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Tremblay wins again, MacKay secures Sport Bike title in finale at SMP

Shannonville, ON – A tough weekend ended on a much happier tone for Alex Dumas, as he closed out the year with a start-to-finish victory in race three of the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class at the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship finale at Shannonville Motorsport Park.

With nothing but pride and stats left to play for in the last race of the year after the Canada Cup and Constructors Championship were clinched on Saturday, Dumas jumped out to an early lead on lap one and paced an exciting four-rider battle for majority of the contest, holding off champion Ben Young the entire way.

The victory was dominant but hardly easy, as Young followed close behind his rival for all 14 laps while both outlasted an early assault from Trevor Dion and Jordan Szoke.

Though the victory won’t make Dumas forget the crash that ruined his championship hopes on Friday, the Purple Skull Brewing/Liqui Moly Suzuki rider showed plenty of excitement – and perhaps relief – as he ended the weekend with a win.

“It’s been a hard weekend. Not at all the weekend we wanted, so it’s good to at least end it on a high note,” an emotional Dumas said. “I have to thank the team for putting together a really good program, and one that didn’t plan on being second. But it’s always nice to win the last race of the season, so now we’ll see what we can do next year.”

Dumas was back to his usual self on Sunday after an uncharacteristic stretch of rough performances, earning back some momentum he hopes will carry over into 2024.

As for Young, it was a quiet end to his spectacular 2023 comeback, making no attempt at an overtake as he followed Dumas start-to-finish to claim second. The Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW star didn’t necessarily need to add anything to his season resumé, though, after scoring five consecutive victories to clinch the championship on Saturday.

“Alex rode incredible today, and we knew he was going to be strong, so I didn’t really want to end the year by throwing myself down the road,” Young laughed. “We got what we came here for, so it was just risk vs reward today.”

While Dumas has made no illusions about his future, committing to his goal of recapturing the Canada Cup, the same cannot be said of Young after the three-time champ was coy about his 2024 plans.

“We’ll see. It’s tough to say, because there’s a lot more that goes on behind the scenes than people realize, but we’re going to take it one step at a time,” Young said.

Regardless of what happens in the offseason, the era of Dumas vs Young already showed signs of being threatened this weekend, thanks in large part to the breakthrough performances of rookie Trevor Dion.

Piloting the Economy Lube and Tire/LDS Consultants Ducati for the first time this round, he completed the hat-trick of podiums on Sunday by claiming another third-place finish, though this was the most impressive one yet as he challenged Dumas and Young for the lead throughout the middle portion of the race.

“To finish the weekend up here on the box again is incredible, but what makes it even better is proving to myself that I can ride a Superbike at the front with these guys,” Dion said. “It’s been a tough year at times, but this Ducati has been a dream come true. I’m speechless.”

The 48-point weekend also proved to be more than enough to swing the Brooklin Cycle Racing Pro Rookie of the Year fight in his favour, as he clinched the award by moving to sixth in the overall championship, 17 points clear of John Fraser and Paul Macdonell.

Dion’s latest performance came after an exciting early battle with Jordan Szoke, as the pair of former teammates briefly traded places a couple of times before Dion made the move stick in turn three at the halfway point.

Szoke would settle in to a spectacular fourth, though, enough to secure the same spot for him in the championship as the 14-time champion ended a resilient year with top-five finishes in each of the eight races in which he took the chequered flag – also taking home the FAST School Hard Charger award for his efforts on Sunday.

The Canadian Kawasaki rider is expected to return for a 25th season in the Superbike class after celebrating his 150th career feature class race on Sunday, but admitted it’s not as guaranteed as years past.

“I’m an old racer still trying to make it happen,” Szoke joked. “I feel like I’m riding well, and it’s been a great end to the year for me. We’re taking some positive turns for 2024, so we’ll see how things go in the next few months.”

Rounding out the top-five for another day in a row was Sam Guerin, who this time avoided any setbacks on the back-straightaway but was caught up in another familiar battle with Trevor Daley.

