Plater gets a hat trick at NW200

Aim Yamaha rider Steve Plater had a fantastic weekend at the recent 2008 NW200 races with three wins in the supersport and superbike races.

Despite some early suspension and set-up issues during practice, the team worked flat out on the bikes to make sure they were ready for the races. However, a gearing change caused some issues for the first superbike race which left Plater with a fourth place finish.

Desperate to improve on his first result of the day, Steve and the team worked hard for Plater’s remaining three race and their efforts were rewarded when he brought home the wins in both the supersport races and then top spot in the Blackhorse Motorcycle Finance Feature Superbike race.

Steve Plater – ‘The team has done a fantastic job and given me the ingredients to win the main race of the day so I have to say a big thank you to them. Everyone has worked so very hard all week and it’s nice to be able to repay them all with these results today.’

Supersport race 1

1st Steve PLATER Yamaha - AIM
2nd Alastair SEELEY Yamaha - JMF Team Millsport
3rd Ian LOUGHER Yamaha - Blackhorse Motorcycle Finance
4th Ian HUTCHINSON Yamaha - AIM Racing

Supersport race 2

1st Steve PLATER Yamaha - AIM Racing
2nd Alastair SEELEY Yamaha - JMF Team Millsport Racing
3rd Ian LOUGHER Yamaha - Blackhorse Motorcycle Finance

Black Horse Superbike race

1st Steve PLATER Yamaha - AIM Racing
2nd Cameron DONALD Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing
3rd Michael RUTTER Ducati - North West 200 Ducati