Levi Day is making strong progress in what he describes as his “learning year” on the British circuit. Image: Jon Jessop Photography.

British Superstock 600 debutant Levi Day has continued to make strides in the closely-contested class scoring a strong 11th place finish in just his second BSB outing at Thruxton.

The Australian Moto-Breakers.com Kawasaki rider concedes that his 2013 campaign will be built on learning each of the tracks on the BSB calendar but it hasn’t stopped him making steady progress in a short space of time.

Day opened his points account with a ninth-place finish at Brands Hatch, and despite the inclement weather making forward progress through the Thruxton sessions tricky, finished just outside the top ten after making good gains through the race.

From 16th on the grid he pegged back five places during the race to finish 11th, settling into eighth in the points.

“This year for me is a learning year and working out where all the tracks go is always the starting point,” said Day. “This is a physical, hard and fast track and I had to try and learn it on each session we went out.

“With the rain on Saturday this was made difficult and so I was quite happy with my qualifying. I got a good start again in the race and was managing to go much faster than I had in qualifying and was slowly working my way up through the pack.

“It’s a great track and I’m really pleased to be leaving here with some more Championship points to my name.”

For much of the on-track running Day has been shadowed by fellow Australian Mark Wilkinson, who, in his second season with Seton Tuning Yamaha, is also coming on strong.

Wilkinson finished a single place behind Day in the Thruxton race and is a single place behind him on the class points ladder.

Jordan Simpkin leads the BSB Superstock 600 Championship after wins at round one and two.