Kelvin Reilly suffered an unfortunate blow to his bid for the 2009 KTM RC8 SuperCup crown at the latest round at Knockill.

After a massive get-off in qualifying, Reilly was again left trying to limit his losses as injuries to his left leg and foot, to add to his broken right foot from the previous round, left him needing to be helped on and off his Inmoto Corse machine.

The weekend could have been over for Reilly just four laps into qualifying. As he began to ratchet up the pace, he crashed out in a big way at the hairpin.

His KTM RC8 high-sided him on the exit of the final turn and Reilly landed hard on his left leg.

With his session over, Reilly would start from a lowly 12th place on the grid.

Thanks to the hard work of his Inmoto Corse team, Reilly's bike was rebuilt in time for Saturday afternoon's first race . Albeit on crutches, and requiring assistance to climb onto his bike, Reilly was fit enough to race.

Reilly made a decent start to the race, gaining three places on the opening lap. Showing impressive pace Reilly was able to pick up another two places by the end of lap three. Once up into seventh, Reilly began to make up time on the riders in front, but unfortunately his race was cut short by an oil leak.

Reilly was shown the black and orange flag just 7 laps into the race as his machine began to smoke.

In the second race, Reilly failed to make such a good start, consolidating his 12th place on the opening lap.

After settling into a bit of a rhythm, Reilly made his way up to 9th place. Struggling with the pain, Reilly gritted his teeth and tried to make the best of a bad situation.

On the final lap, Reilly had moved up into seventh before being out-dragged up to the finish line, leaving him 8th.

Reilly has dropped to second in the overall standings, one point off the lead. He will hope to put an end to his bad luck next time out at local circuit Brands Hatch.