Road Racer’s Adventures: Oulton Park BSB, Support Series Thrills

Celebrating this year, 71 years since first joining the UK motorsport landscape, Oulton Park very rarely fails to deliver visceral thrills for petrolheads.

Hosting the latest BSB, support Championships round, a number, of pure road racing goliaths, superheroes were in action, including:

(Results attained by competitors, near their name)

NW200 lap-record holder, Hager PBM Ducati’s Glenn Irwin (P2-P1-P9 – Superbike races), FHO Racing BMW’s Josh Brookes (P4-P10 – Superbike races), fourteen times TT winner Peter Hickman (P8-P14-P11 – Superbike races).

Supersport feature race winner, National Sportbike Championship leader Richard Cooper, Boyce Precision Engineering/Russell Racing team-mate, making his BSS (British Supersport) debut, Michael Browne.

23 times TT winner, John McGuinness MBE (P22-P11 – Superstock races), 2019 Junior & Senior Manx Grand Prix race winner Nathan Harrison (P17 – Superstock Race One), Northwest 200 wins record holder Alastair Seeley (P5 – Supersport Feature race).

Waterford’s Brian McCormack (P30-P25 – Superstock races), surprise Supersport participant on Triumph tackle, Mountain Course racing legend Michael Dunlop (P25 – Supersport Sprint Race).

Thirty times TT rostrum finisher Dean Harrison (P6-P9 – Supersport Sprint, Feature races), Lee Johnston (P10-P12 Supersport Sprint, Feature races) and still National Superstock 1000 Championship leader, Senior TT winner Davey Todd.

Third, fourth from Saturday, Sunday’s stock 1000 Oulton Park contests, Todd’s Championship lead going into the next rounds at Donington Park (27th-29th September) is five points over new OMG Racing Yamaha signing, Joe Talbot.

Photos by Michael Wincott

Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou