2025 Aberdare Road Races Part 2

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Part 2 of Highlights from the 2025 Aberdare Park Road Races at on the 12th-13th July 2025. 02:07 - CB500/Bandit Race  06:47 - Welsh Open Final Race 2 13:37 - Lightweight Race  19:49 - Twins Final 25:13 - Supersport Final 31:19 - Classic Superbike Race 1 36:48 - Dave Morgan Invitational Race

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00:00King of the Roads, so I ain't going home

00:04So I waste their time, cause I ain't going home

00:10King of the Roads, so I ain't going home

00:16No, no, no, no, no, no

00:30Well welcome back to South Wales and the second of our highlight shows looking back at the

00:362025 Aberdaer Park Road Races

00:41So far in the first six races we've seen high drama, intense battles and scorching lap times

00:46around the stunning setting that is Aberdaer Park, with its tree-lined roads and floral decoration

01:00Here then is how the sub-mile track looks as it winds around ponds through trees and navigates

01:06tricky undulation, the shortest circuit on the King of the Roads calendar, this Victorian

01:11landmark turned high-octane motorsports venue is not short on top speed, with bikes often

01:17braking the 130 mile an hour mark

01:20A long list of overtaking opportunities includes Turn 1 at Rosaries and the braking zone into

01:27paddock bend after the back straight, so we should be in for plenty of road racing action

01:35That is the track and this is the grid where the first bikes are lining up

01:40It's time for the first CB500 and Bandit race of the day

01:45Tough Films Limited CB500 at Bandit time here at Aberdaer Park

01:50On pole position for this one is Martin Robbins with Adam Shelton and Lee Davis on the front row

01:55Then Richard Hughes, Richard Blunt and Adrian O'Connor on road two

01:58Behind those, Owen Monaghan and John McCluskey

02:01And what have we got here Chris Farmer?

02:03Yes, CB500 twin-cylinder 500 four-cylinder up against four-cylinder 600cc Suzuki Bandits

02:12Pretty evenly matched?

02:13It should be, I think the CB will be a little bit more nimble and lighter on the brakes

02:19Whereas the Suzuki four-cylinders will be a little bit more heavier and harder to handle

02:24Especially around the park

02:25Richard Blunt there on bike 13, looming interview but it's Adam Shelton out front on the CB500

02:32Yeah, Adam's a well-known CB500 winner so yeah, he knows these bikes really well

02:37So yeah, it's a different riding style needed for these

02:41Yeah, obviously no fairings on them so yeah, you're out in the wind a little bit

02:46But really, I think a really nice bike to ride really predictable

02:50Again, you know, yeah, quite light, good spread of power as well, you know, nothing to catch you out

02:56So quite, quite narrow tyres to be fair

02:58Lee Davis there on the 600 just pulling away slightly up over the start finish

03:03But it is Shelton out front from Richard Hughes on the CB500

03:07We're back with Davies as number 13 Richard Blunt is behind and he's involved in his own scrap

03:15Somebody taking a dive up the inside there

03:17Number 16 we've got there Owen Monaghan, the little 125 rider from previous races

03:23Yeah, pushing up the inside so

03:25He's involved in plenty of races here this weekend

03:27He's getting plenty of money for his entry

03:29Lee Davis there on bike 89 then that we're with on the 600

03:34Yeah, Richard Blunt number 13 there

03:36I think he's got the biggest numbers in the paddock

03:38The biggest front number board of the biggest numbers number 13 there

03:41So we won't we won't miss his number

03:43Monaghan tried to make a run up the inside of Blunt over the start finish up Swallow straight

03:47But it didn't quite work

03:49So you'll have to have a think once again

03:52Edwin O'Connor there on 1-1-1

03:54That's one of the Bandits 600s

03:56And Davies and Monaghan continue to have this little fight

04:00Yeah, Richard

04:01Sorry mate, Richard Hughes there number 383

04:03He took in a really wide line into that left-hander after the tight right

04:06So trying to get a slingshot through

04:08And back up we go over Swallow straight and it was

04:11Monaghan trying to have a look once again, but it just hasn't quite got the power

04:15He's going round the outside though. Can he make it stick? No, he can't

04:19Back up the inside

04:20Oh, maybe up the inside and Richard Blunt is looking racy now as well

04:23As we're getting a full screen view of him

04:26The big number 13 there, obviously not superstitious

04:29So that looks like Lee Davies has maybe dropped a place there

04:33Out front it is still Adam Shelton

04:37They make their way around past the little lake

04:41383 is Hughes and 111 is O'Connor

04:46Adam Shelton there's pulling a major lead now

04:48It looks like nobody can really live with the speed he's pulling at the moment

04:52These two are in a battle for second then Hughes and O'Connor

04:56Lee Davies once again sees a bike come up the outside of him

05:00Yeah, Richard Blunt there was making a move around the outside

05:02And that is Monaghan I think he suddenly has appeared on the back of these two

05:09It is indeed

05:11Right with them so the scrap four second and third now is a three-rider fight

05:17Carry on it's a 10-lap race and Monaghan's making great progress

05:22The lost loses a little bit on the run up over the start finish but his racecraft will just bring him back into it for the rest of the lap

05:29So tight round here to pass there's Shelton pulling away just pulling a big lead

05:34You can tell by his riding style there is he's pushing really hard and he's really confident and comfortable on that bike

05:40B we join him on board now as we push on through his final couple of bends

05:46Close to the bails there

05:47Yeah it was you can see the camber in the road it's really important to hook into that camber

