Sunday BSB Supersport, STK1000 and Junior STK round up from Thruxton

2023 British Superbike Championship
Round Seven – Thruxton

Images by David Yeomans Photography

Supersport / GP2 Feature Race

Aussie 28-year-old Ben Currie waited all year for a win, and two came along at once as he stormed to a stunning double at Thruxton over the weekend to extend his championship lead.

Following Saturday’s Sprint race victory, Currie played the long game in the Feature battle, making a steady charge from the third row to hit the front with two laps to go before holding off Rhys Irwin and Tom Booth-Amos to win by 0.979secs.

Early on in the race Toparis and Stapleford tussled over the lead repeatedly with the Aussie at times leading the race before both of them were run down by Currie, Irwin and Booth-Amos as the race progressed.

Irwin and Booth-Amos ended the race in a fierce battle for second, Irwin finishing runner-up just 0.354s ahead of Booth-Amos.

Luke Stapleford, who had led around half of the laps of the race, eventually finished fourth with TJ Toms fifth ahead of Tom Toparis.

Joe Collier completed a double in the GP2 class as he finished ninth overall on the Kramer. Cameron Fraser was second in class, with Harvey Claridge third.

Supersport / GP2 Feature Race Results

Supersport Championship Points

GP2 Championship Points

Supersport Cup Championship Points

Superstock 1000 Race Two

Championship leader Dan Linfoot got his own back in the second race from Thruxton as he held off Richard Kerr and Billy McConnell to take victory.

Following his last lap defeat in the weekend’s first race, Linfoot ensured he was back on the top step of the podium after beating Kerr by 0.223secs as rain started to fall on the final lap.

Saturday’s race winner Billy McConnell took third, ahead of Lewis Rollo as fifth place went to Ash Beech.

Billy McConnell – P3

“It’s been a crazy week with dashing back to Australia for the arrival of my first child, Charlie, and I didn’t get back until the day before practice, so I was keen to get a win to celebrate that! The bike was awesome from the outset, and I felt good for the races whilst I knew it was important to be in the top three and conserve the tyre, which is what I did in Saturday’s race. I sat behind Dan and made my move on the last lap, getting good drive out of Church and out-braking him on the brakes into the chicane so I was delighted to be back in P1.

“Sunday’s race played out in a similar vein except for Richard being in the mix earlier and you could see no-one wanted to lead as that’s difficult to do here. When Dan put the hammer down in the closing stages, it caught me off guard a bit and although the spots of rain brought me back to him and Richard, I couldn’t quite find a way through. With two podiums though, it’s been a great meeting which is good for the confidence which we’ll take to the next round.”

Brayden Elliott bagged good points inside the top ten.

Superstock 1000 Race Two Results

Superstock Championship Points

Junior Superstock Race

Aaron Silvester put himself back on the top step of the podium as he beat Asher Durham by a slim 0.011secs after a hard-fought Junior Superstock battle.

In a hectic 14-lapper where the lead constantly switched between four different riders, it came down to a last lap scrap – which was won by points leader Silvester with a bold move up the inside of Durham into the chicane on the final lap.

Owen Jenner took third, 0.423secs behind Silvester, as early race leader Cameron Dawson was fourth and Declan Connell fifth.

Aussie youngster Jacob Hatch bagged good points in eighth.

Junior Superstock Race Results

Junior Superstock Points

The next round of the BSB series takes place at Cadwell Park, August 26-28