Dickson and Burns set for second row start.

By Burning Rubber on Sep 13, 08 11:34 AM

British Superbikes at Croft Circuit

JONATHAN Dickson and Joe Burns will be making a hard charge from the second row when the National Superstock 600 race gets underway this afternoon.

Dickson was the fastest of the Geordie boys in this morning's final qualifying session, and will line up fifth on the grid, while Burns is right next to him in sixth.

Dickson, 20 of Blyth had dominated Friday's first qualifying, grabbing provisional pole from the start and had looked unbeatable, while 16-year-old Burns struggled with set-up issues and was left down in 15th.

But the pair were much closer today, and ended the session separated by a tenth of a second. Pole was taken by Robbie Brown.

The National Superstock 600 race is due to get underway at a revised time of 3.25pm. It will run later than initially planned, due to a half-hour stoppage time in this morning's Superbike practice when marshalls were forced to close the track to deal with a massive oil spillage.