Sponsorship boost for McDonald

Manchester rider Steve McDonald is hoping that a recent sponsorship boost will go some distance to realising his dream of competing at the Isle of Man TT Races. Based in Whitefield, McDonald has just taken delivery of a new Kawasaki ZX-10R from Alan Jennings of Jennings Race Products and this compliments his ZX-6R, which he plans to use in the Supersport class.

Racing at the TT has been the 39-year old’s dream for some time now and 2006 saw him put together a solid season of racing. The Manx GP was again his highlight and he managed to finish 45th in the Senior and 54th in the Junior, also improving his lap times to a new personal best of 107.771mph. He also scored a fifth place finish in the 750cc Support B Race at the Skerries 100.

With qualification times and standards of competition higher than ever before, McDonald will find out in the next few months if his entry has been successful.