BSB News

With recent performances not being reflected in results, Les Shand finally paired a good performance with the right result as he took a maiden win in the British Superstock Championship on a busy weekend at Oulton Park.

James Buckingham capped a memorable season in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park as the Quay Racing Suzuki rider secured the Privateer Cup with two race meetings still to run.

In only his second meeting of the year for the Vitrans Honda team, John McGuinness made a welcome return to the points in the latest round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

Following another difficult outing at Cadwell Park last week, Jon Kirkham and Dienza Performance have split and will pursue other options for the remainder of the 2005 British Superbike season.

Cal Crutchlow secured his maiden win in the British Supersport Championship with an impressive display at Cadwell Park - the 19-year-old completing a clean sweep of race win, pole position and fastest lap on board his Northpoint Racing Honda.

Ryuichi Kiyonari has closed the gap at the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship after a brace of top five finishes at Cadwell Park, but the man the Japanese ace is chasing is no longer HM Plant Honda team-mate Michael Rutter after a disappointing weekend for the Midlander.

The tenth round of the British 125GP Championship, at Cadwell Park on Monday, was marred by the tragic death of Chris Jones.

Tommy Hill was left understandably delighted after the youngster claimed his first ever British Superbike Championship victory in the latest round of the year at Cadwell Park.

The Airwaves Ducati riders made their presence felt at Cadwell Park for the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, with Leon Haslam taking pole position and his team-mate, Gregorio Lavilla, taking third.

James Buckingham impressed everyone with his superb podium finish at Castle Combe on board the Rizla Suzuki. It was his first time out on a full blown Superbike and he got the result needed to make everyone take heed.

Marty Nutt on board his Mark Johns Motors/Nutttravel.com Honda, had a mixed race day at Silverstone in Northants last weekend.

Ryuichi Kiyonari claimed his tenth race win of the season at Silverstone on Sunday at round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike championship, with the win closing the gap between the Japanese rider and HM Plant Honda team-mate Michael Rutter to just 26 points.

Following on from his second place at Snetterton last time out, Pere Riba worked his way through the field at Silverstone on Sunday in the Metabo British Supersport championship to take a fine win after an epic battle with Craig Jones.

The first race at round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike at Silverstone in Northants was one of the most spectacular for crashes so far this season.

Dienza Performance have bounced back after losing their title sponsor, Sendo, just before Knockhill. The team have been out for a few rounds whilst trying to drum up funds, however team manager Enzo Di Clemente told Crash.net "I'm not a quitter, we are going to keep going."

Crash.net's Superbike reporter Louise Cain had the ride of her life at the Audi and Rizla Suzuki track day at Silverstone in Northants on Thursday - when our usually chatty reporter was stunned into silence by a pillion ride with BSB star James Haydon - an effect we here at Crash wo

John McGuinness broke his Ulster Grand Prix duck on Saturday with a thrilling double victory at the 7.4-mile Dundrod circuit.

This weekend sees the Cresent Suzuki squad open its doors for 'the best celebration of motorcycling ever held at the Crescent Performance Centre' as the Cresent Suzuki Open Weekend takes place at the team's base in Verwood, near Bournemouth in Dorset.

American Superbike rider Ben Bostrom achieves a career dream later this month when he rides in the British Superbike championship at Silverstone.

As reported by Crash.net after the recent Cadwell Park British Superbike test, John McGuinness has taken up residence with the Vitrans team, replacing John Laverty.

John McGuinness is to test the Vitrans Honda at Tuesday's official British Superbike test day at Silverstone, with a view to riding for the team for the remainder of the year.

Tommy Hill more than achieved his objective this weekend at Castle Combe - he wanted a race win and he walked away with two.

The Castle Combe Superbike Grand National is the ideal opportunity for young riders to prove their worth: It isn't a championship round, so they are under no pressure to pick up points, and with a lot of the more experienced riders not taking part, it leaves the field open to the new talent.

Jonathan Rea has stolen Castle Combe pole position from provisional pole sitter Tommy Hill in this afternoon's second qualifying session at the Wiltshire circuit.