The 2017 British Gravity Bike Championship is well underway with three events having been held so far this season, all taking place at Gurston Down near Salisbury.
IR Rat Racing's Justin Greaves has had a very successful season so far with a podium position on each of the events.
Round 1 took place in March and Greaves finished second behind teammate Ian Round. Both riders broke the 14 year old course record despite conditions being wet and slippery early on.
There was some very close racing at round two and the lead changed hands several times. Greaves struggled a little early on but changing to a harder compound rear tyre saw his times improve and he finished in third place, the top three separated by just 0.35 seconds.
The sun shone for round three and there was a nice tailwind which helped produce some quick times initially and Greaves was in third place. Unfortunately he was denied the chance to push for a higher place as the wind changed direction meaning that the times of all the riders got slower.
Greaves presently lies in third place in the championship on 52 points and with Round leading on 70 points IR Rat Racing lead the team championship on 122, twice as many as the second place team.
"It's been a great season so far," said Greaves. "The racing has been very close and the times extremely quick - I was very happy to beat the course record at Gurston at round one."
"Ian and myself are in a good position in the team championship, hopefully we can continue our success in the second half of the season and, personally, I'd like to try and beat my best result and get a win in one of the remaining rounds."
The next round takes place at Penn House in Buckinghamshire on 24th June.
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