OULTON PARK 18-20 SEPTEMBER 2020 TEAM & RIDER GUIDES ENTRY LISTS MAGNIFICENT SEVEN BSB SPOTTERS’ GUIDE BRIDEWELL ON TARGET SUPPORT RACE INFO ROUND OFFICIAL DIGITAL PROGRAMME For conditions of admission please see inside BRITISHSUPERBIKE.COM TIMETABLE OULTON PARK FRI 18 SEPTEMBER - SUN 20 SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 10.00 – 10.25 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 1 - 10.35 – 11.05 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Free Practice 1 - 11.15 – 11.40 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Free Practice - 11.50 – 12.15 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 1 - 12.25 – 12.50 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Free Practice - 13.30 – 13.55 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 2 - 14.05 – 14.35 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Free Practice 2 - 14.45 – 15.10 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Qualifying - 15.20 – 16.05 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli Free Practice 1 - 16.15 – 16.40 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 2 - 16.50 – 17.15 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Qualifying - SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 08.45 – 08.53 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Warm up - 09.00 – 09.08 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Warm up - 09.15 – 10.00 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli Free Practice 2 - 10.10 – 10.35 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Qualifying - 10.45 – 11.10 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Qualifying - 11.20 – 11.45 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Qualifying - 12.15 – 12.40 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli DATATAG Qualifying - 13.20 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Race 1 10 laps 14.00 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Race 2 12 laps 14.40 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Race 3 14 laps 15.20 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Race 4 12 laps 16.15 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli - Round 10 Race 5 16 laps 17.00 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 – Sprint Race 6 12 laps SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 12.00 – 12.10 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli Warm up - 12.25 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Race 7 10 laps 13.15 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli - Round 11 Race 8 18 laps 13.55 – 14.03 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Warm up - 14.10 – 14.18 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Warm up - 14.30 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Race 9 10 laps 15.10 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Race 10 14 laps 15.55 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 – Feature Race 11 15 laps 16.40 Bennetts British Superbikes in association with Pirelli - Round 12 Race 12 18 laps 17.25 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Race 13 12 laps WWW.OULTONPARK.CO.UK - 18/19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020 03 CONTENTS “I BELIEVE I CAN BE WORLD CHAMPION. I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN AND A LOT TO IMPROVE, BUT WITH THESE GUYS AROUND, I KNOW I CAN DO IT. THE BELIEF AND MOTIVATION IS THERE.” -“ALEX LOWES ON JOINING KRT AND COMPETING FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP” TIMETABLE BRIDEWELL 03 All the timings you need for the on 14 ON TARGET track action (please note that all timings stated All Tommy Bridewell are subject to change) wants to do is win Click here to go to page Click here to go to page BENNETTS TEAM GUIDE 07 WELCOME A message from the title sponsor ALEX McCAMS YAMAHA Click here to go to page 22 JASON O’HALLORAN AGE 32 (30/12/1987) LOWES MACHINERY Yamaha YZF-R1 BIRTHPLACE/HOMETOWN Wollongong, Australia OWNER Steve Rodgers FIRST BENNETTS BSB RACE Croft 2008 LOCATED Fleetwood, Lancashire BENNETTS BSB RACES 145 PEDIGREE Bennetts BSB race winners BENNETTS BSB WINS 1 WEBSITE www.mcamsyamaha.com BENNETTS BSB PODIUMS 20 The McAMS Yamaha team retained their line-up LAST YEAR Bennetts British Superbike from last season with Jason O’Halloran and Tarran Championship – 10th Mackenzie fielding the 2020 specification YZF-R1 with continued sponsorship from McAMS. @Ohalloran22 /Joh22 The team had a difficult weekend at Snetterton @Ohalloran22 N/A but rebounded in superb form at Silverstone as Mackenzie added himself to the 2020 race winners and O’Halloran bagged a hat trick of podium finishes to catapult them up the order in 95 TARRAN MACKENZIE the standings. AGE 24 (25/10/1995) BIRTHPLACE/HOMETOWN Ashby-de-la-Zouch MSV FIRST BENNETTS BSB RACE Donington Park 2018 BENNETTS BSB RACES 55 BENNETTS BSB WINS 2 