BRITISH Superbike racer Tom Tunstall emerged from a very eventful championship round with more points to his name despite having riders literally falling at his feet.

At only 1.41miles in length, Mallory Park in Leicestershire provides a unique challenge for riders.

With three chicanes and a hairpin there was not too much room to work with in the two 30-lap races and times were close with Denby Dale racer Tunstall posting 57.4 seconds to take 23rd on the grid – only 0.15 seconds from a top 12 position.

The first race was abandoned after only five laps following a nasty collision in the ultra tight Gerrard’s chicane.

On the restart the 33riders once again attempted to funnel through the awkward first chicane. Unfortunately ex-MotoGP rider Chris Burns collided with another rider and hit the floor directly in front of Tunstall’s bike.

Trying to avoid hitting either Burns or his stricken Aprilia, Tunstall lost time and valuable positions ending lap one back in 24th, but he worked his way back up the field and with a handful of laps remaining he had caught a four-rider showdown for 14th place.

After out braking Supermoto Champion Christian Iddon into “Edwina’s Chicane” the Doodson Motorsport rider then dived inside Buildbase Kawasaki’s Adam Jenkinson at the start on the final lap.

Jenkinson fought back but Tunstall once again made the pass stick and crossed the line in 15th collecting a championship point and was only a couple of tenths from a season best finish.

In race two Tunstall got off the line well only to suffer a similar misfortune, this time with BMW rider Steve Brogan crashing in front of him.

However, this time Tunstall was forced off the track, across grass and rejoined well down the pack having lost a lot of ground and finished 20th.

“I really worked hard, the job was made tougher after being held up with crashes in front of me in both races,” said Tunstall.

“I’m really happy with how the bike and team worked and we’ll be looking for more points at Knockhill.”

Round six takes place at the Scottish track on Sunday.