05:51There we are checker flag for Adam Shelton who takes the victory but what's going to happen in this battle for second into the final corner it comes

05:58Monaghan's got himself up to third oh and that's where it's going to end he's not quite got enough time

06:03to get past Richard Hughes so Hughes takes second behind Shelton then Monaghan then Adrian O'Connor

06:08Richard Blunt and Lee Davies

06:10The second dominant performance in his many race and Shelton on the CB500 he leaves Aberdaire with a commanding

06:20overall victory in class

06:21The Welsh Open final for Sunday coming up one of the big races here at Aberdaire Park it was Ryan Dixon who took the victory

06:28yesterday will he be able to back it up and do the double

06:30And it's Ryan Dixon on pole from Andrew Smart and Joey Lambden, William Holland, Justin Collins and Will Birchall on row two

06:39Row three brings us Brindad, Noor and Rayner, Gones, Williams and Nelms on row four

06:48Andrew Smart really has to try and go again again he's got the jump

06:52He's got the drive off the line Andrew Smart's trying to stick with him this time but no look at that Justin Collins coming down the outside

06:58Looks like Smart maybe just has enough to maintain that second place he does with Justin Collins right behind him

07:05So Dixon is away and clear from Smart but no Smart can close back in over the second part of this lap

07:11We've seen it time and again this weekend then a little bit of a gap to Justin Collins holding on to that third place

07:17Yeah Justin Collins is riding really well this year much better than his results and lap times last year

07:23William Holland showing in fourth there at the moment on this opening lap as they make their way around

07:29So yeah there we see Smart has closed Dixon down straight away

07:33Made it pay the previous one and what can he do in this Welsh Open final it is over these 12 laps

07:41So they make their way out onto lap two

07:44There's Collins behind with William Holland behind him then Will Birchall just behind Holland in fifth

07:50That's the front two who are just making that little bit of a break already

07:54It's a similar pattern that we have seen pretty much all weekend Dixon and Smart just that touch

07:58clear of the rest Smart was really right up alongside there

08:01He was right alongside

08:03Let's see whether or not that has paid dividends further out around the lap it hasn't

08:07He's had to just pull it back in but he's right with Dixon the race leader here as they head out on two

08:13Complete two of the 12 laps so let's hope this becomes a similar thriller to the previous one

08:19Let's just have a look at we see the first flying laps they're into 39 fives at the moment

08:28But again Smart always seems to catch him just at the top of that straight there

08:32And into the again, he takes the wide line in and the late apex gets the drive on catches him right there

08:38Stairs out a little bit wide then brings it back in for a late apex again to get the drive down the hill towards the last corner before the start finish

08:45Great place Dixon now to complete another lap

08:54Have a look at the lap time this time it's a 39-2 so they're coming down by 10.2 of a second

09:01Smart though is right with him and then Justin Collins continues to hold on to third in behind this battle for the lead that we've got between Dixon and Smart of the Welsh Open the final

09:10The final race for the Welsh Open that we had together I think for two times from yesterday's result

09:18Today's result to get an overall aggregate on the Welsh Open winner but in this race

09:22It's Dixon and Smart back out of front going at it once again Smart lining up on the outside

09:28He's not going to make that work yet again. We know that and he must know that by now as well Chris

09:32Yeah, but you know, it's just his preference. I think it's the same as that tear the tight right-hander

09:40He's got the preference of going wide and getting the slingshot out of it

09:43It might just be the way his bike is obviously this the leading bike is a three-cylinder quite a narrow triumph as opposed to across the frame for

09:51636 Kawasaki so it might just be the way the bike feels and how he likes it

09:55We're on a 39 dead from Dixon almost a 39 dead from Dixon so he's right on the pace as well

10:04Andrew Smart's a 39-1 so they're not far away

10:10It was when he got a little bit further back into the previous one found himself some clear air and then suddenly closed right back in from about a second and a half back

10:17Maybe Dixon is just stopping smart from showing that same kind of pace in this welsh open final

10:23He's got all side he's alongside. Oh hang on something's up to Dixon

10:26That is a lead change then almost like we've said that pressure has told smart goes up to the front from

10:32He's pulling out shaking his head

10:34Technical problem by the looks of it for Dixon he's not happy with that smart then goes out into the lead

10:41He's got that clear track down and ride his own race and do his own thing and we'll see where the lap times can get to there is Dixon

10:47He is continuing. I don't quite get that but I don't know what's what could have affected him

10:53Affected him that much. No, he's pulled over there

10:55So it's William Holland who's now going to be up to second then and Will Birchall and Justin Collins. Justin Collins has been shuffled down to fifth place

11:03In fact, we've got to have Dixon just ahead of them

11:06So I think at the end of this lap, we will see it will be smart from Holland from Birchall from Dixon

11:11Potentially depending on whether he pulls out or not then Justin Collins then Michael Knorr

11:16So Dixon then does look to be carrying on

11:19There's the battle now for second place between Holland and Birchall

11:23Birchall is right with

11:25Holland

11:26As they push themselves on out through

11:31Big race happening here now

11:32Can you get a drive? Pets the front wheel just in the air slightly to come up over the ride

11:37Holland the Briggs

11:3893, Birchall goes up the inside

11:40makes it work I think he's gonna hold it

11:42He's turned in tight

11:44Holds on too that's uh

11:46takes that second place from Holland

11:50Last lap flag

11:52There is our race leader Andrew Stark

11:55He's got to make one more point nine of a mile circuit to complete the Welsh Open

