Race Report: Jayda Howe Reaches Podium

ebcbrakes2021 — Mon, 10 May 2021 09:51:45 +0000

14-year-old EBC-equipped racer competed in the Superteens class of the series at Snetterton

With optimism and determination flowing through her veins ahead of another competitive season, it seems that paid off during the debutant 2021 round of the Thundersport GB series, where she is currently competing in the Superteens class on an 91��ý-clad Yamaha R3.

Held at Norfolk’s Snetterton Circuit, the weekend saw mixed weather conditions and plenty of other thrills and spills thrown at the riders. Despite this, Howe managed to secure some impressive positions across the races carried out, including a third-place finish on the Sunday.

Howe recalls the weekend in her own words below.

”There were mixed weather conditions for Saturday’s practice, I spent the day re-learning the bike after having the GYTR performance kit fitted over the winter. This was the first time out on the bike and it felt so much faster. It had been nearly two years since I’d ridden Snetterton and last time here I was on the Aprilia. The bike felt amazing and I couldn’t wait for the race weekend to start.

Sunday started nice and sunny with a dry track for qualifying, I managed 20th on the grid and 8th in class. Race 1 didn’t start the way I wanted; the lights went out and as I pulled off the grid the front wheel came up in the air. By the time I sorted it out I was at the back of the pack. I kept going and got up to 7th in class and 14th overall in the Junior Cup. I must have been pushing hard because I set my best lap time of the weekend in the race!

”Just before Race 2, it started to rain very heavily making it horrible conditions to race in. I didn’t want a repeat of Race 1’s start so used less revs but this time stalled it on the grid. I quickly restarted the engine and was furiously playing catch up again. I caught the pack up pretty quick and knew I was putting in some good times from my lap timer. I finished well but it wasn’t until I pulled into the holding area at the end of the race and saw Dad holding up three fingers that I realised I’d got 3rd place in my class. I couldn’t believe I’d got my first podium at Thundersport. I even finished the race in 11th overall, scoring points again in the Junior Cup. I was so happy to get my first podium in the Superteens class.

On Monday, we woke up to a cold and damp morning and I didn’t feel too well – maybe it was all the excitement from Sunday. The plan for warm-up was just to sort out my starts. In Race 1, I got a much better start and finished 8th in class and 16th in the Junior Cup. In Race 2, like the day before, the heavy rain came just before the race but I knew I had to do the same as Sunday’s wet race. I had another good start and was just getting settled but unfortunately the race was cut short by a red flag, but I achieved 4th in class and 10th overall.

I had an amazing weekend for the first weekend back racing and was able to knock 28 seconds off the time I set here two year ago. Unfortunately, Uncle Alan wasn’t at the track but I had the next best person to step into his shoes, so a big thank you to Vince for all your help and support this weekend.

Now I can’t wait for Cadwell Park on 29-31 May.

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Introducing: British Thundersport Teen Racer, Jayda Howe

ebcbrakes2021 — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:13:42 +0000

EBC-equipped female rider talks us through her impressive past and ambitious future plans

14-year-old Jayda Howe has been obsessed with all things two wheels since a very young age. Proving herself on the competitive circuit over the past few years, she currently competes in the Superteens class of the British Thundersport series on her 300cc Yamaha YZF-R3.

Jayda uses 91��ý’ / pads and . You can read more about her career so far in her own words below.

”Hi, my name is Jayda Howe and I am a 14-year-old female motorcycle racer from Ipswich in Suffolk. At the moment I’m racing in the British Thundersport series in the Superteens class on a Yamaha YZF-R3.

It’s fair to say I come from a completely bike-mad family; if you don’t like bikes, you’re not a Howe. I guess we all inherited it from my Grandad as he used to race sidecars with his brother and were part of the bike culture.

I personally got into bikes when I was just four years old, when my Mum and Dad bought me my first quad bike. I was instantly hooked and jumped onto a Yamaha PW50 to start on two wheels.

I was lucky enough to join the Scott Redding Young Riders’ Academy in 2014, where I was introduced to the world of mini-moto racing. I loved riding these mini bikes and my Grandad bought me my very own GRC mini-moto, so I could go racing. We were all set to compete in the winter championship that year, but sadly I lost my Grandad just before the start and unfortunately he never got the chance to see me race it.

”I started racing in the BMB Championship in 2015 and did a couple of years here before jumping over to the Cool-Fab Racing Championship in 2017 on a much better GRC-CS Racing mini-moto.

After four years on the little bikes, I wanted more and turning 12 years old in 2019 allowed me to get my ACU licence to let me race bigger bikes on bigger tracks. I loved the experience and it was a very easy decision for me to jump straight into the Thundersport Superteens riding my Aprilia RS125 that I did my license on. My first season was very much a learning year, but it went really well and I learned a lot. I even managed to finish as the second highest 125cc in the championship.

The RS125 was great to learn on, but I needed more speed and moved on to the Yamaha R3 for 2020. Last year was crazy, but we did get racing and I finished 13th in the championship and the second-highest female. In 2021 I want more!

I am stuck in this class now for a little longer due to my age, but as soon as I can, I want to be moving up to the 600cc class. I was running with them on a charity event this year with my little 300cc and cannot wait to try one. In the future this is the class I want to be in and I’m keeping my target set on BSB and World Endurance stage. I have been running lots of short circuits but really am interested in giving the longer endurance races a shot, where I think when my autism kicks in I can bang in consistent laps.

I see myself as a racer through and through, so it is probably no surprise I draw my inspiration from other racers. Scott Redding is one of my all-time heroes as he got me going but I also look up to Lewis Hamilton and Fabio Quartararo as well as female racers Maria Costello and Ana Carrasco showing that us girls can also mix it up.