Andrew Poat clocked a rapid 11.01 for runner-up spot in the 501-600cc bikes class and was happy with his day’s work. (Pictures by Steve Sarre, 0565784)

IT WAS a disappointing start to the sprint season for motorcyclists at Vazon on Saturday. Their competition was cancelled after only two timed runs because of spilt oil on the road.

But all the riders accepted it was the correct decision after a car had dropped its oil along their racing line. Louis Norman, who posted the fasted run of the day, 10.91, on his Suzuki GSXR750, said it was a matter of putting safety first.

‘If you look at the speeds that we are doing over the line, it’s just not safe because we would have been going across the oil. It’s a shame because if you look at the times, they were coming down and I had done a few suspension changes. Hopefully, if we had had a few other runs, I could have brought it down further.’