2 enormous race meetings in the UK mean that it’ll be far
from relaxing for the Irish contingent travelling there this weekend. Oulton
park hosts the 3rd round of the MCE British Superbikes championship
where current Sunflower champion Glenn Irwin competes. Alastair Seeley also
steps up to the Superbike grid with a start on the Tyco BMW S1000rr. On the
MCAMS R1M, Michael Laverty will also intend to build on his 21 BSB points.
In the Dickies Supersport category there’s Irish interest as Jack
Kennedy #4 should give the Clienti Corse MV 675 a good wringing as will Andrew Irwin
on the Gearlink ZX6r.
4 “pups” will tackle the HEL Performance Motostar race in the
guise of Scott Swann (Honda NSF250) and Conall Courtney (Honda NSF250) while Richard
Kerr and Eugene McManus (both KTM RC390) reacquaint themselves with some close
racing and tight finishes.
The Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship hosts some
well hardened tarmac warriors which means points are like gold dust in this
category. Representing the Emerald Isle over the weekend is current “Young
Racer of the year 2016” winner Robert English on the R1M Yamaha and also Carl
Phillips on the Michael Dunlop racing Suzuki GSXR1000. Carl loves the curves of
Oulton, and hopefully this will give him an edge.
Another incredibly close series is the Pirelli Superstock
600 class where Team #109’s Kevin Keyes, CPE Motorsport’s Aaron Clifford and
Sandown Racing’s Robert Kennedy will lock horns with the field. Being a stock
class, it places an emphasis on rider ability, luckily a quality all 3 riders
have in abundance, so should make for some quality battles over the weekend.
With RevUP4DSI running this weekend, I won’t be able to post
results but, you can follow the meeting live here on the TSL timing website:
Wishing everyone involved riders, team members and officials
a safe and successful weekend of racing.
Andy Quinn
Words: Andy Quinn
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