Hawick's Stuart Easton saw his impressive start to his 2009 ViSK British Superbikes campaign ended in dramatic fashion at Oulton Park, but vowed he is far from finished yet.

The 25-year-old continued his fine form in race one in Cheshire and just missed out on a podium finish as he was pipped to third by Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli.

Easton and Hydrex Honda team-mate Karl Harris had got off to a flying start in race one and led the way, until Leon Camier stormed through to take victory.

The start to the second race was a carbon copy of the first as Easton and Harris romped out in front, until his bike suddenly mal-functioned in race two, leaving Easton high and dry and rueing what might have been.

"I was gutted with the second race," he said. "It was just a problem with the bike, I'm not sure what happened but the bike just cut out.

"It just stopped working really quickly which is never good. And considering I was running so well, I was absolutely beside myself.

"It was a shame because I felt a lot better in that race compared to the first, a lot more relaxed and focussed on what I needed to do.

"But we've got Donington and Thruxton back to back next, Thruxton is actually my favourite track, so if I can have a good one at Donington, who knows what can happen at Thruxton."