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Race Report from Round 9 – Brands Hatch Indy. October 2019

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Round 9 and Bemsee were at Brands Hatch in Kent, Brands is considered the spiritual home of Bemsee and is the track they end the season on. Matt started the weekend with 555 points with closest contender, Tommy Downes on 468, a good finish in race one on Saturday would clinch the rookie title for Matt, but this is racing, anything can happen and it ain’t over til it’s over! Matt’s first race, race 10 on the program was started, however a start line collision meant it was red flagged to be re-run later on in the program. Having qualified Continue reading Race Report from Round 9 – Brands Hatch Indy. October 2019→

Race Report from Round 7 – Cadwell Park. August 2019

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Round 7, held 3rd/4th August saw Lamonde Automation sponsored Matt at the famous Cadwell Park circuit, a favourite of riders and spectators alike. This is the second time that the minitwins have raced at Cadwell this year. Saturday morning, Matt, qualified 5th on the grid with a 1:41.806, the rookie lap record has stood at 1:41.1 since 2012, set by Ashley Buxton. Race 1, Matt got off to a flying start and was in 4th position into the first corner, however, a start-line incident caused the race to be red-flagged. Mark Taylor, who was 4th on the grid had stalled, Continue reading Race Report from Round 7 – Cadwell Park. August 2019→

Race Report from Round 6 – Brands Hatch GP Circuit. July 2019

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Last weekend saw BMRC (Bemsee) at the famous Brands Hatch GP circuit – always a popular meeting as there are limited races carried out on the extended GP circuit compared to the shorter “Indy” circuit. Lamonde Automation Sponsored Minitwins rookie, #232 Matt Wetherell qualified 8th on the grid for the first race of the weekend for him (race 9) which put him in the middle of row 3 with a qualifying time of 1:42.227, placing him 5 places in front of close rookie rival, Dan Thomas and 8 ahead of Tommy Downes who’d had some issues with his bike. There Continue reading Race Report from Round 6 – Brands Hatch GP Circuit. July 2019→

Race Report From Round 5, Snetterton 300. June 2019

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Round 5 of the MRO Minitwins championship saw Lamonde Automation sponsored Matt Wetherell competing at Snetterton in Norfolk on the 300 circuit. Snetterton can be a wind-tunnel at the best of times, and this weekend was no exception. In practice on Friday, Matt had a crash, resulting in some bike damage, but thankfully no injury. Having not qualified as well as he could have due to a tyre choice issue for the qualifying session meant he was to start race 1 on Saturday from 27th place, the weather conditions were challenging, but in spite of that, Matt got up to Continue reading Race Report From Round 5, Snetterton 300. June 2019→

We’re Sponsoring Oxted Beer Festival 2019

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This year, we’re again supporting the Oxted Beer Festival as we have done for the previous two years. We’re sponsoring “Trenchman’s Hop” from local micro-brewery, the Godstone Brewers. Apart from beer, the Oxted Beer festival boasts an outstanding variety of musicians and performers, both local and more widely known bands, such as Saturday night’s headline act – renowned 90’s band, Reef. The Oxted Beer festival has been running since 2012 and raises money for charities & local community projects as well as providing a fun weekend of food, music, sport, entertainment and of course beer.

Race Report From Round 4, Donington Park National. May 2019

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Round 4, held at the famous Donington Park National circuit, saw Lamonde Automation sponsored Matt Wetherell starting the weekend leading the MRO Minitwin (rookie) championship with 225 points, with closest rival, the young, talented Tommy Downes on 186 points. Achieving two very close second places in Races 1 & 2 and bagging the win in race 3, Matts lead has been closed down a bit by Tommy, now on 256 points and Matt on 285. The next round is at Snetterton, 8th/9th June 2019, you can follow Matt’s Racing on Facebook here.

Race Report from Round 3, Cadwell Park. April 2019

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This weekend saw Lamonde Automation sponsored Matt Wetherell at the well-known Lincolnshire circuit, Cadwell Park. The weather was dismal, wet, windy and everything in between, interspersed with sudden dry spells, which made tyre choice the order of the day. Those of you familiar with Cadwell Park will no doubt know about “the mountain”, where it’s not unusual for bikes to loft the front wheel as they crest the rise… Matt qualified 7th overall, and 1st rookie, placing him in the 3rd row on the grid for race 1. Race 1 for Matt was spent battling with Kevin Lilley, Matt finished Continue reading Race Report from Round 3, Cadwell Park. April 2019→

We’ve Sponsored Harris Academy Purley to Participate in “Race for the line” Season 4

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We’re proud to announce we’ve sponsored Harris Academy Purley so that year 7 pupils can participate in “Race for the line” Season 4; everyone here at Lamonde is passionate about science, engineering and innovation and are glad to help to inspire the next generation of UK engineers, inventors, innovators and scientists. So what is Race for the line all about? The student teams must design and make the fastest rocket powered car they can and compete with their designs across multiple stages in a national competition. Each team’s car will use the same size rocket motor and compete over the same track Continue reading We’ve Sponsored Harris Academy Purley to Participate in “Race for the line” Season 4→