12:03Great results potentially coming as you're catching traffic

12:07Smart

12:07He knows he doesn't need to do anything he's got near 10 second advantage

12:11He might not know that of course

12:13He carries on rolling around 38.9 has been his fastest lap of the race

12:19Here he comes

12:20And into the final part of the lap

12:24It's going to be Welsh Open for Andrew Smart

12:27Fantastic what great results for him

12:29Andrew Smart on the Kawasaki by eight and a half seconds over Will Birchall

12:34who had William Holland right with him on the Suzuki 4 company

12:38then Justin Collins behind that finishes in four

12:40right Dixon does get finished on the tri-fix Moto2 machine down in fifth place

12:46A great race with loads of potential there between Dixon and Smart as we've seen all weekend

12:52but it's Smart that comes out the victor in Welsh Open race two

12:56It's time for the lightweight class coming up after the break

12:59Welcome back to Aberdeer in Wales where the lightweights are already rolling to the grid

13:12Lightweights back on track here then at Aberdeer Park as we join Lewis Jones

13:18got into his place on the grid

13:23On the front row Chris Northover and John Cook and Richard Parker

13:27then on the second row Phil Munday, Lewis Jones and Philip Smallman

13:31Row three Jones, Neil and Edwards and row four Davies, Bradshaw and Taylor

13:37Away we go, it's a good start there for 201, that's Richard Parker on the TZ350

13:44It is yeah, but number three Ty Jones, oh he went up, he went for it and then the TZ350 went round the outside of him there, number 201 there, Richard Parker

13:53Parker gets away from a Jones and then Lewis Jones on the KTM slots into third, first time through church and now up into paddock

14:02Beyond and he's just making a little bit of a breakout front here is Parker

14:07Yes he's pushing for it isn't he

14:09In behind the two Joneses, Ty Jones and Lewis Jones having a battle, the Kawasaki against the KTM as we join Lee Davies

14:16He's got that man Owen Monaghan, oh that was close

14:19Right up, oh tried it and had to back out of it actually, couldn't make it stick

14:24The little 125 won't have the horsepower but it looks like he's going around the outside but

14:28Can he be, I don't think he'll have the horsepower to hold him off on the straight, he might get him at the end on the brakes

14:33He's certainly got a wheel in front

14:34And he does

14:35Made it stick, well done, great overtake

14:38Wow he's on it now, Monaghan making his way up through and he's on to the next man

14:43Lewis Jones battling with Ty Jones, Lewis the KTM gets past

14:48Yep

14:48And that's up into second place

14:50So great move by Lewis Jones there, Richard Parker out front at the moment from

14:58These two battling for second

14:59Gone up the inside, what's happening there?

15:03On the start, oh he's got the faster bike hasn't he, so yeah

15:07The Kawasaki just taking pace over the KTM there, up over Swallow straight

15:12And then Lewis Jones stops into third now

15:16Keep an eye on him

15:18Richard Parker's TZ, 1980s, early 80s is that bike so

15:22It's going really well, he's riding it well

15:24Fettling it well and riding it well

15:26If these two Jones boys continue to do battle

15:30Over the top

15:32Not letting Parker get too far ahead, he's a new bike when it's gone

15:36These two Jones boys just each having the fight

15:41You can see the race leader just up ahead

15:43As we look back from Lee Davies, Graham Neal

15:46The four strokes will have good drive off the corners, you see

15:48Good acceleration

15:50Looking back at the Yamaha 400 at Graham Neal

15:57Over the top we go

15:59Once more and this battle continues for second place

16:02And we've got Monaghan closing in as well on this

16:05He's getting right with them

16:06I think they're catching Parker on the straight there

16:09Here comes the little 1-2-5 again, look

16:11Huge momentum up over the start-finish straight there

16:14And has he gone, has he got through on the inside?

16:16I think he's made a stick

16:17Yeah

16:17Oh, impressive stuff up to third place

16:20And he's right in behind Ty Jones now, so this is interesting

16:24They've caught 2-0-1, they've caught Parker here

16:26They have

16:26Caught him right up, he had quite a sizeable lead

16:30That's been slashed

16:31As these two now

16:33It's sent

16:33Boring line here

16:36Parker, Ty Jones, Monaghan and Lewis Jones

16:39The four of them together

16:40A four-way scrap in the lightweight race

16:44Monaghan's the one who looks possibly the most racy in third place there

16:47And there's traffic up ahead

16:48This is going to be interesting

16:49This is going to sort them out here

16:51Parker then, oh, loses the lead there

16:54Ty Jones moves up into the lead into turn one

16:56On lap eight or ten

16:58And this is going to be critical here because this is where they're catching this guy

