Bardney's Ivan Lintin wrapped up his 2013 road racing season in superb style at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough at the weekend with two stunning victories in the Supertwins races seeing him win the highly prestigious Lee Pullan Trophy.
Riding the 650cc Tigcraft Kawasaki, Lintin was in imperious form all weekend and opened his account in Saturday's opening 8-lap race after grabbing the lead from Dean Harrison on the first lap. With perfect, sunny conditions all around the 2.43-mile venue, Ivan lapped consistently quicker than his rival to pull away for a comfortable 10.3s win. Sunday's second leg saw more challenging conditions with rain showers making the circuit damp and slippy all the way round and with the race cut to four laps, a good start was going to be crucial. Indeed, Ivan made no mistakes to lead the field by 0.3s at the end of the first lap and with both rider and machine working in perfect harmony, he ran out victor once more, this time by 6.9s.
Lintin was also in fine form on board the 600cc Taylor Lindsey Racing Honda in the two Supersport 600cc races. Riding the machine around Oliver's Mount for the first time, Ivan soon got dialled in and Saturday's opening 8-lap leg saw him enjoy a ferocious scrap with Lee Johnston, James Cowton and Bruce Anstey. Positions changed hands regularly although Ivan had to settle for fifth and it was a similar result in Sunday's wet race with Ivan battling on this occasion with Cowton, Ian Lougher and William Dunlop, just 1.8s separating the quartet at the chequered flag.
Speaking afterwards, a delighted Ivan said; "Obviously, the highlight of the weekend was winning the two Supertwins races and the Lee Pullan Trophy and we've got the Tigcraft Kawasaki working really well around Scarborough now and it went perfectly in the two races, working equally well in the wet and dry. I was also delighted with how the Taylor Lindsey Racing Honda went first time out at Scarborough. I had a few set-up issues during practice as it took a while to get the bike fine tuned for the circuit but I was really happy with the progress we made in the dry and also in the tricky conditions on Sunday."
"I should have had third in Sunday's race but my visor misted up a bit and when I went round the outside to pass Ian Lougher, he ran me out to the grass, which allowed James Cowton through. All in all though, it was a brilliant end to my 2013 road racing season, a year that's seen me achieve some great results and personal best laps, including my first International road race win at the Ulster GP, so a massive thank you to all of my sponsors and everyone who's helped me during the year."
Photo courtesy of Glynne Lewis
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