JOE Talbot's racing season continues with his first appearance at Thruxton this weekend - on the back of a magical moment at Brands Hatch.
The motorbike rider secured his first BSB Junior Superstock 600 victory in round three on Sunday, despite the setback of crashing in the second free practice session earlier in the weekend.
And he had a fair bit of work to do, having qualified 10th on the grid.
"I'm really chuffed with the result, especially from a start of 10th, and leaving Brands in second place in the championship," he said.
Qualifying was frustrating because of the changing weather conditions and the impact on tyres.
"Starting off wet, I was running up at the front until it began to dry, so we put a dry rear tyre in, however it dried very quickly and could feel the front wet tyre overheating and feeling very soft so only managed to get 10th position on the grid which was not where I wanted to be, knowing I had a lot of work to do in the race, but remaining positive," he said.
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"Race day on Sunday came around and yet again we had changing track conditions all the time.
"We went out on dry tyres due to the track being dry with a few wet patches around. I got a good start as I knew I needed to and chipped away.
"Jack Nixon and I knew the red flag was going to come out due to the rain just starting to fall. He made a move on me and I just got the best possible drive coming out the last corner and so managed to cross the line first just in time before it got red flagged, taking my first ever win in the BSB Junior Superstock."
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