News 21 Aug 2018

McConnell granted BSB STK1000 points lead with Cadwell Park podium

An 'almost perfect weekend' for Australian Buildbase Suzuki rider.

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A second place finish in the Superstock 1000 category at Cadwell Park’s eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) has promoted Billy McConnell into the points lead.

The Australian contender is astonished he departed the weekend with a five-point advantage in the standings, stating it was almost a perfect weekend as a critical mistake cost him the race victory in the 12-lap encounter.

“If someone had said we’d come away from the weekend with a five point championship lead beforehand I don’t think I’d have believed them, but it’s been an almost perfect weekend,” McConnell explained. “The bike was working well again and we qualified well, and led for a lot of the race.

“Lee [Jackson] passed me through ‘Charlies One’ and I managed to get back underneath into the second one. But later on I had a moment there giving it a bit too much throttle to try and keep him behind me and it let him and Keith [Farmer] past.

“I knew I needed to have a go back at Keith but when he went down I just thought about the championship, kept it safe and took the second place. So a really good weekend, my mum was over and some mates from Australia too, so a really enjoyable one, and hopefully more of the same at Silverstone.”

The British Superbike Championship will now head to Silverstone on 7-9 September for the ninth round of the series.

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