Sunday’s track action at Cadwell Park ended in disappointment for McAMS Racing and Danny Kent, who rounded off a challenging day in 14th at the flag.

The team’s campaign at the Lincolnshire venue was always set to be a learning curve, with both halves having limited experience around the circuit aboard Superbike specification machinery.

Despite the challenges, Kent made many positive steps during Friday’s official test, clocking his personal best lap time around the circuit and kicking off the Bank-Holiday weekend in positive spirit.

The upwards trajectory continued throughout a weather-affected Saturday of two Free Practice sessions, where Kent finished eleventh in the combined times, securing a spot in Sunday’s Omologato Superpole session and making constructive steps forwards into the remainder of the weekend.

Free Practice 3 on Sunday ended with Kent sat in 14th, while an incident on track landed him with a sanction of 3 penalty points and a 3 position grid penalty heading towards Qualifying.

As rain began to fall in the moments following, the weekend’s planned Omologato Superpole session was declared wet, with a 15-minute session therefore following to determine the grid for Race 1.

The 15-minute session saw Kent clock a best lap time of 1:26.869, leaving him with a fourth row start of tenth before his sanction from FP3 pulled him back to the fifth row.

The initial stages of the 18-lap race presented Kent with difficulty, falling to eighteenth on the opening lap of the 2.1 mile-venue.

As the race progressed, the rider from Tetbury made every effort to move through the field, picking off multiple riders to enter fifteenth by the end of Lap 7.

The No.52 rider progressed further, entering and maintaining fourteenth, bringing home the Yamaha R1 with 2 points for his championship campaign.

The first of two race days at Cadwell Park was anything but a true reflection of both Kent and the team’s potential around the circuit.

Starting from twelfth on the grid for Race 2 tomorrow, the focus in the camp remains fixed on fighting forwards, with tomorrow’s morning Warm-Up offering a crucial chance to regain confidence after the setback of today.