17:01Can they, they won't all pass him surely on this one straight

17:04Surely not

17:05There's three of them through

17:06One's stuck

17:08There, three of them there

17:10Just gives them the opportunity to take the break over Lewis Jones

17:13Who's at the back of that pack

17:14He gets past now

17:16So he's just got a little bit of work to do to catch up on the other three

17:19But the four of them are right together at the front

17:21Look at this, all sorts of different lines going on

17:24Ty Jones then out front

17:26But more traffic as well

17:29That is the thing with a nine tenths per mile circuit

17:31You're going to have traffic

17:34How you deal with it

17:34They're coming up past Chris Pettit

17:37He's at 3.50 of Richard Parker

17:39He's a little bit out of shape over that break on the bumps there

17:43And Jones makes his way

17:44Lewis Jones rather makes his way past the traffic as well

17:47And again, we've got more

17:50Colin Jones then the race leader makes his way past

17:53Gets through nicely, he's moved over nicely

17:55That's great riding

17:56What's going on there

17:57So, Parker and Jones

18:00Now it's a proper head-to-head here

18:02Davis and Graham Neal

18:04Neal trying to make the move there around the outside

18:06Couldn't make that stick

18:07Have to think of again

18:08But out front

18:09Then it is Ty Jones on the Kawasaki

18:11Gets the last lap flag

18:13And then behind that, Parker and Monaghan

18:19No, not really a break at all back to Lewis Jones

18:21He's closed right back in as well

18:22Despite having the issue with the traffic earlier on

18:25So these ones out front

18:26Richard Parker's closing in

18:28He's closing in

18:28Can he make it stick?

18:30He's had a go

18:31Oh, he's had a go

18:32They've come together

18:33Oh, they've both gone down

18:35Both of them down

18:36And that means Owen Monaghan leads the race now

18:39It does the little one-two-five

18:41Has now taken the lead in front of the KTM

18:45And gets the checkered flag

18:47Takes the win

18:47Fantastic

18:48What a great win

18:49Two of them, what happened here, Chris?

18:51He just went for the inside

18:52Couldn't make it

18:52It was too tight for him

18:54And he just tagged him on the inside

18:56And took them both out

18:56The main thing is both of them up and okay

18:59And it gives victory to Owen Monaghan on the one-two-five

19:02From Lewis Jones on the KTM

19:04Then John Cook, Phil Munday, Lee Davies, Graham Neal, Daniel Edwards, Chris Pettit

19:10And Joe Taylor round out the rest of the finishes

19:13What drama on that final lap

19:16Next up, it's the first of our finals from today

19:18Where the best in the Twins go head-to-head

19:21Time for the Super Twins final there next

19:2312 laps this time

19:24As long as we go here at Aberdeer Park

19:27On pole, William Holland on the Suzuki

19:29Then Andrew Smart and Potty Williams

19:30Then Max Taylor, Jack Andrews and Alex Sinclair on row two

19:34Row three brings us Morris Smallman and Carson

19:37And row four for Doran, Matthews and Owen Monaghan

19:40Green flag waves at the back

19:45Watch the lights

19:47Rebs rise

19:49Go!

19:50And who's going to make the start?

19:52It looks like Sinclair made a good start

19:54Right up front from the middle of row one

19:56But I think Holland has come around the outside there

19:59He has, he's really got the second stage of that start

20:02Perfectly, look at that, superb

20:04And then Andrew Smart flocks into third

20:06Who we're with now

20:07Closing right in on Sinclair

20:12Then we're back to Suzuki, Aprilia, Yamaha

20:14So all the manufacturers well supported here

20:17I think a real good view of Sinclair's rear tyre as well

20:20As we go on up into this first lap of 12 for this race

20:26Sinclair on the Aprilia then, Smart for company

20:29Right for company, what can he do up over Swallow Straight

20:34As Holland makes a real stretch up at the front already

20:38Suzuki seems to drive so well up there

20:41Out of the corners, so yeah, really good

20:44Smart then, pushing, pushing, pushing

20:47Can he push Sinclair into a mistake?

20:49Or can he find a spot to make a move?

20:51That's what Smart's looking for on the R7

20:54Because he'll want to try and get past Sinclair if he can

20:56To try and get to race leader Holland

20:58Have to take that wider line there that we've seen all weekend from Smart

21:01Yeah

21:02It's definitely the faster line

21:04But it just opens you up for an overtake if anybody wants to dive up the inside

21:09Holland out front from these two

21:11He's definitely looking racy here, he's smart

21:13He wants to try and make the move that he can

21:15Just quite hasn't got the grunt to get to the Aprilia

21:19Closes in on the brakes

21:22I don't think Robbie Sylvester's fully got that R7 sorted yet

21:25I think it's only down about 93 horsepower compared to some of the

21:28100 horsepower, other bikes, but there's a work in progress

21:33The difference doesn't it, Holland then leading for Sinclair

21:35Then Smart and then Jack Andrews and Max Taylor in fourth and fifth

21:40Smart once again looking at a different line

21:42Always tries that slightly wider line

21:44Out through Buckley's and up over Fountain

21:48Does allow him to get that little bit more pace onto the start finish

21:51But then not quite able to just maintain it on Swallow straight

21:58And then has to do the work again up through the back part of the circuit here

22:01Sinclair charging away, he's in second place

22:05Oh Smart has closed right in this time

22:08Can he do anything?

22:09He prefers the wider line with the late apex here again

22:12Look, he's doing it again

22:14Great for lap times, but just you just can't get the pass there

22:17Lines you up for a good pass through here if you can get up the inside, but it's a tight line

22:22You're almost reliant on the person in front just making a mistake

22:25Absolutely, yeah

22:27So Smart can stick right with him again

22:29We've seen every lap so far

22:31Sinclair's bike just pulls away that bike length on the straight once again

22:35I remember Andrew Smart's trying out this electric solenoid gear shift

22:41Obviously, he's got an ankle injury from a past injury, a past accident

22:44So he's literally changing gear with electric buttons

22:47So very difficult round here, I would say

22:50Yeah, a lot to do round here just riding the bike

22:52Never mind trying to think of all that

22:54He closes back in this time

22:55Has he got an opportunity?

