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British
Supersport 2006 Reports - Paul Young
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Youngy gets Triumph in the top 10!
Leicestershire based racer/team owner Paul Young and his PYR Triumph Daytona 675
have landed in the top 10 in their home round of Mallory Park!
Qualifying:
“Qualifying went pretty well. I was 11th quickest in both individual
sessions, and ended up 13th overall. With three chicanes and a
hairpin every 58 seconds, traffic was always going to play a major part in
qualifying. My final run on a qualifying tyre felt great. I did my fastest time
through the first sector, but I got stuffed by the slowest guy on track in the
last chicane! It was a shame because I was confident of a second row start.”
The Race:
“I elected to ride the slower of my two bikes because the number one bike had
been jumping out of gear in Friday practice. I was happy to do that because the
chassis was working great on the second bike. During the race I got up to eighth
before that bike also started jumping out of gear!� When it started missing
gears I was thinking more about finishing the race and not mucking things up!
Out of Shaw’s Hairpin I’d click second, then it would pop into neutral. I had to
coast through the chicane then try and find a gear to continue on my way. This
lost me a lot of ground. Jay Vincent caught me up after I’d passed him early in
the race but I made myself as wide as I could to make sure I achieved the aim of
a top 10 finish. It was nice to be dicing with and passing quality riders like
Stuart Easton, Jay Vincent and Simon Andrews. The way I look at it, I’m now up
racing with people I should be. These are racers with distributor support, good
kit and excellent racing credentials! That said, more sponsors are needed to get
more out of my Triumph to get it right up at the front. The best bit for a
‘local’ racer like me is that I did actually hear screams from crowd saying ‘Go
Youngy’ on the warm-up lap, so thanks to everyone who screamed for me!”
Young gets Triumph on the pace at Oulton Park
Leicestershire based racer/team owner Paul Young and his PYR Triumph Daytona 675
continued their steady progress towards the top of the British Supersport
Championship at round four of the Series at Oulton Park, Cheshire. For the
fourth race in succession, Young posted a season's best finish and moved up the
championship table.
Qualifying: The potential of this bike/rider combination was clear throughout
qualifying for Monday's race. Young was never out of the top ten and spent most
of the first session sitting on top of the leader board in P1. After finishing
the first qualifying session in sixth, Young was bumped back to 10th place on
the grid after final qualifying. Young said, "It was a big buzz to see PYR
Triumph at the top of the time sheet during first qualifying. It was a shame I
made a couple of mistakes on my qualifying tyre in the second session, otherwise
I think we'd have stayed on the second row".
The Race: Young made full use of the Triumph's torquey 675cc three-cylinder
engine, launching off the line and moving up to seventh position by lap 11.
After pulling a gap between himself and eighth place Steve Plater, Young started
to pay for his fast start and struggled with grip towards the end of the race,
eventually finishing in 11th position. Young comments; "I was leading the group
from seventh back to 13th place and doing it pretty easy, when they started
trying to get past I decided I'd better make a break. I managed to pull away
from the pack but killed my back tyre in the process. I'm quite annoyed with
myself for choosing too soft a tyre, I'd tested it in practice but obviously not
pushed it as hard as I did in the race"
Exposure: The successes of the fledgling Triumph team's season have recently
attracted the attention of major print media. Articles in the June edition of
SuperBike Magazine and May’s edition of Motorcycle Racer magazine have
illustrated the early development stages of the Paul Young Racing Triumph 675
and the motivation of the man behind the project. Paul is still in need of a
major sponsor, but hopes the constantly improving results and media attention
will attract a substantial backer to help take the team to the next level. Young
says, "I want there to be a Triumph team competing at the sharp-end of
Supersport racing. I know I can build a team to do the job, and even on the
limited resources I've got to work with at the moment, I'm showing that it can
be done".
Coming events: The British Supersport Championship resumes in three weeks time
when the series heads to Mondello Park in Ireland. The tight and bumpy track 30
miles west of Dublin is renowned to be one of the most technically demanding
layouts in the championship calendar. Competing in the Superstock class there
last year, Young finished the race second on his way to finishing second in the
British Championship, and is a big fan of the circuit. "Mondello is a great
circuit that throws up a lot of unusual problems, so it's quite hard to set a
bike up for. I always enjoy the challenge of the place and hopefully the
Triumph's power characteristics will be a benefit at a track with so many slow
corners."
Youngy pleased with
first points of the year
PAUL YOUNG was pleased with his work at Thruxton for round three of the British
Supersport championship.
Not only did he score his first points of the year with a spirited ride from a
lowly grid position, but he also made a major set-up change which should improve
the overall performance of the British-built Triumph Daytona 675 for the rest of
the season.
The Hinckley-based Aussie explained: "Thruxton was a very busy and thoroughly
exhausting weekend, but ultimately very satisfying! Practice was hampered by wet
weather, so I missed out on dry track time again, one of the two commodities I
need most at the moment. Sunday qualifying was a bit better, but I was baulked
during both sessions at the same crucial point in the track when I had my soft
qualifying tyre fitted, so ended up in 21st on the grid! I couldn't believe I'd
been stuffed twice!"
Undeterred, Youngy with help from the boys from K-Tech suspension, concentrated
on getting the Daytona set up perfectly for the fast and bumpy Hampshire track.
Youngy said: "We made a major change to the rear shock settings that made a big
improvement to the bike. So much so, that we did the same change for the front
forks just before the race. In the morning warm-up it was a revelation and I
went as quick on a knackered race tyre as I had on new rubber in practice."
