British Superbike STK/SS/Junior STK Sunday round up from Cadwell

2023 British Superbike Championship
Round Eight – Cadwell Park

Images by David Yeomans Photography

Superbike Race One

Glenn Irwin won the BikeSocial Sprint Race at Cadwell Park on Sunday after holding off a trio of hard-charging Yamahas. Just 0.472s separated the top four who all pulled a few points back on championship leader Tommy Bridewell, who finished fifth.

At the start of the race, Ryan Vickers had initially led the pack, but Irwin was instantly on the attack to claim the lead ahead of the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha rider and Leon Haslam as the trio made the best of their front row starts.

As Irwin maintained his lead, Kyle Ryde moved into third place with Jason O’Halloran coming along for the ride. Haslam was forced to retire from the race with a technical problem on lap three, ending his hopes of a podium return at Cadwell Park.

Vickers made a move at Charlies for the lead on the eleventh lap, but Irwin wasted no time in regaining the position and by Park, he was back ahead on the BeerMonster Ducati.

The leading trio had a slight edge, but in the final stages of the race, O’Halloran had closed back in on his rivals ahead of him.

Ryde snatched second from Vickers on the final lap with a move on the brakes into Park, but Irwin had just enough on the dash to the chequered flag to claim victory in his milestone 200th Bennetts BSB race by just 0.118s.

O’Halloran had been closing in, but he had to settle for fourth on the McAMS Yamaha with championship leader Tommy Bridewell claiming fifth place as his lead in the standings was reduced to 19.5 points ahead of Monday’s two races.

Lee Jackson was sixth for the Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki team, just ahead of Christian Iddon.

FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team pairing Josh Brookes and Peter Hickman crossed the line in eigth and ninth while Jack Kennedy completed the top ten on the Mar-Train Yamaha.

Superbike Race One Results

Superbike Qualifying Results

Bennetts British Superbike Championship Standings

Superstock 1000 Qualifying

Billy McConnell continued his strong Cadwell run as he powered to pole ahead of Richard Kerr.

McConnell’s best lap of 1min 27.965s was 0.226secs clear of AMD Motorsport’s Kerr, as Tim Neave put the Marvel HCL Honda in third place on the grid.

Ash Beech ended the session fourth quickest to head row two with Joe Talbot fifth.

Brayden Elliot will start from the fourth row after qualifying 12th.

Superstock 1000 Qualifying

Supersport / GP2 Sprint Race

Ben Currie extended his championship lead to 39 points as he beat Luke Stapleford in the Sprint race – as rival Rhys Irwin crashed out while running second.

From pole, Currie got a clean and quick getaway at the lights to take the lead and held it all the way to flag, beating Stapleford by 0.433secs, who had moved into second position when Irwin crashed on lap seven.

Tom Booth-Amos finished third, just 0.124secs behind Stapleford as Tom Toparis was fourth and Richard Cooper fifth.

Cameron Fraser took the GP2 class honours as he crossed the line 11th overall with Harry Rowlings taking second in class and Harvey Claridge third.

Supersport / GP2 Sprint Race Results

Supersport Points

GP2 Points

Supersport Cup Points

Junior Superstock Qualifying

Young Aussie Jacob Hatch will head the grid for tomorrow’s Pirelli National Junior Superstock race after clocking a best lap of 1min 30.641s.

Second quickest was Cameron Hall, who ended the session 0.483secs behind Hatch as Declan Connell bagged the final front row spot.

Harrison Crosby was fourth with Sam Laffins fifth.

Junior Superstock Qualifying Results