Michael Dunlop took victory in Saturday's North West 200 Supersport race although heavy rain meant conditions were treacherous and the result declared at the end of the second lap after four riders crashed out, fortunately without injury. "A win's a win, I guess," said Dunlop "but it was hard going and there's no grip at all. I tried to take Station ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- TT & road races
- 18 May 2013
Alex Lowes put in a commanding performance at Oulton Park on Sunday afternoon to claim his second successive British Superbike Championship pole position. The Samsung Honda rider was the only person to dip below the 1m35s bracket and took the top spot by almost half a second from current series leader Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki). Indeed, the qualifying session went ...
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- British Superbikes
- 05 May 2013
Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) topped the MCE British Superbike Championship timesheets after the second free practice session at Oulton Park today, the Lincolnshire rider just edging out Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) and Josh Brookes (Tyco Suzuki). Rain all but wiped out the morning's opening session but with dry conditions all round the Cheshire venue in the afternoon, the riders took ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 04 May 2013
Torrential rain has led to the cancellation of Saturday's MCE British Superbike qualifying session at Thruxton with the circuit deemed unsuitable and too dangerous for any track activity. What started out as drizzle mid-morning got progressively worse and with large puddles forming around the high-speed circuit, particularly on the 140mph+ Village and Church corners, race organisers and marshals were ultimately ...
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- British Superbikes
- 13 April 2013
The Smiths Racing Triumph team got the defence of their British Superport Championship title underway in perfect fashion at Brands Hatch with the Australian pairing of Billy McConnell and Glen Richards claiming the top two spots in Saturday’s qualifying session. With continuing cool conditions, McConnell got the better of his team-mate, the reigning Champion, by 0.235s, a more than useful ...
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- British Superbikes
- 06 April 2013
Shane Byrne put in another faultless ride at Brands Hatch on Sunday to make it two wins from two and strengthen his grip on the 2012 British Superbike Championship. The Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki rider led from start to finish and despite the intervention of the safety car, which extended the race from 20 to 23 laps, he came home 1.1s ...
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- British Superbikes
- 14 October 2012
Alex Lowes completed a sensational double in the second British Superbike Championship race on Sunday afternoon, in what was, arguably, one of the greatest BSB races ever. With less than a second covering the top five for much of the race, it all came down to a final lap sort out between Lowes, Shane Byrne and Josh Brookes but a ...
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- British Superbikes
- 30 September 2012
Alex Lowes has claimed victory in the opening British Superbike Championship race at Silverstone on Sunday, coming home ahead of Shane Byrne and Michael Laverty. Having qualified on pole position, Lowes was in imperious form and once he'd grabbed the lead on the third lap, he gradually pulled clear for a commanding win. It was Laverty who grabbed the holeshot from ...
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- British Superbikes
- 30 September 2012
Swan Yamaha's Tommy Hill celebrated his first triple win in the British Superbike Championship by claiming the final race victory of the weekend at Oulton Park ahead of Shane Byrne and Josh Brookes, who snatched third from Noriyuki Haga on the last corner. Hill took the lead into Old Hall for the first time ahead of Michael Laverty and Josh Brookes, ...
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- British Superbikes
- 09 July 2012
Tommy Hill successfully made it two wins from two at Oulton Park on Sunday when he dominated the second British Superbike Championship race of the weekend. Leading from start to finish, the Swan Yamaha rider was again in imperious form and simply left his rivals trailing in his wake, eventually crossing the line over three seconds clear. Team-mate Noriyuki Haga occupied ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 08 July 2012
