Fast and furious at Thruxton for Preston's Barnes brothers

It was round seven of the ZYN British Superbikes from the superfast Thruxton circuit near Andover at the weekend for the Preston racing brothers Freddie and Charlie Barnes.

Freddie making the triumph work at Thruxton | Colin Port Images

placeholder image — Freddie making the triumph work at Thruxton | Colin Port Images

As usual the weekend started of with free practice sessions which ended with combined times from the two sessions seeing Freddie in P16 aboard his Sencat Racing Triumph 765 and Charlie in P31 on his Sencat Racing Aprilia 660.

Preston's Charlie Barnes on the startline with his Sencat Racing team. | Colin Port

Saturday and it was time for qualifying, Charlie put his bike on the grid for race in in P31 with a faster time than yesterday, while Freddie would start his race one later that afternoon in P17.

Race one for both riders. Charlie was involved in a great battle midfield eventually making up 10 places on his was up to P21 ! The first race for Freddie in the Supersport class would be the shorter 'Sprint' race held over 12 laps. Coming from a career best result last time out with a P9 at Oulton Park his confidence was rising. He got off to a good start and was in the battle for the points, just missing out finishing in P17.

Sunday and it was race two. It was the 'Feature' race for Freddie this time out. Held over 18 laps. He would start from the 6th row, P16 on the grid. In a similar fast paced race he battled mid pack homing in on the points again. He just missed out on points in P16. The last race of the weekend saw Charlie start in P22 in the Sportbike class again. He has been gaining confidence all weekend and went faster in every session. After a great ride he finished just outside the points in P17 !

Confidence is growing for both brothers and It's off to Cadwell Park in a few weeks for Rd8.