Kruger second for Chinese opener

By John Hopkins

Dan Kruger has qualified second for this weekend's opening round of the Pan Delta road racing series at the Zhuhai International Circuit in China.

Kruger turned a lap at 1:40.1 on the BG Performance Kawasaki ZX-10R. He is making his series debut in the premier class after placing second in last year's Super Sport division on a Kawasaki ZX-6R entered by BG Performance. In an email Kruger said the top 12 on the grid are covered by less than two seconds and the top five are within a second of each other.

"Yesterday in a open practice I came together with two other riders and we had a big impact at 180km/h," Kruger added. "I was in the middle and had bike damage but managed to stay on the bike. The other two crashed and one is getting surgery on his arm today. Very close call for me."

There will be two races for the Pan Delta competitors this weekend, in what is the first of three championship events at Zhuhai. The series is sponsored by Red Bull and Audi.