Banks Racing Winning Team and Rider British Motostar Championship 2014 Hel Motostar British Championship 2015 Knockhill

Podiums for both Ed Rendell and Liam Delves

Banks Racing riders Ed Rendell and Liam Delves did the team proud at the exciting Knockhill circuit when they both secured podium finishes. In race one on Saturday held in beautiful conditions Ed was involved in a four-way battle for the win. Taz Taylor managed to gap Ed, Dutchman Scott Deroue and Spaniard Danny Saez leaving the others to battle for 2nd place. Ed was in 3rd place going into the hairpin on the last lap and as he attempted to pass Scott Deroue, Danny Saez made it through on the inside leaving Ed slightly off line out of the last corner leaving him no option but to accept 4th place. The pace was so fast with all four riders breaking the lap record. Ed finished up with the 2nd fastest lap of the race that promoted him to 2nd place on the front row for race two. Liam in his first visit to Knockhill did a fantastic job and beat many of his rivals to finish 3rd and earned his first podium of the year. Race two looked like being another record breaking race but just fiveminutes before the start light rain started falling forcing all riders to change to wet tyres. The tyre budget had already been stretched as new slicks were fitted for both qualifying and the first race then a third set for the final race. The only wets we had on wheels were a pair of well used 2 year old ones we expected to use in a wet free practice session so we had no choice but to go with them. Taz Taylor set off a fast pace pulling a gap straight away. Ed was fifth at the first corner but up to second by turn 3 and set about catching up Taz. A few laps later he caught Taz and took the lead but the tyres had done too much and Ed had to slow to ensure a finish. Deroue had found his form on the damp track passing both Ed and Taz only to loose out to Taz at the last corner. Liam had another great race dicing with championship leader Josh Owens and came home with another well earned podium. The championship is truly International now with only Ed and Taz from the UK in the top six of the rankings. Thanks to Steven Banks for the team photo. There are 22 races in our championship this year with most of them televised both in the UK and worldwide and with the reigning champion riding with the number 1 plate on board one of our bikes this is a perfect time to think about becoming a sponsor to our team. British Superbike meetings have crowds up to 30,000 people on the day plus TV and newspaper coverage. The switch over to a Moto3 bike has been expensive and the costs are still on going but we are determined to stay at the front and desperately need more help especially during this change over year. If you can help in any way at all call Pete on 07762 428 210 or email [email protected] or for full contact details visit the team website www.banksracing125.com Every little bit will really help and go to make the bikes the best we can forthe 2015 season. PayPal donations can be made via the website.

Hel Motostar British Championship Standings 1st Taz Taylor RS Racing KTM 181 Points 2nd Scott Deroue Redline Racing KTM 168 Points 3rd Ed Rendell Banks Racing Ten Kate Honda 142 Points Thankyou to all our sponsors, supporters and friends. Ten Kate Honda Mick Ogden Diesels WRA Consulting Ltd Carvellis web development kapitan. projects Tradeck Ltd P.I.H. Racing K Cabs Amble Replicast UK Racing GB Racing HEL Performance Shiloh Surfacing Paul Willcox Netherlands Alan Green Motul Telford Rewinds PC Performance Bikes Dyno Centre Sovereign Motors of Ashington Dunlop Tyres BSB Bassy Gill Sweeney NGK Spark Plugs Amble Auto Repairs Ltd Puffin Cruises of Amble TSL Timing Solutions Martin Knighton Bill and Marilyn Taylor Steven Banks Carol Gray Chris Pearce Vicky Russell Malcolm Madell Colin Swinney All the BSB team, all marshals and the medical team.