By With temperatures reaching a high of 30 degrees, allied to the blue skies, hardy crowd in attendance, day one of the 75th Anniversary Aberdare Park Road Races, had an ardent summer fun festival vibe about it.
Before the opening Supersport final race, gained centre stage, two eight-lap heat races for lower and higher numbered competitors took place with Trickbits Racing’s Ryan Dixon, William Holland, the contest winners.
As the baking hot sunshine continued to rain down on Aberdare, Park Challenge 600 Final Race 1, cut to six laps opened at 4:42 PM.
Keenly contested action ensued with prior featured, Moto 2 vaulted Dixon, VRS Racing’s Andy Smart and Joey Lambden, all duking it out for victory spoils.
0.639 separated Dixon, recent Southern 100 race winner Smart, Lambden at mid-race distance.
Remaining lap circulations around the under one-mile-long Aberdare Park race circuit, yielded more compact competition, particularly between Dixon and Smart.
In the end, as the sixth, final lap folded up, Dixon, cousin of Grand Prix ace, former BSB front runner Jake Dixon, held his nerve to make it today three wins from three race starts.
Barnsley rider Smart was only 0.156 down on Dixon, at the race’s conclusion with fellow Kawasaki apparated pilot Lambden third, 0.864 further back.
Heat Race Two victor Holland bagged fourth, RWEC LTD Racing’s Will Burchell took fifth, Michael Knorr clinched sixth.
Adam Raynor (P7), Ty Jones (P8), Austen Webster (P9), Justin ‘Weeman’ Collins (P10) rounded out the top ten finishing attainers whilst finishers eleventh to sixteenth were:
Brandon Brinded (P11), Daniel Nelmes (P12), William Scott Walls (P13), Niki Williams (P14), Dave Carson (P15) and Lewis Jones (P16).
Races Itinerary:
Quick bonus for anyone, who is not aware yet of the 2025 Aberdare Park Road Races, racing itinerary.
Saturday, 12th July:
Race 1 – Lightweight Race 1 – 8 Laps
Race 2 – CB 500 / Bandit Race 1 – 8 Laps
Race 3 – Park Challenge Low Heat 1 – 8 Laps
Race 4 – Park Challenge High Heat 2 – 8 Laps
Race 5 – Super Twins Low Heat 1 – 8 Laps
Race 6 – Super Twins High Heat 1 – 8 Laps
Race 7 – Ultra Lightweight Race 1 – 8 Laps
Race 8 – Welsh Open Low Heat 1 – 8 Laps
Race 9 – Welsh Open High Heat 2 – 8 Laps
Race 10 – Classic Superbikes Race 1 – 8 Laps
PR6 Open Parade – 15 Minutes
Race 11 – Lightweight Race 2 – 8 Laps
Race 12 – Park Challenge Final 1 – 8 Laps
Race 13 – CB500 / Bandit Race 2 – 8 Laps
Race 14 – Ultra Lightweight Race 2 – 8 Laps
Race 15 – Super Twins Final 1 – 8 Laps
PR6 Parade Classic Lightweight – 15 Minutes
Race 16 – Welsh Open Final 1 – 12 Laps
Race 17 – Classic Superbikes Race 2 – 8 Laps
Race 18 – Welsh Open / Super Twins Consolation Race – 8 Laps
Sunday, 13th July:
Free Practice – 15 Minutes
Race 1 – Super Twins Low Heat 1 – 12 Laps
Race 2 – Super Twins High Heat 1 – 12 Laps
Race 3 -Ultra Lightweight Race 1 – 10 Laps
Race 4 – Classic Superbikes Race 1 – 12 Laps
Church Break – 90 Minutes
PR6 Open Parade – 15 Minutes
Race 5 – Park Challenge Low Heat 1 – 12 Laps
Race 6 – Park Challenge High Heat 2 – 12 Laps
Race 7 – CB500 / Bandit Race 1 – 12 Laps
Race 8 – Lightweight Race 1 – 12 Laps
Race 9 – Super Twins Final – 12 Laps
Race 10 – Ultra Lightweight Race 2 – 10 Laps
Race 11 – Park Challenge Final 2 – 12 Laps
PR6 Parade Classic Lightweight – 15 Minutes
Race 12 – Welsh Open Final 2 – 15 Laps
Race 13 – Lightweight Race 2 – 12 Laps
Race 14 – CB500 / Bandit Race 2 – 12 Laps
Race 15 – Classic Superbikes Race 2 – 12 Laps
Race 16 – Welsh Open / Super Twins Consolation – 12 Laps
Race 17 – Dave Morgan Invitation – 12 Laps
Photo credit Michelle Jefferies
Words by Stevie Rial, Jan Vavra #dontletfearcontrolyou
