By 2026 USBK (Ulster Superbike Championship), satellite categories Round 3 (effectively Round 2 after opening round postponed), Bishopscourt (National circuit configuration) race voyages details.
Northwest 200 winner Christian Elkin, astride the Bell Bikesport sponsored Aprilia waltzed to consecutive Super Twin victories.
Elkin additionally captured Supersport Race Two, beating to first by only 0.124 of a second, opening race runner-up, Bear Competitions Cookstown 100 bound, Jackson Racing Powered by Prosper2’s Paul Jordan.
Bob Smith Spring Cup Champion Richard Cooper (Boyce Precision Engineering/Russell Racing) bested Jordan, triple NW200 winner Jeremy McWilliams for P1 in the opening Davy Morgan Memorial Supersport race, named in honour of the 2004 Senior Manx Grand Prix winner, two-stroke racing great.
Pending NW200 competition returner Carl Phillips, made it four consecutive USBK race wins, recent Oulton Park BSB test attendee Michael Browne, Cosmic Racing’s Derek Sheils collected top six finishes behind him whilst roads veteran Nigel Moore picked up first five 125/Moto 3 results.
Selected USBK Bishopscourt results, outlined underneath:
Superbike:
Race 1:
P1 – Carl Phillips
P5 – Michael Browne
P7 – Derek Sheils
P8 – Richard Cooper
P10 – Paul Jordan
P11 – Dean McMaster
P12 – Gary McCoy
Race 2:
P1 – Carl Phillips
P6 – Derek Sheils
P9 – Michael Browne
P11 – Dean McMaster
P12 – Aaron Spence
P14 – Gary McCoy
P16 – Darryl Anderson
Supersport – ‘Davy Morgan Memorial Races:
Race 1:
P1 – Richard Cooper
P2 – Paul Jordan
P3 – Jeremy McWilliams
P4 – Christian Elkin
P5 – Gary McCoy
P15 – Joe Loughlin
P17 – Francesco Faraldo
P20 – Michael Gahan
P23 – Jordan Larkin
P24 – Liam Chawke
Race 2:
P1 – Christian Elkin
P2 – Paul Jordan
P4 – Jeremy McWilliams
P6 – Gary McCoy
P11 – Joe Loughlin
P13 – Francesco Faraldo
P17 – Caomhan Canny
P21 – Michael Gahan
P22 – Liam Chawke
P23 – Jordan Larkin
Super Twins:
Race 1:
P1 – Christian Elkin
P2 – Dean McMaster
P3 – James Chawke
Race 2:
P1 – Christian Elkin
P2 – Dean McMaster
P6 – James Chawke
Moto3:
Race 1:
P4 – Nigel Moore
Race 2:
P4 – Gary Jordan
P5 – Nigel Moore
Photo credit: Derek Wilson
Words by Stevie Rial, Jan Vavra
