This past weekend saw another trademark fierce battle between NCR Factory rider Derek Vammus and Jim Proulx on his Kawasaki Superbike. During qualification, Derek was able to turn consistent 1:09.5’s which equaled the previous record of 1:09.495 he set in the previous round at the end of May but it was only good enough for second in qualifying. NCR continued on the bike set-up and ended up improving the bike handling tremendously and also thanks to Sandy at Pro6 and Dunlop tire.

The race saw Derek drive third into turn one and then quickly challenged for second. Derek didn’t want Kawasaki rider Jim Proulx to get away in front so he used the NCR Millona’s quick handling to carve his way into second. Then by half way throughthe first lap at the beginning of the long back straight, Derek was right behind Jim. Derek would have an advantage in the light weight and lots of torque of the NCR Millona to gain at the first half of the straight only to give it up at the three quarter mark due to the high horsepower of the superbike but then gain under braking at the the end of the straight. This continued for a few laps until Vammus was able to pass Proulx at the hairpin at the halfway mark of the race. Vammus then led for a while until the second last lap when Proulx dove into Derek on the inside at the end of the back straight and “pushed” Derek to the outside of the track. Derek was able to save the bike and avoided both of them crashing and had to settle for second….for this time!!!

Derek Vammus and the NCR Millona improved their lap times to an unofficial 1:09.08 which he turned consistently throughout the race. Derek was quoted as saying “we improved the set-up of the NCR Millona a lot and the last minute gearing change helped the drive out of the turns quite a bit. I’m looking forward to the next round where the circuit will be the demanding, tight and technical Long Track which I enjoy a lot”.

NCR and Derek Vammus lead the Race Heavyweight Superseries by one point over Jim Proulx. Stay tuned!!!!

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