Lisa's update 18th April

As the only team in the British Championship running the Yamaha TZ 125 we have no data built up to work from but the initial results have been very promising, Lisa is lapping much faster than she did last year at every track, it seems that the little TZ suits her. But she crashed out of qualifying at Brands and then the bike stopped on the warm up lap of the race at Thruxton after she had done a great job in qualifying for the grid. “I Like the Yamaha very much and it suits my Bridgestone tyres which are working much better for me this year. After winning my first race and having a crash early on, my confidence is quite high and I am able to push the bike much harder which is helping with the lap times.

I am now travelling to the track on my own due to work commitments, but I must thank Paul and Steve of ‘Tech Compliance Ltd’ who have helped me greatly with this.” Smiled a very happy Lisa.

Lisa will be joined in the Team this weekend at Mallory Park by Midge Smart – Midge who will concentrate on the Spanish GP 125 Championship this season is to have a one off ride and will race the Teams 04 RS 125 using Dunlop Tyres.

LISA TAKES 1ST WIN

This weekend we continued our testing and race program building towards the start of the British Championship kick off at Brand Hatch next weekend.
We took Lisa and her Yamaha TZ 125 to Croft Circuit in the north east of England for a 2 day 4 race program to continue the rebuilding of her confidence.
Practice went well with Lisa matching her times from last years British Championship race at the same circuit but in much colder conditions.
Saturday's 2 races were run over 10 laps each just 8 laps short of the British Championship distance over the 2.3 mile circuit
Lisa made a not bad start in the first race quickly moving into 2nd behind the factory Malaguti, she match the times of the leader but could not close in on him - taking a very strong 2nd place at the flag. The second race was a carbon copy of the first but Lisa took the fastest lap of the race although not fast enough to again pass the leader.

Dennis who's local track is Croft spent quite some time talking to and showing Lisa the best way around the place on Saturday evening to good effect.

Sunday the weather took a turn for the worse and racing did not start until after lunch and Lisa featured in the 1st race of the day - making a not very good start she put Dennis's knowledge to good use taking the race lead on lap 4, she stretched this lead to the flag taking her first career Victory and the first for Team NVIDIA -2005 Race 2 was a different story Lisa made the start and lead the race into the 1st turn never to be headed to the flag.

Lisa now leads this championship and although its not one we will follow all season it is a great confidence boost as we move into the much harder British Championship next week end. " This has been a great weekend although only a club meeting and not as competitive as the British Championships. We have found a great set up for the little NVIDIA Yamaha and I feel at home already on it. I know I will find it much harder at the British but I will be giving it my best as I feel everything within the Team is going well. My first hurdle will be qualifying at Brands as there are many good riders out there but once I am on the grid they better watch out" laughed Lisa

" we have now done everything we can in a very short space of time for both the 125 and the Superbike to be ready for the 1st round of the British Championship - we will be looking for Dennis to score 1 or 2 points at Brands and Lisa to continue her road onto and up the grid. We look forward to seeing you all there and reporting all the stories as they unfold "

2nd March: Lisa's first test on the Yamaha TZ 125

Today at Mallory part amongst the snow Lisa completed her first shake down test of the new Yamaha TZ 125
She completed 38 trouble free laps in the sub zero conditions. " It was good fun to finally ride the little Yam today although
my fingers are falling off with the cold. It seems to steer a lot easier than the Honda and get off the turns too - but its quite a while since I last rode a bike so everything seems the be happening quickly. I am very happy to be back on Ohlins suspension it is definitely the best for me. I can not wait for the next test, maybe this Saturday at Cadwell - snow permitting" said a shivering Lisa.
Brent's commented " its far too bloody cold for this carry on - but we don't have long to the first race meeting so we will be out as much as possible now. Lisa and the TZ have both done well today - it seems from this first outing that we have made a step in the right direction using the Yamaha and moving back to Ohlins we must thank Matts for all his help."

26th July 2004 Great weekend at the MotoGP Donington
"I got my hands on Rossi's Bum!"
I have been looking forward to the GP for quite a while, Brent and the Team have many friends in the paddock so we get to see and touch things most can only dream of! I had to work Saturday morning - working extra is the only way I can arrange time for my own race program. Brent and the other members of the Team had been down on the other days and said traffic was bad so I jumped on the back of a trick 1200s Bandit and cut through it all down the back roads.
We meet up with Geoff Crust at the back of Yamaha garage and we got the full guided tour! Those bikes are fantastic; the swing arm is the same design as standard R1 just a little longer. Geoff told us that to make the crank case, a 90kg block of Aluminium was put into a CNC machine and 2 days later a set of nine cases were finished - they are trick. I got to sit on the bike and had pictures taken. The best part was getting my hands on Rossi's bum ah ah ah! What do you think (click on the red title link above to see it)?
We have a few other pictures on our web site for you to laugh at.