BSB: Super Sunday’s support class action

Sunday’s BSB action is over and it was not just the Superbike class which delivered. Find out what happened in all the Support classes this weekend at Donington Park.

Junior Supersport

Just a ten-lap race for the opening race of the day, with Jacob Stephenson in pole position, with Joe Ellis and Lennon Docherty joining him on the front row. However, at turn one, it was Ellis who took the race lead.

Nine riders were in the front group, all hoping to win on a sunny Donington Park circuit. Lewis Jones began to make his way through the field after qualifying in eighth, as he hoped to do the double at Donington.

Jones made his way through Docherty and eventually Ellis to take the race lead in lap six. Ellis fought back on the JPR Racing Kawasaki, with an incredible battle emerging at the front, with no one able to break the tow.

On the final lap of the race, it was Ellis who ed from Jones and Kalvin Kelly in third. In the final sector, Jones took the race lead, with Stephenson and Ellis in second and third. 

At the line, however, it was Lewis Jones who won from Jack Kirsch and Lennon Docherty in third. Kirsch and Docherty claimed the podium positions after Stephenson and Ellis crashed on the final corner.

Junior Superstock

A thrilling end to Sunday morning’s action, with Aaron Silvester on pole position for race two, with Sam Laffins and Owen Jenner joining him on the front row. From the start, Silvester led the way with his rivals behind.

Asher Durham would join the battle, eventually taking the race lead on lap eight for the first time. Owen Jenner would find a way through on Silvester one corner later, slotting himself into second position.

Sam Laffins also managed to find a way passed Silvester on lap nine, with Silvester claiming the position back at Goddards. The lap record began to tumble on the new Donington Park surface, with the front group going from four bikes to three. 

Silvester entered second position on lap 11, claiming a new lap record as tension began to build. 

It was a last lap duel, with Durham continuing to lead the way on his Kawasaki, with the two Yamaha’s behind. It all came down to the final sector, with Silvester making his way into the lead into the Fogarty Esses. Durham retaliated at the Melbourne Hairpin, running slightly wide.

This allowed Owen Jenner to pass both Durham and Silvester, and he would come across the line to win by 0.147. Durham stayed in second, with Silvester, Laffins, and Edmund Best behind.

R&G British Talent Cup

Julian Corea would start the race from pole position, with Belford and McCabe joining him on the front row. Correa led the way from Evan Belford in second position from Dessoy and McCabe behind.

Harrison Dessoy was the rider on the move in the opening stages of the race, after claiming nine positions from the start. Correa was in second, making it a Microlise Cresswell Racing one-two at the front.

Sullivan Mounsey made his way into the podium positions, aiming to do the double this weekend. After crashing out of race one, Ryan Frost made into 10^th position, after starting the race from 27^th.

Evan Belford made his way into second position after an incredible move down Craner curves. He would catch and pass Dessoy, with the top three riders changing positions every corner. 

Further down the field, the battle for 10th was heating up with Huntingford, Edmunds, Harris, Mackay, and Willis in their own battle.

It was heating up at the front with Dessoy, Mounsey, Belford, and Brown looking to take the race win. It all went down to the final corner on the final lap with Mounsey diving down the inside of Belford and Dessoy diving down the inside of Mounsey. Sullivan Mounsey highsided out of the final corner, forcing Belford and Correa wide.

This allowed Harrison Dessoy to take the race win after a dramatic finish, with Harkey McCabe and Evan Belford joining him on the podium. This win also allowed Dessoy to close in on the championship leader, Evan Belford.

National Superstock

Just one race this weekend for the Pirelli National Superstock class with Dan Linfoot in pole position. Richard Kerr on the Dumfries-based AMD Motorsport team started in second, with Alastair Seeley in third.

It was three wide into turn one with Richard Kerr leading the way through the first sector, with Linfoot on his tail. The championship leader, Franco Bourne was in sixth position, in a battle with Lewis Rollo.

Alex Olsen was sent to the back of the grid after an incident at Oulton Park, this meant Olsen had to start on the 13^th row. 

The lead would change with Linfoot and Seeley taking the race lead in the opening stages of the race. Joe Talbot would take the race lead at the Melbourne Hairpin from Seeley, in an incredible battle.

Franco Bourne ran wide at Redgate on lap six, forcing Bourne to run through the gravel, dropping him out of the points. Bourne would eventually pull into the pits and retire from the race.

The front four continued to change places until Billy McConnell’s Honda lost power and caused him to DNF.

On the last lap of the race, Linfoot led Richard Kerr, with Seeley in third with the fastest lap of the race. Kerr made the move at the old hairpin with Linfoot to fight back one corner later. Kerr managed to overtake Linfoot once again at the Melbourne Hairpin and would take the race win.

Dan Linfoot and Alastair Seeley would join Kerr on the podium, allowing Linfoot to take the lead in the standings. Richard Kerr’s win would move him to second in the standings with Bourne dropping down to fourth.

British Supersport

Tom Booth-Amos was in pole position for the Supersport feature race, where he hoped to convert his pole into a race win. Ben Currie joined him on the front row, onboard the Oxford Ducati.

At turn one, it was Ben Currie who took the race lead from Booth-Amos and Tom Toparis in third. Luke Stapleford made his way into fourth position and would soon fight for the podium, after passing Toparis.

Booth-Amos looked to struggle on the opening laps of the race, with Ben Currie setting the fastest lap of the race at the front. The gap would gradually reduce with Booth-Amos making his move on lap six.

McManus would be the new fastest lap holder, as he sat in fifth position onboard his Completely Motorbikes Triumph. This was quickly taken by Tom Booth-Amos who would take the lap record in the process.

Once Tom Booth-Amos hit the front, he was able to build a gap of over five seconds to Ben Currie in second. The battle for second was not decided yet, with Stapleford able to close in on Currie.

Stapleford would make a mistake when passing a backmarker, forcing Stapleford to run wide and allowing a gap between himself and Currie.

At the line, it was Tom Booth-Amos who dominate proceedings in the final stages of the race, as he wins by 6.657 seconds. Ben Currie came home in a strong second place with Stapleford rounding out the podium.

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