Guerin managed to retaliate on Daley’s last-lap pass in the hairpin and put his EFC Group BMW fifth, a discreet end to his spectacular season as he finishes third in the championship, while Daley put in another superhuman effort to salvage sixth despite riding with a broken femur on his OneSpeed Suzuki.

Paul Macdonell would wind up seventh and add a bit of hardware to end the day, helping earn the Team of the Year award for the Acme Motorsports Yamaha crew in his first CSBK season.

The feature class will now get a deserved break as they enter the 2023-24 offseason, one that could be full of changes amongst the Pro Superbike stars following a wild and thrilling Bridgestone CSBK campaign.

Full results from the entire season can now be found on the series’ official website at CSBK.ca.

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Tremblay wins again, MacKay secures Sport Bike title in finale at SMP

Shannonville, ON – The wait for David MacKay’s first national title is finally over, as he officially wrapped up the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike championship in the last day of the Bridgestone CSBK season at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Sunday.

MacKay needed only to finish 14th or higher to seal the middleweight trophy, but there were still some nervous faces in the ODH Snow City Cycle Kawasaki team as title rival Matt Simpson took the lead on lap one and MacKay faded into a six-rider battle for second.

The concern was short-lived, though, as race one winner Sebastien Tremblay hunted down Simpson and snatched the race lead just as MacKay allowed a trio of riders through to settle into a more comfortable gap.

Simpson had just started to lose touch with Tremblay and come under fire from Elliot Vieira and Brad Macrae when a crash further down the order brought out the red flag, with MacKay fifth at the time of the stoppage.

That would prove to be the final result, as the race did not restart and Tremblay scored the victory, but the real celebrations would begin in MacKay’s pits as he clinched the only thing left missing from his impressive Sport Bike resumé after finishing as the title runner-up in each of the last two years.

“This is a long time coming. Long overdue,” MacKay said. “Every year this is the goal, but to finally accomplish it is a once in a lifetime feeling. Now we just get to celebrate!”

The long-time Sport Bike frontrunner wouldn’t confirm anything as he soaked in the moment, but left a slight hint about his future as many expect him to graduate to the feature Pro Superbike class instead of defending his #1 plate in 2024.

“So many people helped make this possible, so I’m happy to reward them and now we can move on to even bigger and better things,” MacKay said.

The trophy celebration overshadowed what was another incredible performance from Tremblay, who ended the year in red-hot form with a third consecutive victory and second in a row aboard the revamped Turcotte Performance Suzuki GSX-R750.

“It was a tough battle for me, as again I did not get a great start, but I was able to gradually fight my way through as the race went on,” Tremblay said. “It’s been a great weekend for us. Unfortunate to end it on a red flag, but happy to showcase an awesome bike in the 750.”

The win – the 12th of his Sport Bike career – also moves Tremblay one clear of Kenny Riedmann (who was in attendance at SMP) for fifth on the category’s all-time list, while he ties MacKay for tenth on the all-time podium list as well.

While Simpson’s title hopes were struck down in the last race of the year, the Blackstock Motorsports Yamaha rider was happy to end his breakout season on the podium in second as he builds towards another potential title challenge in 2024.

“We knew it would be hard to make the points up, but it’s been a great fight with David all year so we tried our best, and congrats to him,” Simpson said. “It’s obviously a bummer, but to come home second today and in the championship makes us pretty happy for the season.”

Completing the podium was Vieira, who continued his own streak of four consecutive podiums as he continues to come to grips with his GP Bikes Ducati.

“It hasn’t really been the year we wanted, but we’re glad to be up on the podium here again today,” Vieira said. “The bike is handling really well and we’re starting to get in a groove, so hopefully it can continue next year.”

The Suzuki-Yamaha-Ducati lineup on the podium means that Kawasaki’s record-breaking streak of 34 consecutive races on the box will finally end, a stretch dating back to St-Eustache in 2018, though they aren’t likely to lose sleep over it after MacKay helped secure the brands 15th Sport Bike crown and third in a row.

