Like Scott Redding and Danny Kent, Bradley Smith chose the Spanish Championships to carve out his career and by 2006 he was a full time rider in the 125cc World Championship. British Superbikes Exclusive interview with British Superbike rider Glenn Irwin Bol d'Or, Daytona, Isle of Man TT, Suzuka 8 hours on my ‘bucket list’ - Irwin Welcome to the official British Superbike Championship channel on Youtube. When his GP career ended, he forged a new career for himself in the British Superbike Championship, winning the title for three successive years between 1996 and 1998. A tough Glaswegian, McIntyre won the 1952 Manx Grand Prix and a year later claimed his first International win, the 350cc North West 200 race. Xavi Fores. Renowned for his aggressive riding, he’s since become one of the greatest TT racers of his generation and currently has 11 wins and 20 podiums riding Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and BMW machinery. His racing career was cut short by arm injuries received in an accident at Oulton Park in 1974. Rider Rounds Team Rumi RCM Honda: 1 Fred … The Northern Irishman was also a multiple winner at the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix, being the only man to win five races in a day at both meetings. Whitham won numerous British Championships in the Superbike, Production and 80cc categories, taking victories in the former in 1991 and 1993. He’s still racing today and won the Supertwins race at the North West 200 in both 2013 and 2015. Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in 1991 and 1992. 1974 Barry Sheene … They are the new GLADIATORS, battling at 200MPH, riding through torturous conditions and risking life and limb at every race meeting. 65. The 1990s really were the heyday of Superbike racing, a time when the British – and one Brit in particular – made the headlines. Lincolnshire’s Burnett started out as mechanic to near neighbour Roger Marshall but began to make his own mark as a rider in 1983. Shepherd was one of Britain’s finest riders in the early 1960s, finishing second as a privateer to Mike Hailwood in the 1962 and 1963 500cc World Championships. The oxford-born rider was immediately successful as a teenager and his talent was obvious for all to see as he rode 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc bikes to victory right from the very beginning. No reviews yet. After weeks of lockdown, the British Superbike … Hailing from the same town, Hawick, as his idol Steve Hislop, Easton made his mark as a teenager when he finished third in the 2000 125cc British Championship and two years later he became British Supersport Champion. The Bridgnorth rider has been a stalwart in the British Superbike Championship since the 1990s, finishing second overall in 2002 and 2004, and despite limited appearances in 2015 he returns with a vengeance this year for a concerted attack on the Superstock title on board a BMW S1000R. Introducing the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP BSB: Honda Racing is pleased to unveil the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP that Andrew and Glenn Irwin will race in the 2020 Bennetts British Superbike Championship, as well as Tom Neave and Davey Todd in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship. After a disappointing year in Moto2, he returned to Moto 3 in 2014 finishing eighth overall but his best moment came in 2015 when six wins helped him clinch the Moto 3 World Championship thus ending Great Britain’s 38-year wait for a Grand Prix world champion. Career 2014 11th Superbike World Championship ... Rider Ranking. Second in that year’s Senior TT saw him snapped up by the factory Norton team and he repaid them by winning the 1948 Senior and 1950 Junior races. A former Senior Newcomers Manx Grand Prix winner, Hutchinson took his first Isle of Man TT win at the Centennial meeting of 2007 and, having taking a double victory in 2009, he created history a year later when he won all five solo races, the only rider ever to have achieved the feat. Bryans entered his first race in 1959 and just four years later was part of the official works Honda team. After further success riding for Joe Potts, his big break came in 1957 when he deputised for the injured works Gilera rider Geoff Duke, finishing second in both the 350cc and 500cc World Championships. Second overall was again the outcome in 2014, finishing just six points behind Sylvain Guintoli, with third taken in 2015. Synetiq BMW. Quickly finding success with John McGuiness on the short circuits and roads, 2000 was the first year in Bennetts BSB for the team, with James Toseland on the Vimto Honda SP-1. FHO Racing. MCN TT Superbike Challenge Review 1991 -... No reviews yet. By continuing to use this website you give consent for cookies to be used. He soon moved into the World Superbike Championship where, riding Yamaha, Ducati and Suzuki machinery, he recorded a solitary win and eight podiums, taking a best finish of seventh overall in 1994. RICH Energy OMG Racing. Grimsby’s Frith was a former stonemason and later motor cycle retailer but was better known for his racing exploits, winning the Isle of Man TT of five occasions, also having the distinction of being one of a select few to win TT races before and after the Second World War. Terrible leg injuries sustained in a short circuit accident at Silverstone cost him the next three years of his career but he bounced back at the end of 2013 with victory at the Macau Grand Prix and then took a treble at the 2015 TT Races to