American rider Joshua Raymond Jr finished 10th on his Fibretec Honda by Mlav Racing during British Talent Cup Race 1 Saturday at TT Circuit Assen, in the Netherlands. 

Raymond Jr placed 8th in Sunday’s Race 2. 

More from a news release issued by Joshua Raymond Sr: 

Overall Josh Jr had a great weekend overcoming some bad luck at a new Circuit.

After only having 12 laps from FP1 another rider crashed into Josh in the first lap of FP2. The team worked hard but could only get Josh back out for 1 lap.
Without much time on a new circuit Josh was able to qualify P14 on the grid.

Race 1 went great. Josh Jr quickly went from P14 to P10 before the race ended because of rain.

Race 2 was declared a wet race. Josh Jr went from P10 to P8 and was looking to move into P7 before the race was ended early because of a red flag.

Racing at such and iconic circuit is very exciting. Josh had a very strong weekend after have some bad luck. He stayed calm and kept his head in the race after some tough circumstances limited his chances to learn a new track. The pace at the front is so much faster than last season and the top 10 in BTC are just blisteringly fast this year.

Josh Jr: “I feel great about my results. My lap times in both races were more than fast enough to run at the front. I can ride fast in wet or dry conditions, so the rain didn’t matter much to me. It was missing FP2 that was a set back for me this weekend since this was a track that I had never been to. My confidence is still very high as we head to Oulton Park in 2 weeks.”