Just missing the podium was Macrae, who put all kinds of pressure on Vieira and briefly got past the Ducati rider before the red flag came out, leaving the Colron Excavating Yamaha team seventh in the final standings.

Double-amateur champion Mavrick Cyr was a notable star early in his pro debut, choosing to leave the amateur ranks early after clinching both titles on Saturday. The 18-year-old Rizzin Racing Triumph rider worked his way as high as sixth in the opening laps and in the podium mix before settling into a strong ninth in his maiden appearance.

Another teenager who enjoyed a fantastic day was Andrew Van Winkle, who became the youngest pro champion in CSBK history by winning the Bickle Racing Pro Twins class race.

The 16-year-old FD Racing Suzuki star didn’t even need to enter on Sunday as he was four points clear of the injured and absent Jeff Williams, but added an exclamation point to his sensational year by beating veteran Hans Van Sleuwen as he celebrated the historic title from the top of the box.

“It was a hard few laps, and I actually had a few scary moments out there, but I’m up here to talk about it so it ended up okay,” he joked. “I’m really happy to win the race as well and excited to bring home the #1 plate.”

The Chilliwack, BC phenom said he was undecided on whether or not he would defend that championship, with a possible move to the front of the Sport Bike class on the horizon for the inaugural Twins champion.

The full results from Sunday’s final day of the Sport Bike and Twins season can be found on the series’ official website at CSBK.ca.

BeerMonster Ducati teammates Glenn Irwin and Tommy Bridewell split Bennetts British Superbike race wins Sunday at Oulton Park, in England.

Irwin won Race Two by 1.823 seconds over Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki’s Lee Jackson with LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha’s Kyle Ryde taking a close third.

Bridewell then won Race Three by 1.147 seconds over Irwin with Jackson claiming third place.

With two rounds and six races remaining, Irwin leads the Bennetts British Superbike Championship by 0.5 point over Bridewell.

Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished sixth and 14th, respectively, in British Talent Cup Race Two on Sunday at Oulton Park.

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0.5 point separates Irwin and Bridewell in title fight after intense Oulton Park

The BeerMonster Ducati team celebrated an emotionally charged treble victory at Oulton Park at an intense opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown meaning that just 0.5 point separates Glenn Irwin and Tommy Bridewell ahead of the penultimate round at Donington Park.

Irwin had kicked off the weekend with a victory in yesterday’s BikeSocial Sprint Race, dedicating the win to Team Owner Paul Bird who sadly passed away earlier this month, as the BeerMonster Ducati teammates fight to secure PBM’s ninth title at Brands Hatch in October.

In a dramatic second race of the weekend, Irwin was awarded the victory after his BeerMonster Ducati teammate was penalised for unsafe conduct under the Safety Car, dropping him to sixth place.

The pair had been duelling during the race, with the pair trading places for the lead. Bridewell held the advantage until Storm Stacey crashed out and the BMW Safety Car was deployed.

On the restart, Bridewell concertinaed the pack, forcing several riders to take evasive action to avoid crashing and he was issued a long lap penalty for unsafe conduct under the Safety Car.

Bridewell crossed the line just ahead of Irwin, but his time penalty dropped him to sixth place in the final result. The penalty promoted Lee Jackson into second place as he claimed his second podium finish of the weekend just ahead of Kyle Ryde on the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha.

In race three, Bridewell fought to claim the final race win of the weekend, holding off Irwin who claimed second place ahead of Jackson. Irwin’s strong performance has seen him surge ahead in the standings, having overhauled Bridewell’s 14.5-point advantage before the Showdown with six races now remaining to decide the 2023 champion.

The Oulton Park weekend featured five different riders on the podium representing four different manufacturers, with Irwin and Bridewell sharing the podium with Jackson, Ryde and Leon Haslam across the three races.