make it 11 wins and 20 podiums on the island in total. The 2010 motorcycle racing season is looking like a throwback to 1990s, when British and other English-speaking riders dominated the World Superbike series but were largely absent from MotoGP's predecessor, the 500cc Grand Prix championship. Without doubt, the greatest real road racer ever, William Joseph Dunlop’s career was steady to begin with and although he won his first Isle of Man TT race in 1977, it wasn’t until 1980 when his career really took off. When the Norton F1 was first offered for sale in 1990 it was clear that it had been designed to look a lot like the RCW588 racing motorcycle. His BSB record currently reads 28 race wins and 102 podiums, the latter the third highest of all time. He won countless road races and Championships in Ireland and although he never contested the TT, being reluctant to travel, he did win the Southern 100 Championship. He was a regular in the series until 1994 whilst he was also British Superbike Champion in 1990 and twice World Endurance Champion, in 1992 and 1999. Following a strong season in 2020 with Buildbase Suzuki where he celebrated his first race wins in Bennetts BSB, he moved to the Rich Energy OMG Racing UK BMW team for this season. The Northern Irishman went on to win five successive World Formula One Championships (1982-1986) for Honda and it’s his success on the roads that saw him become famous all around the world. £14.99 £19.99 Buy. The British Superbike championship (known to most as "BSB") is the leading motorcycle racing championship in the United Kingdom. The Yorkshireman enjoyed a healthy rivalry with Barry Sheene in the late 1970s whilst he enjoyed great success on Kawasaki machines, winning 250cc GP’s and also breaking Mike Hailwood’s eight-year old outright lap record at the TT in 1975. Registered in England number 2438974. His 1938 victory saw him lap at exactly 91mph, a lap record that stood for 12 years whilst his 1949 victory made him the first ever 500cc Grand Prix winner. Glimpses of his talent could be seen but he moved to the British Superbike Championship in 2000 before joining GSE Ducati and the World Superbike Championship in 2001. YouTube, North House St Edwards Way Romford RM1 3PP. Present = racing in the 2019 SBK season. At the end of 1965, he was chosen by Yamaha to ride in the World Championships and finished second overall in the following year’s 125cc World Championship. 95. With 4 wins and 17 podiums, he’s also the youngest rider to have contested both 50 and 100 Grand’s Prix. Having established himself as a formidable racer on the roads, winning amongst other things, the 1970 350cc North West 200, Herron moved to the 250cc and 350cc World Championships. You can both buy and sell British Superbikes tickets on StubHub. Former works Kawasaki British Superbike rider Tim Bourne walked away from this crash at Brands Hatch over the Easter Weekend with just minor injuries and is planning a return to racing sooner rather than later. Riding for firstly Honda and then Aprilia, his first podium came in 2007 and in 2009 he took two wins and nine podiums to claim second overall in the Championship. The start of the 2021 British Superbike Championship has been pushed back and updated in order to host the most spectators possible. Search the Devitt website for more information. He famously won the 80cc British Grand Prix in 1986 and when he returned to the UK towards the end of the decade, he was equally successful being a regular winner in the 125cc, 250cc and Supersport 400cc classes. Riding Matchless motorcycles manufactured by his father’s company, Collier set numerous world motorcycle records and later became joint managing director of AJS and Matchless. He then concentrated on the British Championships, winning the Superbike title in 1991 and although his career was ended by injury in 1993, he successfully ran Yamaha’s British Superbike team until 2011. A former Grand Prix motocross rider until injury forced him to retire; Paul Bird started helping local riders back in the early 1990s before starting his own team in 1996. He never quite managed a TT win, taking second three times, but he was twice a winner at both the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix. He retired from racing at the end of 1954 but returned with BMW in 1956 only to be killed at Floreffe, Belgium. He was also a superb road racer, winning three Isle of Man TT races – becoming the third fastest rider at the time in 1998 – and five at the North West 200 and would surely have won more had it not been for serious leg injuries in 1999 and 2000 which led him to retire at the age of just 30. He won seven Isle of Man TT races and nine at the North West 200 with his International road racing record reading 18 wins and 59 podiums, the latter the sixth highest total of all time. http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/result.php#. Only one can be the true champion. Superbike - Trevor Nation - Norton. Creating a ladder of progression in racing is important to Kawasaki as we strive to take youngsters new to racing from the early stages of Motocross all the way through to British Superbikes. Supersport 400 - John Yates - Kawasaki. Having started racing in scrambles and grass track, the Gloucestershire rider rode for the factory AJS team before joining MV Agusta in 1952, immediately winning the 125cc World Championship, the first for the Italian giant. StarStarStarStar, "Very straightforward and a pleasure to use this company would...", Facebook