Jason O’Halloran arrived at Thruxton with a record at the Hampshire track to be proud of in 2023 - taking pole and all three wins at thꦕe meet.

Picking up an immediate lead at after a lightning start handed the Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki ride🅺r the holeshot, O’Halloran broke briefly, but was soon caught by Kyle Ryde.

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With no lead on the cards the Australian tried a different tactic and slowed the race, leading to a huge train of riders - all close on tra🐈ck, with the #22 still ahead:

“I was happy enough being at the front to be honest. I got a really good start and when I got to the front I just thought ‘I’ll just ꦓlead’ I sort of had a rough idea of what pace I wanted to set and just sort of stick to it - go as slow as I could until someone, until guys started coming past me”.

Though he slipped back into the group as first Christian Iddon, then Ryde had a go out fron🎀t, O’Halloran was still very much in contention as he steadied his drop to sit in behind and watch his rivals:

“I managed to hold on༺ right until the end, I don’t know how many laps, 15, 16 laps of that race, but Kyle came by me at the final chicane on the left, a little bit unexpected, sort of unsettled me a little bit. I lost three or four positions straight away, so then I had to resettle.

I knew there wasn’t many laps left, st🍬ill had some tyre left at the end at the end of that last lap, which was good, for sure we can improve the for bike tomorrow”.

His ability at t🔯he Andover circuit paid dividends and O’Halloran was able to find a way 🗹though the seven way battle on the last lap, and although he did not keep the Thruxton wins coming, there was still a podium finish to be had in third.

O'Halloran hopes wo▨rk overnight can see him to first place - and he will be best placed - in fifth - of the lead bikes in race one after the slow nature of the race sees them all down on the grid for race two:

“I struggled a bit y🐬esterday, made big changes to the bike today… basically offset everything on the front of the bike and I felt good in qualifying and good in the race, so I’m sure we can impไrove again tomorrow”.