The KMR Kawasaki team's successful 2013 season continued on Saturday with both Jamie Hamilton and Connor Behan tasting victory at the Armoy Road Races. The duo were first past the chequered flag in the Supertwins and Senior Support races respectively whilst they also enjoyed excellent results in their other races, never finishing outside of the top six.
 
Hamilton maintained his 100% winning record in the Supertwins class although a lap record for team-mate on the day Jeremy McWilliams meant it was close at the end of the seven laps with just 0.082s separating the duo! He was also well on the pace in his three other races, taking fourth in the Supersport 600cc race, just a second behind Guy Martin, sixth in the Superbike race and fifth in the Grand Final where he set a new personal best lap around the 3-mile circuit at 102.822mph.
 
Behan was also in excellent form and, after taking a close second - by 0.106s - to Mark Hanna in the Junior Support race on board the 650cc ER6 Kawasaki, he then went one better in the Senior Support race to claim his first road race win on the 636cc Kawasaki. Aided by a new class lap record of 97.748mph, the Northwich youngster turned the tables on Hanna to cross the line first albeit by the tiny margin of 0.047s!
 
Speaking later, a delighted team boss Ryan Farquhar commented; "It's been a really good weekend, certainly one of the best of the year and with the weather being so good, everything's gone really well. I must admit, I was a bit apprehensive before the Supertwins race as I knew Jamie really wanted to win and with Jeremy being Jeremy, he wanted the same even if it was his first ever National road race! As it turned out the pair of them had excellent rides and there was hardly anything between them. With a 1-2 and a new lap record, it was a great result for the team."
 
"I went out on Connor's bike to take the Newcomers round and again in a couple of parade laps and the set-up just didn't feel right so we made a few changes prior to the race and it paid dividends as was able to take his first Senior Support race win. He almost made it a double in the Junior race and both of them were very close races so to take first and second was an excellent effort once more. All in all it's been a good weekend and all of the riders did well so we can now look forward to the Mid-Antrim next weekend. Jamie's been riding the Superstock bike since the TT but I'm hoping to have the Superbike back out on the grid and that will be great for all concerned."

The team now heads to the Mid Antrim 150 road races with the meeting taking place on Saturday 3rd August.
 
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