Rob Hoyles, robhoyles.com

2010 has already been a fantastic year and it just seems to be getting better!

The recession caused a few financial setbacks at the start of the year, with sponsor deals failing at the last minute causing a sizeable a shortfall in the budget. Despite this, Rob Hoyles Racing has managed to compete in no less than five rounds of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 championship, managing a couple of top twenty finishes along the way despite running a two-year-old machine on an absolute shoestring.

Among those that have helped us, I have to say a special thanks to Chrissie Mienes at Bifracing for supplying many parts free of charge and encouraging various friends and customers to contribute to the team.

Also I'd like to thank everyone at K-Tech for helping to improve the handling of the bike massively at the same time mending my confidence.

Away from top flight competition, we've enjoyed recent success at Mallory Park; first in the Michelin Power Cup taking pole and two wins from two starts and latterly in the Harley Davidson XR1200 Trophy where we managed eighth overall having had less than an hour to get used to the bike.

It's now the midpoint of the season and we're feeling very positive about the rest of the year. Having learned so many valuable lessons already, we're confident we can take the next step and start scoring championship points.