We all collectively released a huge sigh of relief when the chequered flag came down on the second, re-started, MCE British Superbike Championship race of the weekend; aside from a dreadful bout of weather from late Friday evening to midday on Saturday, the weather was actually rather kind to us – 2.5…
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Taz Mac takes a home win
Tarran Mackenzie took a terrific race win in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship; continuing his fine run of form in the series. Taz powered his Team WD-40 Kawasaki to his second podium success at Knockhill in as many years. Taz managed to qualify his bike on the front row and steadily…
Shakey steals the victory in incident-packed opening race
Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne continued his winning momentum in the opening MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race at Knockhill as the defending champion held off fierce opposition with the top four riders covered by 0.952s. Stuart Easton had taken the initial lead on the opening lap as he bid for success at…
Home success for Michael Robertson
Danderhall’s Michael Robertson claimed a welcome home-podium in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship race by finishing in 2nd place behind eventual race winner, and Championship leader, Josh Elliot. It’s a cracking haul of points for the former Scottish Superbike and Superstock 600 Champion. Tyco BMW’s Alistair Seeley had made the early…
Hobbs on the podium in 2nd Ducati Tri-Options Race
Knockhill instructor and commentator helped himself to a second podium at this weekend’s MCE British Superbike Championship event today (Sunday 5th July) in the second Ducati Tri-Options Cup. Hobbs battled alongside fellow Scottish based rider Greg Gilfillan at the front of the pack and subsequently took the lead on the final lap…
Frantic qualifying sees Byrne take pole position at Knockhill
An extremely frantic and close DataTag Extreme Qualifying session saw Paul Bird Motorsport duo Shane Byrne and Stuart Easton take a 1-2 result for the first time. Byrne, despite crashing out with only minutes to spare, held on to take qualification victory – after dipping below lap record pace to set a…
Shakey tops off an eventful morning as fastest in FP3
Shane Byrne, yet again, topped the MCE British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli third free practice session at Knockhill. After an eventful morning that saw a section of the track need re-tarmacked following water damage, and a delay to the start of proceedings due to fog; Byrne sat patiently in pit…
Lastest update from Race Direction
Here’s the latest timetable for the rest of today’s action from Race Direction…
Superbike FP2 as Byrne remains dominant
The second free practice session of the day, saw a similar result from the opening encounter with the PBM Kawasaki machines of Shane Byrne and Stuart Easton topping the time sheets. Easton made the most improvement in the session between the two Paul Bird Motorsport riders, ending up only 0.311 seconds behind…
Home rule – Scots on the hunt at BSB
Relax, we’re not going to talk about politics, independence votes or referendums; instead we’re merely going to highlight a few Scottish riders looking for some home-round success at Knockhill this weekend – at the MCE British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli event (3,4,5 July). Stuart Easton is normally the token Scot…