By IRRC race winners per event take two, enter Nordic nation’s no.1 road race, Imatranajo.
Through 2016-2024 meets, fourteen racers from six different nations banked successes.
P1 for first place finishes is Finland’s foremost pure road racer of recent times, 2022 Macau Grand Prix winner Erno Kostamo (6 wins).
Closest to Kostamo’s wins tally is fellow countryman, Pauli Pekkanen (3 wins).
The full list of those to take IRRC Imatranajo race wins, including wildcards is disclosed below:
(Amount of IRRC Superbike or IRRC Supersport Imatranajo wins near racer’s name. Huge thanks to Czech roads, roads scene statistician supremo Jan Vavra, for putting compiling together, the following information.)
Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 6
Pauli Pekkanen (Finland) – 3
Marek Cerveny (Czech Republic) – 2
Joey den Besten (Netherlands) – 2
Sebastien Le Grelle (Belgium) – 2
Danny Webb (England) – 2
Matthieu Lagrive (France) – 2
Davey Todd (England) – 2
Niko Lehtiranta (Finland) – 2
Vincent Lonbois (Belgium) – 1
Michael Rutter (England) – 1
Laurent Hoffmann (Belgium) – 1
Petr Najman (Czech Republic) – 1
Jorn Hamberg (Netherlands) – 1
(Racers with the exact same number of IRRC Imatranajo wins, sorted by earlier achievement, status before IRRC 2025 season)
An added IRRC Imatranajo facts bonus for roads scene aficionados:
Active IRRC years: 7 (2016–2019 and 2022–2024)
Finished IRRC races: 28 (SBK x 14 / SSP x 14)
Number of IRRC race winners: 14 riders from 6 nations
Photo credit: Robby Repsol
Words by Jan Vavra