22:57Looks like he has

22:58Maybe from traffic

23:00There's not enough room, is there?

23:02See how tight it is down through here, down to the start finish

23:05It's incredibly tight

23:06He tried, he tried, didn't he?

23:08As Holland is making his way through the traffic as well

23:10Our race leader

23:12Traffic certainly may be playing a part in plenty of races round here

23:15He's out onto the final lap on the Suzuki

23:17William Holland doesn't seem to let the traffic bother him

23:19He just scythes past them, doesn't he?

23:21Doesn't bother him in the slightest

23:22But will it create an opportunity in this battle for second and third

23:25between Sinclair and Smart?

23:27Could do

23:27Just wait and see as they make their way round this final lap

23:31There is our race leader

23:33William Holland on the Suzuki

23:36It's the battle for second though that really isn't interesting

23:39Because Holland's gone

23:39He's well up the road here really

23:42He's about to take the checkered flag

23:43Victory for William Holland on the Suzuki

23:46But what's happening behind?

23:48There is traffic

23:50Can he do it? Can he do it? Can he do it? Smart?

23:52No, not quite

23:54Positioned remain as they were

23:56So Holland takes the victory from Alex Sinclair

23:59Then Andrew Smart

24:00Four for Max Taylor

24:01Fifth for Jack Andrews

24:02And behind those sixth to tenth

24:04Dave Carlson

24:05Aaron Matthews

24:05Shane Doran

24:06Owen Monaghan

24:07And Liam Walker

24:08It's now time to cool off a bit

24:11But do join us after the break

24:12For Supersport 600s going hell for leather

24:15Around this tight and twisty Abadair Park course

24:25Welcome back to highlights of the 2025 Abadair Park road races

24:29Where the Supersport 600s are preparing for their final outing of the weekend

24:34In the heats before this last clash

24:35Andrew Smart and Ryan Dixon appear to be in a class of their own

24:39But it's still all to play for

24:42Supersport's back on track here for 12 laps of Abadair Park

24:47As we head to the grid we see Justin Collins there lining up

24:50Andrew Smart we're on board with

24:52He'll be one of the front runners as well

24:53Ryan Dixon there comes to pole position

24:57And then he has Smart and Collins for company on row one

25:00Will Birchall, Michael Moore and Austin Webster on row two

25:04Row three has Rayner, Jones and Jones

25:07Lewis and Ty Jones

25:08Then row four, Williams, Scott Wolfe and Dave Carson

25:12Watch for the start

25:15Good start by Collins

25:17Ted Dixon's normally the man who makes a lightning start here

25:20We're on board with Lewis Jones

25:23Who is Dixon's teammate in the trick fits camp

25:27And it is Dixon who's made the shot

25:31Got himself out front

25:32Andrew Smart where looking back from

25:34Will Birchall in Biano just gone past Justin Collins there

25:38Up to second place for Dixon for Smart straight away

25:41Wants to try and get to Dixon the race leader

25:44Then Collins and then Will Birchall behind that as the rest of them come through

25:47Justin Collins is riding very well this meeting

25:51He is Ryan Dixon out front

25:55Familiar position for Ryan Dixon but Smart will want to try and get the better of him he can

26:01Smart did beat him at one point last year here

26:03He'll want to try and repeat that if he possibly can

26:06I think Andrew Smart's done a gearing change to try and give himself more punch out of the corners

26:10So let's see if this makes a difference

26:12Obviously yeah sorry sorry that Andrew Smart obviously riding with right hand gear shift on this bike because of his ankle injury

26:23Dixon looking composed out front but Smart is right there with him trying that familiar line that we've seen all weekend from him

26:29Fakes a wider line out through the top of Bounton

26:32Does but it gives him a later apex to get the drive on down the hill towards the start finish

26:37Smart did beat Dixon in the heats for this final it was a good victory for him and then Justin Collins won his heat

26:45Looked like he'd gone wide there

26:47He has Andrew Smart's run wide nearly into the bales

26:50That'll give Dixon the chance just to try and extend this lead a little bit and if he want him to do that if he possibly can

26:55It is Dixon from Smart with Justin Collins, Will Birchall and Michael Knorr rounding out the top five

27:01Nice wide line through the right hander as he normally does

27:04Gives him good drive it's good for lap times

27:07There might be we haven't seen the gap yet though

27:10Dixon just took advantage of that running wide into that last corner there

27:16Right behind Collins in this battle for third and fourth

27:19Can he do something about it up over the start finish he's going to try

27:22Hasn't quite got the pull though Collins just stays well ahead there in third as they go down into turn one different lines

27:30Will it pay any dividends as they head out through church and then up up the hill towards paddock

27:34Nope they maintain station Collins from Birchall in third and fourth with Dixon and Smart battling away at the front

27:41But next to pick up the back between Collins and Birchall once more

27:50I think to see the gap between the leader really where are we

27:54These third and fourth place men continuing to have their scrap as they go around

28:03Meantime news on a lap record I think

28:05Yes there is

28:06Yeah and Andrew Smart has actually broken the outright lap record as well as the 600 lap record

28:11So he's taken it down to a 38.481 from an outright 38.7 and a Supersport 38.9 so

28:20He's smashed the lap record and he's right back on the back of Dixon now

28:23Can he make it stick here? Can he find somewhere to make a move? He's got the pace we know that he's set the lap record

28:31Can he up it here? Can he take it to Dixon in this Supersport final?

