 Wytiko Showers in action IslandStats.com
On the first race day, the sun was out and the boys were at the track early. The team got busy making adjustments as the bikes were not running optimally. Caisey had a sticking clutch, Showers’ bike was lacking on the top end and with only one practice session to get thing sorted!
In the race, Caisey's 6th place grid position saw him starting from the second row but his clutch problems prevailed and he slipped to the back of the pack on takeoff. Riding hard, Caisey worked his way up to 17th position where he finished the race.
In the 80cc/125cc race, Showers was lined up on the outside of row five and got a good start but tangled with a 125cc rider in turn one, which set him back slightly. Back in the race, he entered a heated battle for third and this battle continued for about ¾ of the race laps- he and the other rider continuously swapped positions till Showers was able to make the pass stick securing himself a 3rd place finish.
The second day of racing saw Caisey get another bad start - clutch problem still not fixed!
Having to recover the positions lost and with the lead pack pulling away, Caisey rode hard managing to work his way back up to 17th position when the checkered flag flew. Race 1 for Showers saw him also get off to a bad start.
Riding the wheels off the bike!, he was unable to make up the ground lost - the team knew the bike was not running right going into the race –during the race Showers kept gesturing to the team that he could not get anything more from the bike.
Race 2, the team re-geared the bike and richened up the jetting – this helped Caisey get off to a good start. By turn two, the aggressive riding of the older riders shuffled Caisey back - he fought hard to stay with them and finished in 15th position. Showers went into race two ready!
The bike was fixed as the team worked like slaves to figure out the issues, which turned out to be SHORTER INTERVAL GEARING! (Thanks Team Australia!) When the flag dropped, Showers battled with the leaders for several laps before getting caught up in another battle with an Italian rider that allowed the leaders to open up a gap.
Showers determined to close the gap, passed the rider on the outside and the rider hit him sending him off the track causing him to lose more ground. Showers fought back hard, the race commentator was captivated with his performance! It took a mere five laps and Showers was
back in the battle - when the white flag flew he knew it was no more messing around! Up the inside Showers went but the Italian rider would not give up - in turn two he hit Showers’ back wheel as he was cornering – Showers was out of the race!
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