Clondalkin’s Nicole Lynch hopes for podium position

A YOUNG motorcycle rider from Clondalkin is hoping to make her mark in the highly competitive motorcycle racing world by competing in the 2015 Adelaide Masters Series, Ireland’s biggest and most high profile racing championship.

Nicole Lynch will be racing her Suzuki SV650cc in the Production Twins Class during the series that is held over five weekends from April to October each year.

The Adelaide Masters Series is considered an ideal proving ground for talented young Irish riders like Nicole, a 23-year-old Montessori crèche assistant.

“I’m on a brand new bike so there’s a lot to learn this year,

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“But If I do well in Ireland, I want to race abroad, either in the British or European championships because they are much more competitive and offer a lot of opportunities to keep moving up through the ranks.

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The most recent Adelaide Series race meeting was at Mondello Park in Naas on Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, 19 and, despite starting from near the back of the field, Nicole secured a sixth place finish in her second race and knocked an impressive 1.5 seconds off her current lap time.

Nicole said:

“I was very happy with my performance in the second race and I am really focusing on improving my qualifying times and achieving more consistency in that area. A good qualifying time puts you nearer the top of the starting grid and basically gives you a better chance of a higher placing.

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Off track, Nicole works in a crèche in Blanchardstown as a Montessori assistant.

“It’s as opposite to bike racing as you can get, but I really love it.

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Nicole is no stranger to the sport as her family are steeped in it; her father raced in the early eighties, both her older brothers race and one of them, Dylan, has won the Sidecar Racing Irish Championship eight times.

Nicole has been riding bikes since she was four and has numerous awards under her belt.

“My dad Paddy and mum Eileen are completely behind me and my brothers Dylan and Derek have totally supported me as well,

? she added.

“Medlar Racing has supplied my bike for this year which is great and I want to thank my sponsors. They are www.voyagerip.com powered by 1network.ie, Cotter Motorcycles, Elton Freight, Ken Flemming, Sophos PLC and Robert Boland Jewellers.

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