Shane Byrne took his first victory in a little over a year at Mallory Park in a ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship that combined emotion and drama. Ryuichi Kiyonari, who had tumbled while leading the opening race, bounced back to win the second and tighten his grip on the title. Jonathan Rea had made a superb start to the opening 30 lapper at the short, tight Leicestershire circuit, running his HM Plant Honda ahead of Chris Walker, Kiyonari and Byrne, and they ran in formation for seven laps before the Japanese rider swept into the lead and then began to pull out a clear advantage.
Stobart Vent Axia Motorsport rider Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne took his first victory of the season in a dramatic round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Mallory Park today. After torrential rain had caused havoc over the previous two days, Byrne took advantage of the drier conditions to win his first race of the season and in doing so took the first victory in three long years for the Paul Bird Motorsport team.
Stobart Vent Axia Motorsport rider Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne overcame a high speed crash during qualifying to record his best two results of the season with a pair of second places at round six of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Mondello Park today. Riding the VK and Vent Axia backed machine Byrne led both races and was looking good for a victory as the races were held in dry conditions after two days of heavy rain but the Dunlop-shod rider repelled the main championship protagonists as he battled it out at the front.