Snetterton - BRCA National October 2008
After a good days practice on the saturday everyone was ready for a great days racing on the sunday, this wasn't going happen. From 8am till 8pm the rains came causing major problems for quite a few pilots. After fitting the new longer fork legs Derek and Chris were amazed at the difference it has made the way the bike goes. The bike felt a lot more planted on the the double and triple apex corners of the Tamiya Euro circuit.Chris's problems started in the first round after water ingress into the speedo caused a DNF, the second round was cut short again with a dead steering servo. With the electrics failing the race was on to save the Championship, eventually in the later part of the first Final and the second final the bike recovered for long enough to get up to 4th overall.
Derek was flying round all day posting very good times in the wet, unfortunately his bike got a little too wet and started to fail as well halfway through the finals.
Craigavon - BRCA National September 2008
After some recent bad weather the trip to ireland was going to be a challenge for everyone. The irish lads we very welcoming and provided a great weekends racing and social occasion.As this was so close to the worlds and a few other meeting the turnout was quite low, Team McLarney in the form of Derek and Ian made the trip and came away very well. Ian stamped his mark on the Supersport racing getting 2nd place behind Steve Newey who was on the pace all weekend. Concourse for the weekend was also won by Ian with the JPS Norton bodywork painted by Chris Douglas.
Derek Did very well with the Fila Superbike getting a 2nd place behind the very fast Colin McCabe, with the points gained from this national Derek has moved into 2nd pace ahead of Dave Andrew in the BRCA series.
Aldershot - BRCA National September 2008
Chris Douglas was piped for FTQ by Roki Reed, only 1 second in it. Chris then went on to win the first final comfortably and got a third place in the second race due to a collision early on and some very nail biting times towards the later parts of the race. Final result was a second place and some valuable points for the series.Dave had a bad day, troubled by electronic problems throughout. Dave eventually qualified sixth, just outside the A final. He still picked up some points but already has enough of a margin not to worry.
Derek had battled all day with Andy Carless and and was eventually given a fifth place after just missing out on Andy's fourth.
Worlds 2008 Valencia
Team Mclarney made the trip to Almusaffes just outside Valencia for the annual spectacle that is the 1/5th Scale Bike Worlds. After 3 days of setup and testing along with the best in the world, it came down to the finals,Superbike - Derek Mclarney was on form all through the weekend and just missed the final cut for the Finals, Derek finished 12 overall out of 70 pilots
Stockbike - Dave Scouse and Chris Douglas were in the Top four or five all weekend and qualified 3rd and 4th for the finals just behind Rolando Tradi and the pole man Gianni Zonzini. After 20 minutes of racing it came down to seconds with Chris Douglas in 3rd and Dave Scouse in 4th. Role on Leipzig.