BRADFORD motor-cyclist Dave Brook was in philosophical mood after more Superstock action at Cadwell Park.

The Clayton Heights racer collected another podium finish, despite cracking a rib in practice, but was then robbed of any action on the second day due to a failed oil cooler.

Brook mused: "The weekend was full of emotion. Having got a really good wet-setting in the Friday test day, I felt as though I was ready to take anything the weather decided to throw at me.

"In the first afternoon session, however, I fell victim – as did two others – to some oil on the circuit at Hall Bends and it had me off and over the bars so quickly.

"I genuinely didn't know I had crashed until I was looking at the bike from up in the air! It was a slow crash, as it was my out lap, and I had only got to the second corner!

"The problem with slow crashes is that you usually go straight up and straight down. Speed is your friend sometimes in a crash as you glance the ground, rather than hitting it like a ton of bricks!"

Brook explained that he cracked a rib, as well as destroying a helmet, and had to quickly fix the bike in order to get one last session on the Friday before going straight into qualifying on Saturday morning.

"Phil, my trusted mechanic, did a great job of getting the bike sorted and I got out for the last session and confirmed all was okay with the bike," he said.

"The rain had gone by Saturday morning and I qualified third in Superstock. I was satisfied with that as the rib was giving me some grief during fast-direction-change corners.

"I got a bit of a poor start in the first race, which prevented me from hanging on to pole man Sam Hornsey. I rode a solid race and brought it home where I started in third.

"The laps were very consistent too, which is always good. I had made some changes to the bike between the race and qualifying, which had some positive effects and some negatives.

"I had another couple of changes to make for the first race on Sunday but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be.

"My oil cooler had failed and we couldn't get the parts trackside. I was really disappointed – but what can you do besides run a spare bike? That's racing."

Brook's next meeting is at Oulton Park late this month.