SuperSport

Castrol Honda British Supersport rider, Kirk McCarthy, finished in fifth place in today’s seventh round encounter at Oulton Park in Cheshire. The race was won by Suzuki-mounted Paul Young as McCarthy’s team-mate John McGuinness crashed out of contention on the eighth of fifteen laps.

The race was red-flagged twice – first on the opening lap when Suzuki’s Woolsey Coulter crashed heavily at the first corner and again on lap six after Honda-mounted Dennis Hobbs fell at Oulton’s Foulston chicane. The subsequent two-part affair was based on aggregate times.

McCarthy retained his championship lead over Yamaha’s Matt Llewellyn, who finished in third place this afternoon, but said: “The set-up on the CBR Honda was just about perfect today. We were just down a little on mid-range but I know the guys will be working on that.”

McGuinness stays in third place in the series, despite his crash. “I’m not really sure what happened,” said the 27-year-old. “I think I got clouted from behind at Island bend, which is pretty fast. It’s one of those things I guess but I’ll need to score well at Knockhill.”

SuperStock

David Jefferies gave the V&M Racing team their first British Superstock victory of the season, when he brought his Pirelli shod R1 Yamaha home at the front of the field, in Sundays seventh round of the British Superstock championship at Oulton Park.

The Yorkshireman who has played second fiddle to runaway leader Paul Young all season, finally got the result he has been aiming for, when his unlucky Australian rival crashed his Suzuki out of the running halfway through the twelve lap race.

"I couldn't believe it when I came round Old Hall corner and saw the yellow flags waiving," said Jefferies. "I've been pushing Youngy all season, and maybe he finally cracked under the pressure. To be fair he maybe had a problem with his bike, but I'm just really pleased for the team, they're so enthusiastic and have kept telling me to keep plugging away and it certainly paid off this weekend."

The win moves defending British Superstock Champion Jefferies, to within forty points of leader Young, and with six rounds and a possible one hundred and fifty points still available, means the championship is far from being a foregone conclusion over the remainder of the season.

"I'm still in with a very good chance of winning the title, and with six rounds remaining anything can happen. As the old saying goes, to finish first you first have to finish, so we'll keep trying to close that gap at the top of the table and see what happens," he said.