28:36He's taken a big chunk out of Dixon but there's still a little bit of a gap for him to take up

28:40It's so hard to pass round here so it's just it's all right being as quick or quicker but you've got to make that pass

28:46All the pace in that Kawasaki what can he do against the triumph he's going to have a look

28:50He's trying that outside line again we'll bring him back for a late apex get drive down the hill

28:55Down past that bumpy little drain there onto the start finish can he get the drive out

28:59He looks composed up front doesn't he we're out onto the 10th lap of 12

29:06Mark just tries to show an outside line that'll give him a bit more speedy go that's maybe allowed it

29:11Yeah oh Dixon's bike just a problem there maybe for Dixon

29:15He has he's put his hand up but nothing we can't take anything away from Andrew Smart smashing the lap record

29:20But something definitely went wrong with Ryan Dixon's bike there he put his hand up didn't he to indicate

29:25Yeah that was a great race that's just been a little bit spoiled there Smart now is out in front

29:30There is Lewis Jones on the other trick bit spike

29:33Making his way around so Smart now out front and it's whether or not Collins and Birchall in that battle

29:39Could get close to a Dixon in the third the second rather

29:48This will be a fantastic result for Andrew Smart if he can take this

29:52Pushing his way up the inside there

29:54A race leader and we're not sure we think Dixon has continued here

29:59So Dixon continue to hold on to second at the moment from Collins and Birchall

30:03But obviously a technical problem for Ryan Dixon

30:09The Smart makes his way around to take the chequered flag and take victory in the super sport

30:14He's just got this final couple of low left-handers to do and the chequered flag awaits

30:20There we are what a great win for Andrew Smart and a lap record

30:23Outright lap record here at Aberdeer Park for Andrew Smart

30:28Brian Dixon did complete in second but 16 seconds down

30:32Justin Collins continued to get the better of Will Birchall in third and fourth

30:35Then Michael Knorr in clear fostering Webster

30:37Lewis Jones, Adam Rayner, Nicky Williams and Daniel Nelms

30:41Andrew Smart there not only taking the win outpacing Ryan Dixon

30:45But setting a new lap record in the process

30:48Back to the grid and the classic superbike class is getting ready for a 10 lapper

30:52So far Alex Sinclair has looked unstoppable on the Ducati

30:55But what can the field do to stop him this time round?

31:01On pole, it'll be Alex Sinclair, then Paul Williams and Will Birchall

31:05Chris Northover, Dean Radcliffe and Owen Monaghan on row two

31:09Row three has Parker Smallman and Bishop and then Monday Hawkins and Hewitt on row four

31:15And Paul Focci Williams a notable name in this one Chris

31:18Yes, he's on a 750 Kawasaki

31:20It'll be a little bit heavy around here

31:21But the Ducati of Sinclair got a good push off the line there

31:25We are looking at Williams, Pocci Williams

31:28As he does try to make the move down into the inside

31:30But not able to make a stick there

31:32So Sinclair's got himself away on the Ducati against the Kawasaki

31:36He has and the Ducati will have less horsepower

31:39But it'll be more nimble, lighter, narrower

31:41So it should get stopped a little bit earlier

31:43Yeah, it'll just be more nimble round here

31:46But the Kawasaki will have a lot more horsepower

31:48When it comes to the start finish straight

31:49And a bike that Pocci has plenty of experience on with the Classic TT

31:53Yeah, absolutely

31:55Behind that we're seeing Shannon Bishop there leading out this gaggle

31:58And Owen Monaghan at the back

31:59Owen Monaghan seems to be in pretty much every race here at Aberdeer Park today

32:04It'll be interesting to see how the little 125 goes on

32:07Because they're really nimble round here

32:09Pocci then looking to make a move

32:10Yeah, there goes the power of the 750 down the start finish straight there

32:14Can he get it stopped? No, yes

32:18That's close

32:20Ran it wide and then just came back across Sinclair to make the move stick

32:24So Paul Pocci Williams up into the lead on the second lap

32:27And now it's whether or not Sinclair can do anything about it on the Ducati

32:32Sinclair's been going quite tight through that corner in previous races

32:35But he's now opened it up and taken the late apex to try and get the run and the speed against the 750

32:41Williams has only joined into the meeting this morning

32:43Missed the opening day but already out front in his opening race

32:51Looking to try and pull away a little bit here if he can

32:53But Sinclair's desperate to stick with him

32:55Third lap of ten

32:57Sinclair closing right in

32:59Oh, not going to be able to make anything happen there

33:02As they move into the right-hander at Foggy's

33:05Both 750s but one's a V-twin and one's a four-cylinder across the frame

33:09So yeah quite a different variant in motorcycles here

33:14Back out onto Swallow straight to go one more time

33:16And this time Williams just looks to have a bike length for two more doesn't he

33:19Yeah, you can see the horsepower there stretching away can't you

33:23He's got to ride his own race massively experienced around here as well as Williams

33:26But Sinclair is trying to do his best

33:28Trying to find different lines just to be able to get a different line of approach

33:31And attack if he can

33:33See what he can do as they make their way up over the top into Paddock one more time

33:37Sinclair right with him can he do anything into Foggy's

33:40Has a little bit of a look but not close enough to be able to do anything there

33:43Go out through Fountain

33:45Down into the start finish for another lap

33:47There'll be quite a weight difference here though

33:49The big the 750 four-cylinder be quite a lot heavier than the V-twin Ducati

33:53So that's why the Ducati looks a little bit more nimble through the corners and on the brakes

33:57But look at the speed difference with the 750 Kawasaki going up the start finish there

34:01He has that advantage every lap and then Sinclair tends to close back in through this back part of the circuit

34:06Yeah, he does down through the tight twisty stuff

34:09We're out on two lap five, half-race distance almost

34:13And there's the gap

34:14Oh, they're finding traffic already

34:1613 there was Richard Blunt that they were coming past

34:20Is this going to create an opportunity for Sinclair perhaps?