Unfortunately, the first four laps of the Youngy's race were hindered by some
self-inflicted clutch slip problems. Eventually though, the Aussie was able to
reel in the opposition and get amongst the championship points. "I was working
on the bike on my own for the whole weekend and just didn't get time to change
the clutch plates. Then, because I started the race in second gear, that cooked
it. Luckily it cooled down and worked perfectly again. After that it was all too
easy. I started to scythe through the field and was catching 10th to 13th hand
over fist. Sadly I ran out of laps just as I caught up to Jay Vincent's back
wheel. It was very heartening to do that as I finally saw a little of the
potential that I believe this bike has.
Next round is May 1st at Oulton Park, a favourite track for Youngy. "I was on
the podium twice in one day there last year, 1st in Superstocks and 3rd in the
Supersport race, I can't wait to get back!"
PYR Triumph would like to thank the following sponsors: Pirelli, Jack Lilley
Motorcycles, Brookfield Road Garage, Arrow, Rock Oil, Penske Shocks, Renthal,
Tsubaki Chain, ProMach, Chase Accident, King Dick Tools, Vesrah Brakes, GPS
Bodywork, Skidmarx, Signs Express (Lincoln), Champion Equipment, HJC Helmets,
Scott Leathers, Racer Gloves, Daytona Boots, Mallory Park Circuit, Double Red
Photographic, netvisibility.co.uk, TGI Consultants, Charlie’s Injury Clinic,
Sigma Performance, Triumph675.Net, Dynojet UK
Youngy survives
Donington deluge for 16th place
PAUL YOUNG played it safe on his Triumph Daytona 675 and came home in 16th place
at the second round of the Metabo British Supersport Championship while
conditions played havoc with other riders and the event race schedule.
He said: "It was more important for me to stay upright as we only have one bike
and only three days between Donington and Thruxton. To be honest I felt it was a
sad and sodden event. In fact I’ve never been to an event that was more
abandonable! I would be interested to see what would cause a postponement now
that the organisers have ITV coverage. Nuclear assault or terrorist activity
only I reckon!"
The Hinckley based Aussie added: "I know it’s the same for everyone, but half
the field in every race ended up in the kitty litter, it was a lottery and one I
wasn’t prepared to buy a ticket for, so I went steady. I wanted to load the bike
up in the van in one piece at the end of the weekend. I would have loved to
score some championship points, and I usually go well in the rain, but pushing
harder could have meant three days of repairs instead of three days working on
improvements! At the moment developing the bike is the important thing."
With many of his rivals looking at bent and battered bikes on Monday morning,
Youngy has spent his time on the dyno finding more power from the 675 triple for
this weekend’s race. "I’ve found something useful on the dyno which means I'll
have more horsepower for the race at Thruxton," explained Youngy. "The bike was
feeling better at Donington and we’re getting more power out of it. Thruxton and
Oulton Park are my two favourite circuits so I want to go there with the best
bike I can and get some good results"
PYR Triumph
would like to thank the following sponsors: Pirelli, Jack Lilley Motorcycles,
Brookfield Road Garage, Arrow, Rock Oil, Penske Shocks, Renthal, Tsubaki Chain,
ProMach, Chase Accident, King Dick Tools, Vesrah Brakes, GPS Bodywork, Skidmarx,
Signs Express (Lincoln), Champion Equipment, HJC Helmets, Scott Leathers, Racer
Gloves, Daytona Boots, Mallory Park Circuit, Double Red Photographic,
netvisibility.co.uk, TGI Consultants, Charlie’s Injury Clinic, Sigma
Performance, Triumph675.Net
Youngy searches for more power after promising Brands start
PAUL YOUNG has been buoyed by the promise showed by his British-built Triumph
Daytona 675 at the first round of the British Supersport Championship.
At the weekend the Hinckley-based Aussie put the under-developed three-cylinder
machine 19th on the grid and was in the points in the race before being pushed
wide at Paddock and finishing 17th. Now Youngy is developing the motor of his
second machine to make more power, following the rock-solid reliability shown
over the weekend by his number one machine.
He said: "The grunt we have with this bike is superb. It will stay with anything
off the corners, we just need to work on the top-end. That’s the next task."
Despite developing the bike without any major help from the factory, the bike
performed well on its first outing. "I got an average start from 19th on the
grid and was passing someone every lap until I got into the points. That was
what I was hoping for from the first race, really. Unfortunately, I got to the
front of the pack and four of us went into Paddock Hill Bend together and I got
pushed wide. I had the thing on full lock just to get around the corner. I spent
most of the rest of the race making up places again but by the time I’d caught
the group the race was red-flagged after Rob Frost’s accident."
Despite finishing out of the points, Youngy is happy with the triple’s
performance. "We had two days testing with the bike before Brands and
considering this machine has never been raced before and we’re developing it, we
were going into the race pretty green, really. Through the course of the weekend
we changed the shock valving four times, including between warm-up and the race
which was a bit of a risk, but it was better for the race. The big shock was
when I volunteered the bike to be weighed. It was 155 kilos dry, which is 10
kilos under the limit for triples! The limit for four-cylinder bikes is 162
kilos."
Now Paul is working flat-out to ensure that the second machine has more power to
be more competitive with the four and two cylinder machines out there. "I
couldn’t believe speed of some bikes out there," said Youngy. "The level of
machinery in Supersport is getting better and better. A lot of people are buying
Ten Kate customer engines, or teams have direct factory involvement. I’m proud
of how close we were from the first race. It’s early days and there’s a lot to
come from the bike and me."
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