
The 21st/22nd of September 2024 saw the season finale for Lamonde Racing's 2024 campaign at Brands Hatch. The British Motorcycle Racing Club (Bemsee) book-end their season at Brands, which is considered their spiritual home.
Tom:
Following injury at Snetterton, Tom was unable to race this weekend, finishing his season 6th overall, well done Tom, a great result considering missing six races due to the Snetterton incident.
Leigh:
Leigh was competing in two classes this year - his main class, "MRO Minitwins", and guest class, "Thunderbike sport".

Minitwins: Leigh Qualified 15th in class race, finishing 13th in class in the first race, 14th in class for Saturday's second race. Sunday, Leigh got 16th and 13th, finishing the season 14th overall.

Thunderbike Sport: Leigh qualified 9th, and finished 9th in the first race, and 8th in Saturday's second race. Sunday, Leigh entered the second race only, not wanting to risk the sketchy conditions of the first Sunday race, bringing home 8th from the back of the grid. Leigh finished the season 21st overall, but had only competed in 11/28 races.

Matt:
As previously reported, Matt wrapped up the Thunderbike Sport Championship at the last round, however, he wanted to finish the season to keep it honest. He'd also been invited by Gavin from MSG to race his Suzuki GSXR1000 in the MRO Powerbike class, this, unfortunately, did not go to plan, after qualifying a commendable 8th, Matt, unfortunately crashed out on lap 3 of the race itself.
Sunday's first race was in challenging conditions, a drying track making for more considered riding and lines, Matt crossed the line in third place behind #42 Adam Carson and #11 Josh Harvey. The final race of the season saw Matt finish second behind Josh Harvey and ahead of Tommy Downes.

Matt qualified on pole for his first Thunderbike Sport race, winning the race ahead of #11 Josh Harvey by 0.871S, with the fastest lap in the race, Matt was again on pole for the second race of Saturday, crossing the line just 0.110S ahead of Josh.







Matt finished the season with the following phenomenal stats:
- 642 Points from a possible 700
- 28 Race starts & 27 finishes
- 27 Podiums
- 22 Wins
- 2 Third place
- 3 Second place
- 3 class lap records
- 18 Outright Pole position starts
We've not 100% finalised plans for 2025, watch this space!