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Mark Richards hasn’t always had the best of luck, but last Saturday at Oulton Park it all came good for the 360 racer, with a second and a third placed finish in the Radical Challenge, with team mate Jerome De Sadeleer also taking a third place.

After morning qualifying it was a lock out on the second row for the Silverstone based 360 duo, with De Sadeleer only 0.088 secs quicker than Richards.

De Sadeleer managed to hang on to second placed Steve Burgess for a few laps at the start, with Richards following in a strong fourth. They both consolidated their places as the field began to spread out but Richards decided to make his compulsory stop early, with De Sadeleer following a lap later.

Richards re-emerged in third, but when final stopper Brian Murphy went into the pits he moved into second with only Burgess ahead. De Sadeleer dropped back into fifth after his stop, “the success penalty at the stop cost me a lot, so I had to chase hard.”

While Richards kept Murphy at a safe distance to retain third, De Sadeleer chipped away at Elliot Goodman and finally snatched fourth with a lap to go. He remarked it was “very satisfying.”

The second race was the sprint, but while Richards made an excellent start to slot into third behind Burgess and Dominik Jackson, De Sadeleer lost out initially. “It was a terrible start, I really need to work on that. I just lost too much time with wheels spinning and lost three places though.”

Although Richards lost touch with the lead duo, he held off the threat from the closing Kristian Jeffrey, to take his second podium of the day, a third place in a red flagged shortened race.

For De Sadeleer, he fought his way passed Brian Caudwell to hold fifth from lap four, but was just under a second from catching Jeffrey at the end.

Back to the Enduro format for the final race and it was De Sadeleer’s chance to shine. He chased Burgess from the start in his quest for second, and when his rival pitted, he stayed out for a further lap. Despite another success penalty, he was into third when the pit stop window closed, after chasing Jeffrey again.

“I had got passed Mark at the start and tried to hold onto the lead pair, but pushed really hard after the stops and was really pleased with my progress. The day just got better as we went on,” said De Sadeleer after he claimed third.

Richards had dropped to sixth on the second lap and lost two more places before his stop. He re-joined in tenth and made some progress to move into eighth on the penultimate lap.

Published by Peter Scherer for 360 Racing on July 3rd 2018  

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