09 BENNETTS BSB PODIUMS 9 LAST YEAR Bennetts British Superbike WELCOME Championship – 5th @TazMac95 /Tarran.Mackenzie.95 @TazMac95 www.tarranmackenzie.com A message from Jonathan Palmer WWW.OULTONPARK.CO.UK - 18/19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020 27 Click here to go to page 20 TEAM GUIDES All the 2020 teams and riders garage, O’Halloran had also delivered his best results of Josh Brookes and Tommy Bridewell are equal on points Click here to go to page the season with a hat trick of third places, which kept him in second place in the standings as the pair return to holding on to a top five place in the standings ahead of the track that has been full of great memories and this weekend. celebrations in the past. Whilst the McAMS Yamaha team proved they were back In 2019 Brookes claimed a double victory in May and in the brawl, Buildbase Suzuki showed that they shouldn’t then followed it up with a win and a second place before be ruled out of contention either as reigning British GP2 a crash in the final round before the Showdown; Oulton champion Kyle Ryde took on his more experienced rivals Park traditionally has been a round where the 2015 to claim his first ever Bennetts BSB race win – then made it champion has had multiple successes. a double in Rounds 8 and 9 on Sunday. Brookes salvaged a podium finish at Silverstone for the The stunning performance from Ryde has launched him VisionTrack Ducati team, at a circuit where the Ducati up into fourth place in the overall standings and puts riders struggled by their high standards and so they will him narrowly adrift of the trio ahead of him as the series be working hard to make sure history repeats itself again reaches Cheshire. at Oulton Park. Glenn Irwin though is still the rider with the target on his Likewise Cheshire has fond memories for Bridewell; he back as he arrives into the second half of the season still rewarded the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team with holding the advantage in the standings by 35 points, after a their first ever race win in the Superbike class in the final mature ride at Silverstone saw him bag a trio of fourth places race there last year and after not securing a podium finish and valuable points in his bid for glory with Honda Racing. at Silverstone he will be characteristically bullish in his approach to bridging the points’ gap to Irwin. It was the first time that Glenn Irwin hadn’t claimed a podium finish at an event this year, but the Honda Racing Silverstone wasn’t kind to Christian Iddon, as the rider still has the edge of the Ducati riders in the standings Snetterton race winner ended the weekend dropping to after the opening nine rounds. sixth place in the standings following a weekend where SUPPORT The Bennetts British Superbike Championship reached the halfway 49 point at Silverstone two weeks’ ago and in another incredible turn of results, two new riders representing two different teams and manufacturers added themselves to the 2020 winners’ list as the RACES title fight intensifies. The pendulum swung in a different direction at Silverstone as the National circuit provided another exhilarating dose of racing, creating Bennetts BSB’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ as the battle to become 2020 champion continues to step up a gear. Previews to all the support class McAMS Yamaha proved they were back on the attack at the sharp end as Tarran Mackenzie claimed the opening victory of the weekend, after what had been a tough three rounds at Snetterton. Mackenzie was overwhelmed with emotion in parc ferme; showing just how much the win meant to both him and the team, as he returned to action this weekend the top step for the first time since the last visit to the Northamptonshire circuit over a year before, and with a previous best result of sixth place this season. A technical problem sidelined him from Round 8 but Mackenzie was back on the podium in the final clash at Silverstone, fending off his teammate Jason O’Halloran for second place. On the opposite side of the Click here to go to page 10 WWW.OULTONPARK.CO.UK - 18/19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020 WWW.OULTONPARK.CO.UK - 18/19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020 11 10 PREVIEW A look ahead to Rounds 10/11/12 ENTRY LISTS of the 2020 title fight 59 All the riders and teams to look out for Click here to go to page Click here to go to page POINTS AND CIRCUIT 13 RESULTS 69 MAP The season standings so far Click here to go to page Click here to go to page WWW.OULTONPARK.CO.UK - 18/19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020 05 BENNETTS WELCOME GET MORE FROM CHRIS NEWBLE MOTORCYCLING MARKETING MANAGER (SEO & SOCIAL MEDIA) As a Bennetts team member I’m meant to run through the highlights of the previous round here, how close the racing was and how great the results were.