Source: BSB.

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne regained the lead in the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship standings as he blitzed the opposition with a fourth round double victory at Snetterton.

Byrne led a remarkable double Australian threat of Josh Brookes and Jason O’Halloran, scoring podiums in both races on Sunday.

Byrne had not won a race since the opening round of the season at Donington Park in April, but he beat off the challenge of Milwaukee Yamaha’s Brookes, who had also been scrapping with fellow countryman O’Halloran for Honda Racing.

Whilst Byrne surged back to the top, triple Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari’s troubles continued and he held 19th after tyre woes during the opening race and James Ellison also was struck by misfortune as he was forced to retire, relinquishing his standings lead.

Meanwhile Tommy Bridewell forged forward to secure fourth for Tyco BMW ahead of Dan Linfoot and Chris Walker aboard the Be Wiser Kawasaki, who scored his best result of the season so far for the Tommy Hill-managed squad.

An incident-packed second race featured early drama for Kiyonari as he crashed out of contention on the third lap before the Nissan GT-R Safety Car was called in to play when Taylor Mackenzie had to eject from his WD40 Kawasaki as it became engulfed in flames.

The race soon resumed and Byrne was not going to take any prisoners, claiming the second win of the day. However behind the chasing pack were scrapping it out and Brookes overcame some earlier electrical gremlins to claim second after a pulling a determined move on O’Halloran at Nelsons.

Laverty equalled his best result of the season in fourth place ahead of Ellison, who salvaged a seventh place which now leaves him third in the standings ahead of Stuart Easton who took seventh and sixth places on the second PBM Kawasaki.

2015 British Superbike Championship
Round four – Snetterton

Superbike race one results:
1. Shane Byrne
2. Josh Brookes (AUS)
3. Jason O’Halloran (AUS)
4. Tommy Bridewell
5. Dan Linfoot
6. Chris Walker
7. Stuart Easton
8. Howie Mainwaring
9. Luke Mossey
10. Richard Cooper
11. Broc Parkes (AUS)
14. Josh Waters (AUS)
17. Billy McConnell (AUS)
21. Jed Metcher (AUS)

Superbike race two results:
1. Shane Byrne
2. Josh Brookes (AUS)
3. Jason O’Halloran (AUS)
4. Michael Laverty
5. Tommy Bridewell
6. Stuart Easton
7. James Ellison
8. Filip Backlund
9. Christian Iddon
10. Dan Linfoot
11. Broc Parkes (AUS)
14. Billy McConnell (AUS)
18. Josh Waters (AUS)
20. Jed Metcher (AUS)

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