The youth team is competing in Bemsee’s Team Green Junior Cup
The NW Racing team is once again competing in the British Motorcycle Racing Cup (Bemsee) Team Green Junior Cup for the 2025 season, continuing to opt for EBC Brakes’ GPFAX brake pads and X-Series discs (front) and HH pads and Contour discs (rear) on their duo of Kawasaki ZX-4RR motorcycles.
For this year’s series, the team continues to campaign with Luca Wilkinson, as well as introducing Zack Weston to the pack.
The first round at Kent’s Brands Hatch showed great promise for the outfit, as you can read below in their own words…
Luca Wilkinson
“The dust has settled on the first race weekend on the new Kawasaki UK ZX-4RR at Brands Hatch and what an amazing weekend it was.
“First, we have to thank the NW Racing team for all the support coming into this weekend. We have worked hard and everything was in place with the setup looking great.
“With the weather bright and sunny but very cold, in Friday practice we just chipped away. Happy with progress and with the whole team having put in good times, we were ready for qualifying.
“Racing on a mixed grid consisting of SuperTwins, Thunderbike Sport and the F400s made for an interesting mix of bikes. Qualifying went really well and Luca ended up P6 overall and P2 in class behind the ever-quick Craig Dance.
“Race 1 – Great race where Luca ended up in P1 in class and 11th overall. Not a bad start.
“Race 2 – With the sun setting, it had gone very cold. Luca carried on pushing and put in a PB but didn’t have the pace to go with Craig and came home P2 in class and P12 overall.
“Race 3 – Great start and into the class lead down into Paddock Hill, after that Luca lead from start to finish to get P1 in class and P6 overall.
“Race 3 – Again, last race of the day and the sun was going down and the temperature was again dropping. Another great start and following Craig who was setting a great pace. Hitting PBs on every lap, Luca took advantage of a back marker and managed to pass Craig on the Brabham Straight. Unfortunately, that’s where the weekend went down fast. Coming into Graham Hill Luca lost the front on the brakes. He was fine but the bike decided to protest.
“Overall, it was a fantastic weekend for not only Luca but the whole team.”
Zack Weston
“Practice: I went out thinking it would take some time to get up to speed, but I felt really comfortable and confident on the bike, and I was able to get up to speed straight away, surprising myself and the team.
“Qualifying: After a good practice, I was confident going into qualifying. I didn’t quite get out where I wanted to but I was able to dig in and set a lap time that put me on the front row!
“Race 1: After an amazing qualifying, I was ready for race 1. I didn’t get the best start but it was a long race so I knew it was fine, it was a difficult race as it was 18 laps and I was struggling with rear grip but I managed it to the end and missed out on a podium by 0.1 seconds, to achieve P4.
“Race 2: After missing out on a podium in race one, I went for it in race 2, I got a good start getting into P2 into turn 1 and then taking the lead into turn 2 – it was a good race with lots of changes in positions and I was able to get up into P2 and finally get the podium.
“Race 3: After a good start, I had a huge slide out of T3 and dropped back 6 positions, I thought my race was finished, after a couple of laps I got back into my rhythm and picked riders of one by one, going onto the last lap I was in p4 and gave it everything and was able to get P3 on the line.
“Overall, a great weekend with some amazing racing, time with friends and family along with a some of our amazing sponsors and Club35 members.”
GPFAX Pads
EBC’s GPFAX Sintered Race Brake Pads are for RACE ONLY use. This is a blend of brake pad that has higher friction and far better grip than any other brake product on the market.
X-Series Floating Discs
Since their introduction, EBC’s ultra-lightweight floating motorcycle rotors have become one of the worlds best selling lightest and best performing discs available for all modern sport bikes.