34:22And there's not much room through there, you know

34:24There really isn't, it's really tight

34:26That was Tim Hawkins we were just passing there on the Ducati as well

34:30But look at that, it's actually worked in Pochi's favour here

34:34He's opened up an extended lead now over Sinclair

34:36It has, but can Sinclair pull it back on the tight twisty stuff?

34:40Quite a big ask really looking at that gap, but you never know, he might pull it back

34:43He's working hard though Sinclair, isn't he? He's going to try, that's for sure

34:46Yeah, very

34:47Williams then composed out front

34:50Probably won't be aware that he's got as big a lead as he's got

34:53He probably still thinks it's only a couple of bike lengths maybe

34:55But Sinclair will do his best, but out front it is Williams

35:00And then Richard Parker holding on to third

35:01And then Shannon Bishop in fourth, both on Hondas

35:06Williams then takes, well goes through to the final lap anyway

35:10Takes the final lap flag

35:11Like you said, he won't even know, I don't think he's got this gap

35:14So he'll still keep pushing, I'm sure

35:17Traffic created the opportunity and he took it

35:21Used all his experience just to push on by well

35:23A dozen or so bike lengths at least now, but he is ahead

35:26And he's just got to cruise around this final lap

35:28Make no mistakes, keep it neat and tidy

35:31And be able to take that checkered flag

35:33A little bit more defensive through there

35:35And then you'll use the camber of the road here

35:37Almost like a berm on a motocross bike

35:39You really hook into the, there you go through that berm there

35:42Miss the drain on the right-hand side there

35:44And then down through the bumpy left-hander onto the start finish

35:48Checkered flag time then

35:49Paul Bochy-Williams takes the victory on the Cowards

35:52Zachy from Alex Sinclair's Ducati

35:54Owen Monaghan in third on the little 125

35:57Then Shannon Bishop and Tim Hawkins round out the top five

36:01After the break, all the top riders at Aberdeer go head-to-head in one last race

36:06The Dave Morgan Invitation Race

36:08The picturesque Aberdeer Park Road Races have provided a great number of thrilling races

36:20But sadly, we only have one left to come

36:23The Dave Morgan Invitation Race

36:25Final race of the day then the Dave Morgan Invitation Race

36:30Dave Morgan, a long association with the club

36:33One of those responsible for this meeting

36:34Off to Webster on pole from Andrew Smart and Shane Doran

36:37Will Birchall, Ty Jones and Tim Hawkins on row two

36:40The row three brings us Lee Davies, Lewis Jones and Aaron Matthews

36:44And on row four, Daniel Norrish, Ryan Dixon all the way back here and Nicky Williams

36:50Smart making a cracking start there

36:52He did

36:53And away he goes with Dixon's coming from all the way back on row four

36:56So he's making life hard for himself here

36:58It looks like Smart has got the jump

37:01And that's the first time he's actually led off the line I think this weekend

37:04Will Birchall floating into second place as we join Lewis Jones on the Trick Bits Triumph

37:10On board to see how much you have to work around this nine tenths of a mile circuit

37:15So physical, really is

37:17Change of direction, uphill, downhill

37:20Missing the drains and the straw bales

37:22And this is a race where you can ride what you want really

37:25Super Sport or Super Twins

37:26Yeah, we have

37:28We've got Super Twins, we've got 600 Bandits

37:33What else have we got? R6s, we've got Triumph 675s

37:36Yeah, all sorts of stuff in this

37:38And there is Dixon trying to make progress immediately

37:41He's up with Will Birchall at the moment

37:43He's past Will Birchall

37:44So Dixon is up to second place

37:47I think behind Andrew Smart already

37:49Coming from row four

37:51Really impressive stuff

37:52Yeah, he's really working his way through the pack here isn't he

37:57This is an ideal situation for Smart

38:01Getting off the line like that as well

38:03Yeah, Smart will know that Dixon was starting way further back

38:06And will need to make that jump if he can

38:08Out front, it's over 12 laps

38:09And we're already on to the fifth off them

38:11And we've already had an equal the old lap record

38:14So Andrew Smart on the second lap there

38:17Equalled the lap record with the 38.7s

38:19Absolutely flying

38:20Battles galore going on

38:22369, there is Michael Knorr on the R6

38:25He's fighting with Aaron Matthews on the Suzuki

38:29Making their way out there out front

38:32Smart is out front

38:34And Dixon though is trying to make progress towards him

38:38As we see Ty Jones there by three

38:39On the Triumph

38:42Nice little wheelie over the start and finish

38:46His race but we're already moving into the second half

38:51In the lap 6 of 12 certainly

38:53Willie Davison taking a bandit out in this race

38:56And here comes Andrew Smart

38:57Look at this difference

38:58Wow

38:59What a difference

39:00It's a final race that he gets in on the bandit

39:04But race leader Smart has come blazing past him

39:06And who's this?

