Fifth in class for Terry Fuller and John Kilcar at Cadwell Park

The Vale rider fell off in wet conditions during testing but picked himself up to secure fifth in class and 18th overall in qualifying the next day.

Fuller, 35, got off to a good start in the race in Lincolnshire and, with John Kilcar, was second in class with personal bests in each session.

But his team-mate was taken out by another ride at a hairpin and they lost ground.

With the bike not fit for action, Kilcar used Fuller's and looked comfortable as the duo finished fifth in class and 16th overall.

In the sprint races the next day, Fuller qualified second in class and eighth overall before finishing third and ninth respectively.

He said: "The weekend started off wet on the test day on Friday then drying into the afternoon a little.

"John and I were both riding well until I took Hall Bends a little fast and tucked the front on the wet part of the corner and went down.

"I got myself back up and called it a day for the testing.

"Saturday morning for the qualifiers was pretty much the same with very wet conditions although we did OK for fifth in class and 18th overall on the grid.

"I put in the better time so ended up doing the Le Mans-style start which I had never done before.

"I was nervous but excited at the same time and got off to a good start. In the first 35-minute stint, I made up some good places.

"Going into John's second stint, we were in a good position running in second place in class and both our times coming down with personal bests in every session.

"John just put in his fastest time when we noticed he was dropping down the timing screen so we knew this was bad.

"We noticed John slowly coming down the pit lane with a broken bike and covered in mud.

"John had been taken out by another rider at the hairpin. At this point, I knew I had to get back out there after only maybe a 10-minute break.

"The team got my bike out while I got my helmet and gloves on and headed back out for another 30-minute stint.

"We had dropped a fair way back but I was determined to do my best and got us back into a good position.

"I was then called into pit and had no idea if John's bike was fixed or not but it wasn’t so my wife said that John will have to use my bike.

"The team refuelled my bike and we went down to a one-bike team to finish the race.

"John managed to adapt really quickly to my bike, looked comfortable and put in consistent lap times, which kept us in fifth place and 16th overall where we finished the race.

"It was such a hard weekend but a massive thanks to all the team and our sponsors.

"Everyone worked so hard. We deserved to be on the podium but that got taken away from us.

"As we were there, I decided to enter the sprint races on the Sunday qualifiers. It was wet again but I was confident and did three laps then noticed a pit board saying I had no transponder on my bike.

"I headed back in, luckily my wife noticed this and had run down with my transponder.

"I had hardly any time to put in any good laps but managed two timed laps and was second in class and eighth overall.

"In race one, I made a terrible start and couldn’t get off the line so went backwards.

"With work to do, I struggled passing some riders and got held up a lot.

"Once I had passed them, I was on a mission and managed to salvage third in class and ninth overall. That was me done for the weekend after a lot of riding."