As the Championship reaches the penultimate round, the top nine riders in the standings remain in mathematical contention, with a maximum of 180 points available from the final two rounds. However, the top six currently remain within the 105 point target which is required if they are to remain in title contention for the final round of the season at Brands Hatch next month.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Race 2 result:

1. Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati)
2. Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +1.823s
3. Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +2.056s
4. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +2.518s
5. Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +2.584s
6. Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +2.954s
7. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Ducati) +3.788s
8. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +4.104s
9. Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +5.020s
10. Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +6.858s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Race 3 result:

1. Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati)
2. Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +1.147s
3. Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +2.107s
4. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +5.375s
5. Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +7.655s
6. Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +8.182s
7. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Ducati) +11.099s
8. Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +11.110s
9. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +14.214s
10. Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +18.447s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:

1. Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 360.5
2. Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 360
3. Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 300
4. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) 283
5. Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 280.5
6. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 276.5
7. Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 250
8. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Ducati) 222
9. Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 207
10. Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing) 122.5

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

Glenn Irwin

BeerMonster Ducati

“We came here in the thick of a championship fight and I’ve been able to grab three podiums, so its been an unbelievable weekend.

“There’s been a lot emotion before we came here and I think how the entire team and everyone within the paddock have handled and been able to put on a show and go to work has been incredible.

“It pleases me a lot how the guys in the team worked and how I rode round here it’s a physical track. We all work very hard. It’s a bit of a cliché when we say we work our asses off and I guess we all do and when the team work as hard as you work, if not harder, you get results and reap the reward.

“The championship lead is nice, it’s always a nice position to be in. It’s certainly better than where it was nine races ago when I was 38.5 points behind. We still have that one additional DNF so to be in the lead, pretty much all square with the extra DNF is something that pleases me a lot.

“Hats off to Tommy [Bridewell] he rode a great last race. We were holding the pace up, both of us for sure purely for energy. You can go banzai round here but the other guy usually comes with you anyway so his last couple of laps were really, really strong. I was working hard but I’d seen at Cadwell when I was trying to push him he nearly made a mistake on the last lap as did I – so close to losing a lot of points.

“I got plus 1.3s I think with two [laps] to go and I was beat fair and square in the race at that point and it was bring home the 22 points. I honestly didn’t expect to overhaul 15 points this weekend, it’s been great. Fair play to the rest of the guys I shared the podium with this weekend because there has been some enjoyable racing.

“I haven’t’ watched any of it and I look forward to getting home tonight, grab a Chinese, and then do the school run in the morning. I have a lot to be grateful for. And how can you not enjoy four wins and two seconds in your last six races?”

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Young clinches third CSBK title after last-lap pass on Dumas

Shannonville, ON – For the first time in a half-decade, the Canada Cup is staying with its owner.

Ben Young officially retained his #1 plate on Saturday, winning race two at Shannonville Motorsport Park to clinch the GP Bikes Pro Superbike class in the final round of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship.

It originally looked as though the title fight would at least proceed onto Sunday, as Alex Dumas grabbed the holeshot and led virtually from start-to-finish with Young settling into a comfortable second, needing to gain four points on Dumas in order to clinch.

His pace began to ramp up dramatically in the final few laps, however, and the gap continued to drop as Young reeled in Dumas, pressuring him but still not showing any indication he would take the risk of passing his rival.

That all changed on the final lap, though, as Young launched a daring move into turn four – the same place where Dumas crashed out a day ago – and held off a pair of retaliation attempts to steal a fifth consecutive victory and wrap up his third overall CSBK championship.

“I was pursuing Alex all race, and he was really pushing me to my limit. A few times I even caught myself wondering if I should back off a bit and settle into second, but I was stronger on the brakes so I just put my head down and went for it,” Young said.

This trophy had a bit more meaning for the Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW squad, however, as Young admitted the narrative around his 2022 title fueled him to push for the win even if he didn’t necessarily need to for the points spread.

“Some people thought that we only won the championship last year because Alex crashed in AMP, so to prove that wrong even after all the bad luck we’ve had feels really special,” Young said. “But it’s been a great year battling him, and it took a great bike and a great team behind me to make it happen.”

The loss served as an exclamation point on what’s been a disastrous five-race stretch for Dumas, seeing his 36-point lead entering CTMP swing to a 28-point deficit entering the final race of the year.

