BENFLEET biker Mason Law was involved in a 120mph crash as he experienced the highs and lows of the Premier Class during round three of the British Superbike Championship over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The Team WD-40 Kawasaki BSB rookie, 22, was involved in a high speed collision that resulted in his bike breaking into three.

But the race at Oulton Park had started so well for the rookie.

“It was a really strange weekend which started off on a positive note in the opening practise session when at one point we were P6 and then came a huge 120mph crash, not the way I wanted to end day one,” he said.

“Luckily we had found a bit of pace at the previous week’s test and that allowed us to try some bits and pieces with the bike at Oulton.”

Recounting his high-speed incident, he added: “Unfortunately after another rider had crashed, I hit some debris on the track and stepped off at 120mph.

“The bike was in three pieces afterwards, which left the team and my crew a massive workload and very little time in which to rebuild the Kawasaki ZX-10RR.”

“This meant we had to go into qualifying a little blind, and I was quite tense. We ended up back in 22nd and that made race one quite difficult. I made a good jump off the line but got beaten up quite a bit in the early exchanges.

“I did catch the group fighting for 12th, but we ran out of time to make any further progress. A point is a point, and we will take that fifteenth place finish.”

Speaking of race two he concluded: “For race two we got to start a little further up the grid [one row]. I felt I got a good launch but didn’t seem to gain anything.

“Unfortunately I then had to pull in with a technical problem to end our weekend a little earlier than anticipated.”

“Again there are a lot of positives to take from the meeting and we also have the Snetterton test coming up so I’m looking forward to getting back out on the bike and putting some work in again.

“Before that I need to take a few days and relax the body to let it repair itself.

“Thankfully I wasn’t too hurt in the crash, just some heavy bruising, so I’ll live to fight another day and we get to go again.”

The next round of the British Superbike Championship takes place at Snetterton in Norfolk on June 15/16/17.