Gearlink Kawasaki News

It was a weekend to celebrate for the team at round ten of the Dickies British Supersport Championship at Oulton Park. Ben Currie secured his first win of the season and then followed it up by winning the second race as well. Andrew Irwin gained brilliant second places in both races for a perfect weekend for the team.

Ben was disappointed after Silverstone and was eager to make amends at Oulton Park, a track he has had previous success. He was riding well all weekend and managed to qualify in fifth place on the grid for race one. The rain began to fall shortly before the race but he was feeling confident. He got a great hole-shot and soon built up a huge lead, riding a comfortable race he managed to win by a huge 11.4 seconds.

For race two he was placed on pole position, this time a fully wet race from start to finish. Once again he got a great start and was soon locked in a battle for the lead with two other riders including Andrew. It was then a battle between Ben and Andrew with another rider closing them down in the latter stages and the three dicing it out for the win. Ben gained the upper hand over the finish line to win by just 0.2 seconds from Andrew in a thrilling race and now moves up to third in the Championship standings.

Andrew was also having a stunning weekend; he qualified in second place for race one. He got a great start and despite Ben disappearing into the distance he was swapping positions for second place for most of the race and was eager to secure a solid second position. 

For race two he was fifth on the grid and was locked in a three way battle, including Ben, for the lead. He rode a fantastic race to finish in another second place and moves up to second in the Championship standings.

James Westmoreland was able to secure another couple of valuable Championshiip points in the MCE British Superbike Championship. He qualified in 20th place for race one and in tricky conditions managed to finish in 14th place. He started from 17th position for race two but had to pull in with set-up issues.

Team Manager Michael de Bidaph - "I am so pleased for both Supersport riders, Ben and Andrew. The weekend went well from start to finish both of them performing well in the wet and dry conditions.

Ben was on another level in race one having got to the front and just took off. Andrew rode a sensible tough race fending off the Champioship leader to secure a great second place.

We opted not to go out in the warm-up session as it was too close to race two just in case anything happened. It was nerve wracking watching the pair of them fight tooth and nail to the end. I struggled to watch it but totally delighted it ended with another one-two. The team, Ben and Andrew have all worked so hard all year and everyone deserved this. 

It was another tricky weekend for James in the Superbike class and we struggled to get a good set-up for him around Oulton. We managed to score a few more points in race one and hopefully we can get some better results at the final two rounds at Assen and Brands Hatch"