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With below thirty days till the Bob Smith Spring Cup, a steady stream of competitors (Marcus ‘Spartacus’ Simpson, Paul Moir, Grant Aitchison, Greg Haylott, Ryan Dixon) are-announcing their intention to sample the UK road race season opener.
The latest racer to confirm his Spring Cup presence is a TT podium finishing one, reigning Oliver’s Mount Super Twins Champion Rob Hodson.
Steve Henshaw Gold Cup runner-up, Hodson stands behind only Dean Harrison in terms of race wins collected this decade at North Yorkshire’s ‘Mini TT,’ emerging victorious on twenty-six occasions.
Spring Cup feature race runner-up in 2023, third a year later, the Wigan rider will have an eye on joining the showpiece race winners’ array of honour which features the already mentioned five times TT winner Dean Harrison, Guy Martin, seven times Duke Road Race Rankings Champion Ryan Farquhar and Adrian Archibald.
For his newest Scarborough racing venture, Hodson brings with him Ducati exotica, next generation V2 Panigale thanks to Briggs Equipment Northwest 200, TT Races suitors SMT Racing and the 916 model, provided by new Classic TT suitors CK (Chris Keay) Racing.
You can just sense the rasping, evocative noises on the runs towards Mere Hairpin, the Esses, Mountside, Farm Bends.
With established Scarborough specialist Hodson at the controls, the weekend of 11th-12th of April could potentially be Ducati’s zenith time thus far, within this decade at England’s sole, active roads scene venue.
Photo courtesy of Jim Hodson
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
For his newest Scarborough racing venture, Hodson brings with him Ducati exotica, next generation V2 Panigale thanks to Briggs Equipment Northwest 200, TT Races suitors SMT Racing and the 916 model, provided by new Classic TT suitors CK (Chris Keay) Racing.
You can just sense the rasping, evocative noises on the runs towards Mere Hairpin, the Esses, Mountside, Farm Bends.
With established Scarborough specialist Hodson at the controls, the weekend of 11th-12th of April could potentially be Ducati’s zenith time thus far, within this decade at England’s sole, active roads scene venue.
Photo courtesy of Jim Hodson
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
