First Round of the IDMS in Mallow

The first round of the IDMS series was held in Mallow, Co Cork. Myself and Gavin Kelly set sail early Saturday morning with about a 3 hour drive ahead of us . When we arrived we went straight ahead and walked the track , The track looked like good fun , It was quite long for a Irish track and was quite fast and rough with some tight Forrest sections.

I managed to bust out about 5 or 6 runs on Saturday practice , I was having great fun Riding with the lads on a good track in the sunny weather. I was feeling quite comfortable on the track and was ready for race day.
Unfortunately the weather was not a good on Sunday as it was on the Saturday it was quite cloudy and started raining for runs. My seeding run didn't go as planned , My hands froze up due to the cold and I was unable to shift gears , I came down in first place some how and managed to stay there and was last off for finals. After having not a great seeding run a new I could better myself for Finals , I put a lot of effort into all the physical sections of the track and felt very fit , I did not push as hard as I should have in the Forrest and ended up in second place , A steady enough start to the season but i no i can better myself ,

The next race on my calendar is the second round of the IDMS in rostrevor in May.

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