Billy McConnell claimed a stunning Motorpoint British Supersport Championship double win after an epic race long battle with Alastair Seeley and team-mate Graeme Gowland at Oulton last weekend.
McConnell had sealed the Sprint race victory when his closest rivals Gowland and Seeley crashed out of contention with Luke Stapleford and Brands Hatch race winner Glenn Irwin completing the podium at the Cheshire circuit after a hectic opening race.
In the Feature race the pair were ready to make amends and an epic battle throughout the race started with Seeley initially leading the pack, but a mistake from the Mar-Train Yamaha rider at Hizzys dropped him to third.
Gowland held the lead until Irwin made a move down the inside at Lodge to put the Gearlink Kawasaki at the front of the field, however it lasted for just a lap as Gowland pushed the Smiths Racing Triumph back ahead with McConnell moving second. McConnell then swapped paint with his team-mate to hit the front before Seeley made a move to return to the front.
A frantic race continued with the pair swapping positions with every lap and as it came to the final lap Seeley led the trio across the line. McConnell was pushing hard but it wasn’t until Lodge that the Smiths Racing Triumph made a decisive mood down the inside that gave him the edge.
McConnell said: “When you are battling bar to bar like that it is pretty special to take the victory. Alastair is a clean racer and always comes in with smiles even when you have beaten him. I had an awesome package thanks to the team and these are the result that we wanted.”
Gowland held third whilst Luke Stapleford was able to get the better of Irwin over the closing laps  to score a fourth place for the Profile Racing Triumph team.
In the Evo category Alex Olsen aboard his Power Projects/T3 Racing Triumph snatched the victory by just 0.176s from Sam Coventry, Road & Race Performance/FutureMoto and Steve Mercer, Team Traction Control. Olsen maintains the lead in the Evo standings by 23 points from Coventry with Grant Whitaker a further 17 points behind.
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship, Oulton Park, Sprint race result:
- Billy McConnell (Smiths Triumph)
- Luke Stapleford (Profile Triumph) +5.278s
- Glenn Irwin (Gearlink Kawasaki) +7.095s
- Luke Jones Acumen Industrial Services Triumph +8.304s
- Jake Dixon Appleyard Macadam & Doodson Yamaha +11.228s
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship, Oulton Park, Feature race result:
- Billy McConnell (Smiths Racing Triumph)
- Alastair Seeley (Mar-Train Yamaha) +0.286s
- Graeme Gowland (Smiths Racing Triumph) +0.427s
- Luke Stapleford (Profile Racing Triumph) +9.017s
- Glenn Irwin (Gearlink Kawasaki) +15.592
Motorpoint British Supersport Championship standings after Oulton Park:
- Billy McConnell (Smiths Racing Triumph) 76
- Alastair Seeley (Mar-Train Yamaha) 63
- Graeme Gowland (Smiths Racing Triumph) 61
- Luke Stapleford (Profile Racing Triumph) 52
- Glenn Irwin (Gearlink Kawasaki) 50
