By Ballymoney’s Darryl Tweed is the new and for now, final IRRC Superbike Champion.
The Never Be Clever Racing rider, Northern Ireland’s first IRRC Champion, clinched in top draw conditions at Frohburger Dreieck, the coveted crown via an eighth-place finish, fourth in terms of full-time IRRC exponents, from the opening SBK race exploration.
Nearest title challenger Laurent Hoffmann (Hoffmann by MRP – BMW) gave it everything and more in pursuit of IRRC title no.3, finishing P3 behind event wildcard, top non BMW jockey Freddie Heinrich and dominant P1 attainer Erno Kostamo (RVS Motorsport – BMW).
Taking P4 was Michal Prasek whilst P5 went to Gary Johnson, having a one-off ride on Team Grams BMW apparatus.
Virgil Amber Bloemhard, Nico Muller occupied sixth, seventh place finishes with already prominently spotlighted, IRRC history maker Tweed, Jan Buchel, Tomas Toth completing the top ten finishers.
TT Races regular David Brook placed twelfth whilst 2024 IRRC SBK Champion David Datzer finished down in nineteenth.
IRRC Frohburg – Superbike Race 1 Result:
1st – Erno Kostamo
2nd – Freddie Heinrich
3rd – Laurent Hoffmann
4th – Michal Prasek
5th – Gary Johnson
6th – Virgil Amber Bloemhard
7th – Nico Muller
8th – Darryl Tweed
9th – Jan Buchel
10th – Tomas Toth
11th – Marcel Elsner
12th – David Brook
13th – Fedrik Matthys
14th – Udo Reichmann
15th – Thomas Altendorfer
16th – Anssi Koski
17th – Wally Jacobs
18th – Pontus Roestlinger
19th – David Datzer
20th – Florian Astner
21st – Rene Grundei
22nd – Wesley Ankersmid
23rd – Christoph Kreller
24th – Lasse Karki
25th – Jakub Sprojcar
26th – Rene Mlkvy
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
