Neil Hodgson and Dan Linfoot were joined for this one day test by Irishman Ian Lowry.

With Neil Hodgson aggravating an old injury in his crash at the first round of the British Championship held at Brands Hatch, Ian Lowry was invited to test his machine with a view to covering Neil’s position until his recovery is complete.

Ian an ex Virgin Mobile Cup race winner and top ‘rookie’ in the 2009 Superbike Championship with Taz Suzuki completed 50 faultless laps on board the Hodgson Motorpoint Yamaha.

For Dan Linfoot today worked well after tough Brands Hatch, a chance to get back on his bike in the sunshine and try some new settings.

Neil Hodgson was on hand to help Ian settle into the bike, the Yamaha with the cross plane crank takes a bit of working out and Neil helped Ian with set up and track management.
Ian Lowry

“A call out of the blue from Rob on Tuesday and here I am on the 2009 winning machine! The circumstances are not ideal with Neil taking a knock at Brands but I welcomed the opportunity to test the bike.The test went well, the bike gives good confidence and I’ll just wait and see how things pan out”

Rob Mac

“We are still shell shocked from the weekend, we really had a great build up for the start of the season and Brands shattered our dreams! Neil’s injury is the worse news as it has knocked his entire winter recovery plan into touch and put him back to square one. All we can do is wait for news from specialists.To be able to have someone like Ian to call on is great news for the team and our sponsors, all we can do is wait for news from Neil’s medics early next week”