British Superbike News

Tom Grant, the former Virgin Yamaha R6 Cup Champion, will be replacing the injured Adam Jenkinson at the Oulton Park race.
Adam Jenkinson, broke his wrist in race two at the Thruxton round of the British Superbike Championship, leaving him out for at least a month.
Grant, was last year a front runner for the Rob McElnea [...]

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Karl Harris, the Rob Mac Yamaha rider, was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after his horrific accident at the Thruxton circuit last weekend.
He has two stitches in his top lip and three broken metatarsal bones in his right foot. He said in an interview with MCN “I’ve broken three small bones in my [...]

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It was such a strong start to this years Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the Thruxton circuit that it looks like it’s going to be a fantastic season in motorbike racing.
There were plenty of thrills and spills at the Hampshire track last weekend but thankfully nobody was too badly hurt.  The crowd held their breath [...]

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Race 1
Shane Byrne on the Airwaves Ducati, started the race on pole position but was out-started by Leon Haslam and Michael Rutter as Cal Crutchlow shot ahead to lead at the end of lap 1.
It is Crutchlow’s first season with the HM Plant Honda team and he was battling with his teammate, Haslam early on [...]

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Cal Crutchlow was the fastest man on the track today at a very windy Thruxton, and running half a second quicker than teammate Leon Haslam on the HM Plant Honda bikes.
After the 22-year-old rider set a time of 1:15.071, he said “I’m happy enough with the time, but now we need to work on the [...]

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