The Purple Skull Brewing/Liqui Moly Suzuki rider was understandably frustrated at how the weekend has played out thus far, but will have an opportunity to at least end the year on a high note and build towards a fresh championship challenge in 2024.

“I tried to just get away early and to be honest I felt really comfortable, but Ben got by me in turn four and I think after the crash there yesterday and after leading every lap, I just was mentally drained,” Dumas said. “Congrats to Ben. It’s tough to lose another championship, but hopefully we can win it back in the years to come.”

The duo were once again clear of the pack by the end, but it didn’t start out that way as a pack of six ran together for majority of the opening five laps. That shuffling produced a very similar scenario to race one, though, as Sam Guerin again ran wide off the back straight and slipped out of the podium fight.

Instead the last podium place went to Trevor Dion, who continued his sensational debut weekend with the Economy Lube and Tire Ducati team with a third-place finish. That came at the expense of his former teammate Jordan Szoke, who Dion battled with throughout the race as the two put on a show to end the day.

“It’s been a phenomenal weekend. Such a hard-fought race today again, in the end we put it to Jordan but he ran a great race and didn’t make it easy at all,” Dion said. “He was faster than me in some places, but there were a lot of areas we had more speed too so I just wanted to put this Ducati into the podium and put my head down.”

Szoke was forced to settle for fourth, but continued what’s been perhaps his strongest weekend of the year after taking second-place on Friday aboard one of the Canadian Kawasaki machines.

The split between he and Dion has thus far been good for all parties involved, with the two both enjoying great weekends while Dion’s replacement – rookie Connor Campbell – continued to turn heads by finishing seventh in just his second-ever race aboard the Canadian Kawasaki superbike.

That performance earned him the FAST School Hard Charger Award on the day and a $500 prize to go with it, as he earns his place as one of the breakout stars of the final round.

Guerin’s crucial early mistake did knock him out of podium contention yet again but wasn’t enough to delay any celebration for BMW, as they also successfully defended their Constructors Championship in 2023.

The Motorrad brand celebrated their second consecutive crown with one race to go, and had Guerin join Young on the podium to accept the awards after the EFC Group rider’s heroics in round four at CTMP.

Tremblay wins in Sport Bike, MacKay inches closer to title

The other pro championships won’t have to wait long to be decided, after David MacKay and Andrew Van Winkle each moved closer to trophies on Saturday.

MacKay was only at the front for a single lap before Sebastien Tremblay took over a lead he wouldn’t relinquish, as the Turcotte Performance Suzuki rider looked nearly unstoppable in the debut of the revamped GSX-750.

The only rider who came close to ruining that debut was pole-sitter Brad Macrae, who overcame a mediocre start to hunt down Tremblay and put all kinds of pressure on the 2021 champion.

Unfortunately, Macrae would crash out just as he prepared an attack for the win, allowing a charging Elliot Vieira into second and MacKay back onto the podium in third as he extends his title advantage to 25 points over rival Matt Simpson – who was in the lead fight early but ran off the back straight early and could only fight back to fifth.

While MacKay was thrilled to extend his advantage, the star of the individual race was undoubtedly Tremblay who has now reeled off consecutive victories.

“I didn’t get a great start, but I followed for a lap and a half or so and then managed to get ahead of David. Brad made it super tough on me after that, but unfortunately he crashed out and I was able to relax a bit more again,” Tremblay said. “The 750 is really strong. We have some issues still to work through, but hopefully it can be even a bit better tomorrow.”

Vieira continued his red-hot second half of the season in second, putting the GP Bikes Ducati on the box for the fourth time in five races, though MacKay was happy to see him and Tremblay as the only two ahead of him.

“Our gameplan went exactly how we could have hoped,” MacKay said. “It was nice to get the holeshot and lead for a while, but we’re super happy with where we are. We did exactly what we needed to do for tomorrow.”

Simpson will need a miracle to overcome his 25-point deficit with only 27 points remaining, but has already turned his focus to adding a win to close out the year and taking whatever fortune comes afterwards.

