is not fast enough Fourth place goes to Sebastien Delannoy and Sebastien Lavorel with their “Team Sand-Seb72” LCR Suzuki, setting a time of 1:44.216 The ever happy Sebastien said “ we are looking forward to the race and we hope we can get a good result, the bike is good and we have no problems with it” Fifth place goes to Kurt Hock and Enrico Becker with their “Hock Racing” LCR Suzuki setting a time of 1:44.410. They are looking forward to the race, and hope they can get a good result to finish the championship. At 11.30 tomorrow morning the lights will go out for an 18 lap race, and the weather is looking good for the day.