European Talent Cup Round 3 report from Canadian Torin Collins

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Published on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 15:38 EDT

Torin Collins, riding with Team MTA finished in P21 after a progressing from his starting position of P32 on the grid at the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona in Round 3 of the FIM CEV Repsol Hawkers European Talent Cup.

15 year old Collins was one of 38 riders who qualified for the race out of 51 entrants in the single make class competing on Honda NSF250Rs despite it being his first time at this track and having recently been given the all clear to start training again. Torin fractured his foot as a result of a nasty high side in Race 2 at Valencia (Round 2).

The Canadian had a good start gaining 5 positions but fell back after some jostling in the first few corners and then worked on making his way through the group of 5 he was in, and put his head down to catch the next group 2 seconds ahead. He was able to do that and work his way through that group running out of laps to catch the next group of riders.

Looking forward Torin will be travelling to Portugal for Round 4 at Autodromo Algarve, a track he raced at last year in the ETC.

“The race weekend was a tough one. I had never ridden this track before so I had to learn the track. In the race I was chasing the group ahead that were battling for P10. Leaving Barcelona I have learnt a lot and hope for a top 15 finish soon”.

Torin Collins is thankful for the support of Arai Helmets, Vircos Suits, Bickle Racing, Cycle Works Calgary, Blackfoot Motorsports, SBK Paint, Novalda Coaching & Consulting and Taylor Racing.

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