British Short Track Racer Impresses In The States

[Vince 9,454]

16 year old Oliver Brindley who finished second by a hair in this years British Championship is currently in America after being invited to race at their Super Prestigio event in Las Vegas next weekend.

 

As a warm up to this he competed Saturday and Sunday at Perris Raceway against some of Americas (and therefore the Worlds) best riders. On Saturday he won his heat race which qualified him directly to the main where he finished 5th. An outstanding result given that the race was won by the current Champion Jared Mees and the rider finishing directly behind Oliver was Sammy Halbert who was 4th overall in the American Championship.

 

On the Sunday Oliver finished 3rd overall with Halbert winning and a couple of the top guys not racing but still plenty of big names in the field.

 

So next time somebody writes on here that the standard of racing in the UK is poor and nothing like in America there is now evidence that is not true. There isn't the strength in depth the USA has but our best half dozen are all around Olivers standard.

 

Oliver will be at Vegas next weekend then in Barcelona on December 12th along with a few other British riders to take on not only the best Flat track racers but some of the best MotoGP riders in Marquez's Super Prestigio event.

 

 

[Guest]

There's an excellent action video of teenager Oliver Brindley to be found at https://www.facebook.com/DirtTrackRidersAssociationUK/

You will have to scroll down to find details in regard to Oiiver but the action video is especially impressive.

Edited November 24, 2015 by Guest