MOTORSPORT: McGlinchey suffers crash at Snetterton

After a promising start to the weekend, Aghadowey's Eunan McGlinchey crashed out on the third lap last weekend at Snetteron.

He scored a top 15 finish in the opening free practice session on Friday morning before improving by nine positions later that afternoon in free practice two, taking sixth place in the standings.

As he took to the track on Saturday for qualifying, McGlinchey managed to put the Team #109 Kawasaki ZX-6R 636 on the middle of the third row for Sundays race, following a solid eighth place finish in the 25 minute shootout.

Following a serious incident on the warm up lap the race was postponed until the end of the day.

As the lights went out Eunan managed to stay inside the top ten as the first lap drew to a close, remaining in eighth despite a lot of jostling for positions around the fast circuit.

Over the course of the next few laps the 2018 Dickies Junior Supersport champion picked off the opposition one by one, making his way into fifth position as they completed the third lap. However, after a great effort it was a premature end to the race for the 21 year old as he unfortunately crashed out.

Despite a non-score McGlinchey remains well in the title fight, sitting in third position as they reach the halfway point of the campaign.

The Aghadowey rider is just 15 points off the top spot, which he held until his unfortunate end to what was a promising weekend, and only four points back from second.

"Eunan developed a problem on Friday with the bike which saw him suffer chatter," outlined Team #109 team manager Paul Tobin.

“We spent a lot of free practice trying sort that and we managed to fix it after qualifying. However it reared its heads again in the race and unfortunately he crashed out after doing very well to make it into fifth at the time considering the problem he had.”

Team #109 would like to thank all their sponsors for their continued support, Liftrite.ie, Team Green Kawasaki, Kinsale Hotel & Spa, MMD Construction, EMS Copiers, Ohlins Racing, CMRVC, Glenn Irwin, Fuchs Silkolene, R&G, JOG Tuning, PP Tuning, Arrow Exhaust, JTec Sports, SBS Brakes, Gorman Crash Repairs, Jim McCann & Sons Family Butchers, James McCann Photography, Spears Racing, HEL Performance, Unlimited Industries, Keohane Ready Mix, and Samco Sport.

Pic: John Wilumsen.