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| Double Top for Mason at Croft |
For immediate release 16 September 2008
Gary Mason dominated the Daily Star Cup at Croft circuit in North Yorkshire, winning both races by a commanding margin. Once again Mason was in flying form during qualifying on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Honda Fireblade, finishing seven places ahead of the next fastest Cup rider, the Ducati-mounted John Laverty. In fact Gary qualified in front of several big names, including James Ellison, Atsushi Watanabe and Guy Martin.
Race day proved to be a repeat performance. Gary Mason posted the fastest time of the Cup racers on lap five and crossed the line four places ahead of John Laverty on the NW200 Ducati, following a battle with Simon Andrews on the Lloyds British Yamaha Superbike. Chris Burns completed the... |
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| Race One Win at Cadwell Elevates Mason to Third in Cup |
For immediate release 27 August 2008
Gary Mason is now running in third place in the Daily Star Cup following a decisive win in the first superbike race at the Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire on August Bank Holiday Monday.
In spite of only one dry practice session prior to qualifying, Mason continued his strong form as the fastest Cup rider and was also way ahead of the competition in the race day warm up. In cloudy but dry conditions Gary Mason set the fastest time of the Cup riders on lap three of Race One and crossed the line on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Honda four places ahead of his nearest rival, the Ducati-mounted John Laverty.
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| Pole followed by two podiums for Mason at Knockhill |
For immediate release 11 August 2008
Gary Mason qualified first out of the Cup riders on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Racing Honda superbike at Scotland’s premier circuit and proceeded to secure a place on the podium in both races.
Always strong in qualifying, Mason was not only the fastest Cup rider but started the race ahead of several racers from the main Superbike teams, including Rizla Suzuki’s Atsushi Watanabe and Hydrex Honda’s Guy Martin. Rain just before the first race left a dry line on the track on the other side of the grid from Gary, who was on slicks. With such a narrow dry line it took time to pass people, but once clear of the slower riders Mason showed his pace and took the... |
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| Mason holds his position at Oulton Park |
For immediate release 21 July 2008
Gary Mason leaves Oulton Park having held onto his position of fourth place in the Daily Star Cup, after a challenging day’s racing. In changeable weather Gary qualified first out of the Cup riders on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Racing Honda superbike, starting the race ahead of Cup leader John Laverty on the Buildabase NW200 Ducati and both of the factory supported Rizla Suzukis.
However during Race One, which was run in wet conditions, Gary Mason was one of eleven riders who failed to finish, when his Honda Fireblade was affected by electrical gremlins on Lap 4. Until that point he had been leading John Laverty on the Buildabase NW200 Ducati in the Cup... |
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| Conor Secures Double Podium at Southern 100 |
For immediate release 11 July 2008
McAdoo Racing’s Conor Cummins had an outstanding debut meeting at the 2008 Southern 100 when he scored a double podium on the Q8Oils lubricated Kawasaki machines.
Contending with inexperience of both the track and new Kawasaki machinery, the ‘Ramsay Rocket’ diced for victory in Thursday morning’s 600cc Supersport race against track specialists Ian Lougher and Ryan Farquhar. In a race long battle any one of the three riders could have won it, but experience told in the end with Lougher taking victory, Farquhar second and Conor a close third on the McAdoo Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Rain, which had disrupted racing during the week, returned for the main Southern 100 Championship race, which was a wet affair, much to Conor’s... |
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| Mason moves up the chart at Mallory |
For immediate release 30 June 2008
Gary Mason experienced mixed fortunes at Mallory Park but leaves the Leicestershire circuit having moved into fourth place in the Daily Star Cup, even though he has only competed at half of the six rounds of the season to date.
Hampered by a shoulder injury which he picked up last weekend in the R1 Cup at Donington, Mason still qualified second out of the Daily Star Cup riders on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Racing Honda superbike.
Race One was run at a blistering pace and John Laverty on the North West 200 Ducati regained his form to take the Daily Star Cup win, ahead of Gary Mason, who had beaten him into second place in the... |
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| Mason shows consistent form in changeable weather at Snetterton |
For immediate release 16 June 2008
Gary Mason dominated the Daily Star Cup on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Racing Honda superbike at Snetterton on Sunday 15th June.
Mason started as he meant to continue by qualifying first out of the Cup riders and sixteenth overall on the grid, ahead of several leading Superbike team riders, including Hydrex Bike Animal Honda’s Guy Martin.
Cup Championship leader John Laverty on the 1098 Ducati battled... |
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| Q8Oils and ODR in P1 Powerboat Racing |
Q8Oils are supporting Ocean Dragon Racing, who are in their third year of competitive racing in the P1 World Powerboat Supersport Class. This follows two successful years with a bronze position in 2006 and a fifth position in 2007.
Their boat has a Kevlar hull and weighs just 4,750KG, powered by an 8200cc Mercruiser engine that produces 525 BHP.
The team secured second place at the French in the French Supersport GP 2008 in Marseille on 24th May. They will be out on the water again in Valletta, MALTA, on Saturday 7th June.
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| Two-One and Fastest Lap for Quay Garage Racing and Q8Oils at Donington |
For immediate release 28 May 2008
Quay Garage Racing’s winning form returned at Donington Park on Bank Holiday Monday, with new rider Gary Mason finishing second in the Superbike Cup in Race One and bringing the team’s Honda Fireblade home in first place in the second race.
Even though this was Gary’s first outing on the Quay Garage CBR1000RR Fireblade, he qualified first out of the Cup riders and ninth overall on the grid, ahead of several leading Superbike team riders, including Team Yamaha’s Karl Harris and Tom Sykes of Rizla Suzuki.
Race one was run in dry but blustery conditions and the safety car was deployed on lap eight when Luke Quigley's machine caught fire on the run to the Melbourne Loop. Mason had to contend with not only an... |
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| Quay Garage Racing seek new rider for BSB Cup |
16th May 2008
Q8Oils-supported Quay Garage Racing are in talks with some high profile riders to replace James Buckingham, following the 23-year old’s brave decision to step back from racing.
James has a long association with the North Devon team, having won the British Superbike ‘privateers cup’ with them in 2005. However he has been dogged by injury problems since a massive crash at Oulton Park in 2006 that left him with two broken ankles and has struggled to return to his previous form. Therefore Buckingham has chosen to opt out of racing for the remainder of the season and to allow another rider an opportunity to exploit the full potential of the team’s Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade that was used by Gregorio Lavilla in the opening... |
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