Oulton Park BSB Support class round up – Hatch breaks through for win

2023 British Superbike Championship
Round Two – Oulton Park
Support Categories

Supersport / GP2 Feature Race

Luke Stapleford emerged victorious after a three-way battle to take the Feature race win, eventually beating Richard Cooper by just 0.179secs.

The Profile Road & Racing Performance rider held off a charging Cooper over the line, as Ben Currie finished third, just 0.205secs adrift.

Cooper took the lead at the start but soon dropped behind Tom Booth-Amos who led for a handful of laps before Currie hit the front.

But Stapleford was close behind and a lap later moved ahead and despite a late push from Cooper, was able to hold it to the flag. Booth-Amos had to settle for fourth, ahead of Rhys Irwin.

Kiwi Damon Rees was ninth home while Seth Crump was 14th in the Supersport class.

Tom Toparis didn’t make the race start, after a big off, but was uninjured.

In GP2, Joe Collier took the win aboard the Kramer, with Cameron Fraser second and Harry Rowlings third.

Supersport / GP2 Feature Race Results

Supersport Championship Points

GP2 Championship Points

Superstock 1000 Race

Dan Linfoot took victory in a hard-fought 14-lap battle as he held off Richard Kerr and Franco Bourne to win by 0.157secs – as early runaway leaders Alastair Seeley and Alex Olsen collided and crashed out two laps from the flag.

The Optimum Bikes Racing rider took the lead from Kerr on the final lap to lead the AMD Motorsport Honda man home, as Bourne finished another 0.119secs beind in third. Joe Talbot took fourth while Luke Hedger crossed the line fifth.

Billy McConnell recorded the fastest lap of the race before crashing out on lap five.

RelatedPosts

High-res images from Brands Hatch BSB finale

October 15, 2024

Ryde wins BSB title after spectacular last lap battle at Brands Hatch finale

October 14, 2024

John McGuinness – P20

“It’s weird, I’ve never started last on the grid in my life, we even had our own row all to ourselves! The first few laps were pretty scary, lads flying about all over the place, but once I settled down I started to enjoy myself and started picking them off one by one. For me, it’s 14 valuable laps of riding hard before we head to the North West. I kept pushing, never gave up and if you are going forward you are going alright.”

Superstock 1000 Race Results

Superstock Championship Points

Junior Superstock Race Two

Young Aussie Jacob Hatch was back on the podium as he celebrated a win by 2.198secs over Aaron Silvester – as polesitter Owen Jenner crashed out on the opening lap.

Silvester led off the line but Hatch was soon able to catch and pass, to celebrate a win, just a day after taking third in Race One. Cameron Dawson was third, ahead of Finley Arscott as Sam Laffins finished fifth.

Junior Superstock Race Two Results

Junior Superstock Points

BMW F 900 R Cup Main

Richard Cooper made it two in a row as he beat Thomas Strudwick to the Main Event win by 9.895secs.

From pole, he got a clean start and although Strudwick gave him a bit of a fight in the opening laps, he was able to break clear by lap three and build a comfortable lead to take him to the flag.

Nikki Coates rounded out the podium with Christian Smith fourth and Michael Rutter fifth.

BMW F 900 R Cup Main Results

BMW F 900 R Cup Points