The Swan Yamaha team prepare for their home round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Croft this weekend as Tommy Hill bids for a return following a crash at the previous event, whilst Michael Laverty is determined to secure his first podium finish of the season. Hill had set the pace in qualifying [...]
Shane Byrne has the advantage in the early season title stakes but the former two times winner of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship needs to conquer the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire where so far he has not enjoyed a podium finish if he is to head off his challengers for the crown. The [...]
John Hopkins made history twice today. Hopkins became the first American racer to step onto the podium in the British Superbike series during race 1 at Oulton Park. Shortly after, Hopkins upped his efforts and became the first American to win a race in the BSB. Hopkins beat out Stuart Easton and Shane Byrne to [...]
Ryuichi Kiyonari claimed his first win of the 2011 British Superbike season today, riding his HM Plant Honda to victory by more than 4 seconds ahead of John Hopkins, who became the first American to podium in the BSB. “I am very happy, especially as it had been very difficult here to find a good [...]
An unfortunate accident during last year’s round at Oulton Park took Tommy Hill out of the title chase. But Hill washed the slate clean today by setting the lap record and claiming the pole position. Hill will be joined by Michael Laverty, John Hopkins, and Loriz Baz on the front row. Hill currently leads the [...]
Tommy Hill worked consistently across free practice ahead of the Bank Holiday Monday second round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship to set the pace, moving to the top of the leaderboard ahead of his Swan Yamaha team-mate Michael Laverty. Hill, who took the early lead in the title stakes with a second place [...]
After a long winter break, the racing season is back in full swing. The British Superbike riders just finished up the first race of the 2011 BSB season, and will return to the track this weekend at Oulton Park. Tommy Hill leads the series, but only by four points ahead of former BSB champion Shane [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com This weekend at Oulton Park, the British Superbike series will come to a close. There are six riders in the fight for the title, and after three races this weekend, one will be crowned the BSB champion. Title fighter Josh Brookes got his weeend off to a good [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com The British Superbike series will come to an end at Oulton Park this weekend, but there are still three more races to go in the season. Oulton Park is a triple header showdown, which puts enough points on the table for anyone of the 6 title fighters to [...]
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