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EMS racing secured strong results at the third round of the FIM 1000 Superstock Cup at Silverstone with both riders taking on the pace in the tough 15-lap race. Sheridan Morais impressed the vocal British crowd by storming from 14th place on the grid to seventh place, narrowly missing out on a top five. Mark Pollock improved on his qualifying performance and rode a determined race to claim 22nd place in the tough world championship class. In qualifying for the televised FIM 1000 Superstock Cup race, Sheridan once again struggled to set a quick qualifying lap to improve his grid position, but finished the session confident of his bike set-up for the race. A strong start saw the South African rider immediately into the top ten onboard his EMS Racing Suzuki, where he showed he had the pace to run with the lead group. On lap three he was in to ninth spot and with the bike working well he began his charge through the field which saw him move up into sixth spot by lap eight and pulling away from seventh place man. With the position looking safe Sheridan continued to push and still had his sights set on the lead group, but a big moment and near crash pulled a muscle in his right forearm, which caused him to slow. The tough 21 year old dropped back to seventh but was able to keep going to stay in the position and match his best result of the season from Valencia. “I’m pleased with how the race went up until I had a big moment and wrenched my arm. I was on for fifth place, which would have been a great result but in the last few laps my arm was hurting really bad and I just didn’t have the strength to keep the pace and stop the bike bucking and weaving. It was my first time at the track and the wet weather didn’t give me a lot of time to learn it so once again my qualifying wasn’t as good as it needs to be.” That aside the bike worked really well in the wet and dry and we’re certainly getting a good race set-up for every track we’re going to. Now we need to sort out the qualifying and we’ll be in a position to push the guys at the front.” He continued. Mark Pollock secured his first finish in the FIM 1000 Superstock Cup with a determined 22nd place in the race after qualifying in 27th spot. The young Irish rider was in the thick of the action from lap one and although he finished out of the points he was just 40 seconds behind Italian race winner Claudio Corti after 53KM of hard racing. After catching and passing Mick Henderson’s Suzuki, Mark was unable to shake the Australian and was repassed with one lap to go. He then showed his determination by setting his quickest laps of the race to retake the position and secure 22nd spot. “I don’t like to finish 22nd but it was good to get my first finish under my belt and having completed a full race I’ve really learned a lot about the bike and the competition. I made a good start and was up to 20th but I was hit by Biliotti on the MV Agusta and lost about four places. Everyone is riding very hard and the race showed me just how hard you have to ride in every corner to make it in to the points. I’m riding at the Race of the Year at Mondello Park on Sunday, which will give me more time on the bike at a track I know and I’m already looking forward to the next round of the European Championship next month.” said Mark. The EMS Racing team now head to the Brno circuit in Czech Republic for a four day test where Sheridan will be working to improve his performance in qualifying and Mark will continue to adapt to the powerful EMS Racing Suzuki GSXR-1000. The next race for the team will be the San Marino round of the FIM 1000 Superstock Cup at Misano on 23rd to 25th June 2006.

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