39:07Is this Dixon?

39:07I think it is

39:08Yeah it is

39:09So we get an idea there of where Smart's lead is

39:11Dixon will be mad keen to get past

39:14Wow

39:14Wasted no time there

39:16None whatsoever

39:17So now he's got a few laps to try and close in on race leader Smart

39:21That we're with here

39:21Just need to see what that gap is

39:23Don't we?

39:23Where is he?

39:24There's not much in it

39:25He's closed it right down hasn't he already

39:27He's really reeling him back in

39:31That was Lee Davison on 89

39:33On the bandit

39:34So it's the battle up front that we're looking for

39:36There is our race leader Smart

39:41Dixon we can almost see in shot

39:43There he is

39:44He's looming

39:45He's coming isn't he?

39:48And he looks a little bit

39:49Whoa

39:50He's out close to the bails there

39:51He's pushing so hard

39:53He wants this win

39:54He's got four or five more laps to do it on

39:57They're making their way through traffic as well

40:00Smart from Dixon

40:01Then behind that

40:01Will Birchall

40:02Austin Webster

40:02And Lewis Jones

40:07So Smart all he can do is head down

40:09And try and make the most of this isn't it?

40:12That Dixon shaking his head there

40:13Just getting held up a little bit I think

40:17Has he got enough time to do it?

40:19Birchall behind them

40:22Looking for a podium finish as well in this final race of the day

40:26Really physical down past this start finish

40:28It drops away to the right hand side

40:30Quite bumpy as well

40:34But here's the battle for the race lead

40:37Still quite a big gap there though

40:38Yeah he's holding it at the moment isn't he?

40:40He's doing enough Smart

40:44All just depends on the traffic doesn't it

40:46When on these longer races

40:47He's got to keep the pace high for Smart here

40:50We go out onto another lap

40:53Dixon though will be looking to close down

40:55He's got another three, four laps to do it with

40:57And Smart's hitting traffic

40:58He is

40:58Just the wrong place

41:00The gap's getting smaller

41:02If Dixon can clear the traffic in a different place to Smart

41:05It could give him the advantage here just to close right in

41:08We may yet have a battle for the victory

41:10Smart looks comfortable but he's getting past the track

41:12Well look at that it has allowed Dixon to close in

41:14You can see that he's closed it right down

41:16Yeah but he's blocked in there as well

41:17So it can work for you and it can work against you

41:20It really can

41:21Brings one way and then the other Dixon

41:23Then having to make oh look for it

41:25Had to back out of it there but then

41:26Up over the start finish what can he do?

41:30Race leader heads out onto the 10th lap

41:35There is Dixon behind so he's cleared the traffic

41:41It's just just about not giving up at this you know anything can happen

41:45in these races on such a small track you know tight and twisty

41:49and a lot of bikes out on track as well so like I said it can either work for you

41:52or it can work against you

41:53Austin Webster coming flying past us there as well

41:56He is our race leader though Smart out front

41:59Desperate to try and get this final race win if he can

42:02You can see the traffic

42:05Final lap as well

42:06Five off them it's all coming back together

42:08Smart then and that looks to me Dixon right behind

42:11He's definitely closing in and there is much traffic to be dealt with here

42:15Oh man this is that is right on it is he right on him there

42:21He is

42:22He is right on him yeah

42:23He's a bike length of two behind and there's still three riders to get past for Smart here the race leader

42:28The opportunity might just present itself Dixon cleans him

42:31Dixon is now right behind straight leader Smart

42:34Can he get the drive can he get the drive up past the finish

42:36Oh who's got it

42:37I don't know

42:38Who's got it that photo finish

42:39It's Dixon

42:41Right on the line of the final lap of the meeting Dixon takes the victory from Smart

42:47Third place for Will Birchall

42:48Fourth Austin Webster

42:49Fifth Lewis Jones

42:51What a race to end

42:54Once again the Aberdeer Park circuit delivers with a fantastic fight for the win

42:59In the last race of the weekend Ryan Dixon leaves with a well-earned victory

43:03That clearly puts a smile on his face

43:05After a jam-packed weekend of racing

43:08Riders and spectators alike flocked to the Aberdeer Park fan stand for a ceremonial celebration of victors

43:14Even winners of old took the time to applaud 2025's heroes of Aberdeer

43:25Yeah so so we are at the podium presentation there's been multiple race winners today

43:31Like newcomers have even won today

43:33New lap record set there's going to be a big party tonight I think in Aberdeer

43:38I've been coming here the last 30 years

43:42This is only my second time in the last 25 years that I've not raced here

43:48But it's such a wonderful event

43:51Full of spectators

43:53Like where can you watch a road race this close to the action you know and

43:57Today new upgrade lap record you know multiple race winners

44:05Yeah, the place is just so special to me long may continue and let's see you in 2026

44:11With few standings leaders making any impression on the Aberdeer park road races this year

44:15It's still Michael Dunlop that leads the way in the hunt for the 2025 king of the roads title

44:20Davey Todd, Dean Harrison, Erno Costamo and Michael Sweeney your top five

44:28That's all the Aberdeer park road racing we have time for

44:31The king of the roads will return for the armory race of legends but until then it's goodbye for now

44:50Oh

44:54King of the roads

44:56So I ain't goin' home

45:00So I waste no time

45:01Cause I ain't goin' home

45:05King of the roads

45:07So I ain't goin' home

45:10No, no, no, no, no, no

45:12No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

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