As for Van Winkle, the 16-year-old phenom moved closer to securing a historic Bickle Racing Pro Twins title, winning for the first time in his national career at an opportune time as he takes over the championship lead from the injured Jeff Williams.

Van Winkle hasn’t mathematically clinched, but needs just to finish on Sunday to bring home the record-breaking title, which would make him the youngest pro champion ever.

“I just want to keep it on two wheels and clinch it, but we’re going to play it safe because you never know what can happen,” Van Winkle said. “It’s nice to be able to follow some of these Sport Bike guys and learn as much as possible, but hopefully we can bring it all home tomorrow.”

Full results from the penultimate day of the CSBK season can be found on the series’ official website.

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Irwin wins emotional opening race at Oulton Park

Glenn Irwin won an emotional opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship BikeSocial Sprint race at Oulton Park, withstanding race-long pressure from his teammate and title rival Tommy Bridewell, who made a costly mistake on the final lap which dropped him to fourth place.

The BeerMonster Ducati teammates arrived at Oulton Park for the Showdown determined to continue the legacy of PBM Team Owner Paul Bird, who sadly passed away earlier this month.

The pair continued their bid for a ninth title for the team by snatching the leading two positions on the opening lap of the BikeSocial Sprint Race ahead of Kyle Ryde, Storm Stacey, Leon Haslam and Lee Jackson.

Stacey crashed out on the opening lap unhurt at Lodge, but Haslam and Jackson had soon moved ahead of Ryde as he shadowed the BeerMonster Ducatis, led by Irwin.

Irwin held the lead until the final lap when Bridewell grabbed the lead at Cascades with the pair side-by-side and nothing between them. Irwin and Jackson were in close contention, with Irwin regaining the lead at Island Bend.

Bridewell remained determined and he was within striking distance of Irwin, but he made a costly mistake into Hislops Chicane for the final time, outbraking himself to run on and he was forced to rejoin in fourth place.

Irwin took the chequered flag to claim an emotional victory for the team, with Jackson just 0.390s adrift and Haslam returning to the podium in Cheshire.

Bridewell’s fourth place means the advantage at the top of the standings was halved, with now just 7.5 points between the teammates. Josh Brookes was fifth as he was able to move ahead of Ryde and Christian Iddon.

Jason O’Halloran was eighth on the McAMS Yamaha with Peter Hickman and Charlie Nesbitt completing the top ten.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, BikeSocial Sprint Race:

1. Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati)
2. Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +0.390s
3. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +1.085s
4. Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +2.148s
5. Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +5.975s
6. Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +6.215s
7. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Ducati) +6.746s
8. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +10.169s
9. Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +20.237s
10. Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing) +20.277s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship Standings:

1. Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 321
2. Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 313.5
3. Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 266
4. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 258.5
5. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) 247
6. Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 238.5
7. Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 218
8. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Ducati) 198
9. Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 189
10. Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) 116

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

Glenn Irwin

BeerMonster Ducati

“We have to come and do our job and I feel like not just me, but as an entire team and Tommy [Bridewell] as well, we’ve done that all weekend.

“My bike was very, very good in that race. There are always areas to improve in racing but we will keep focusing on ourselves.

“I feel ready, I’ve said all year that I do feel like this is the year. I understand people feeling pressure, but it’s not there at the minute. I’m really, really enjoying my racing.

“I didn’t know what happened on the last lap, so thanks Tommy for not taking me out. It was quite close but seven and a half points now is better than 14 and a half it was before.

“Well done to all the boys as well. And obviously, that’s for the Birdman.”

Tommy Bridewell earned pole position during Bennetts British Superbike qualifying Saturday at Oulton Park, in England. Riding his BeerMonster Ducati Panigale V4 R, Bridewell covered the 2.69-mile course in 1:33.758.

Bridewell just edged out his teammate and Championship rival Glenn Irwin, who did a 1:33.764 on his Ducati.

Kyle Ryde claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a lap time of 1:34.045 on his LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha YZF-R1.

Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished P4 and P12, respectively, in British Talent Cup Race One Saturday at Oulton Park.