VOLUME 57 ISSUE 38 SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 P29
Brookes, O'Halloran Top BSB
Oulton Park Tripleheader
J
ason O'Halloran (McAMS
Yamaha) was denied the
chance to claim the hat trick
of wins in the 2020 Bennetts
British Superbike Champion-
ship at Oulton Park, England,
September 19-20. After seeing
O'Halloran win the first two races
of the weekend, Josh Brookes
(VisionTrack Ducati) came fighting
back in race three to take a win
of his own.
O'Halloran had become the
eighth different winner of the
season Saturday (race one), and
he was able to follow it up with a
second consecutive win Sunday
(race two).
In race one, the Australian rode
an inch-perfect race to lead from
the opening lap to the checkered
flag and hold off Christian Iddon
and Danny Buchan.
O'Halloran had a strong start
from pole position in the second
contest of the weekend (Sun-
day's race two), but he had Iddon
(Ducati) for close company with
Buchan (Kawasaki) also in the
breakaway trio, as they repeated
the podium line up from the
opening race Saturday.
O'Halloran's race-two victory
was all the more crucial in the
championship standings as there
was a huge disappointment for
standings leader Glenn Irwin,
who was forced to retire with a
technical problem, slashing his
point's advantage.
Brookes won race three,
holding off his teammate Iddon,
and Lee Jackson (Kawasaki) to
celebrate the final win.
Irwin still leads the champion-
ship but by only two points now
over O'Halloran. Brookes is eight
points back in third. CN
SUPERBIKE
RACE ONE (Saturday)
1. Jason O'Halloran (Yam)
2. Christian Iddon (Duc)
3. Danny Buchan (Kaw)
RACE TWO (Sunday)
1. Jason O'Halloran (Yam)
2. Christian Iddon (Duc)
3. Danny Buchan (Kaw)
RACE THREE (Sunday)
1. Josh Brookes (Duc)
2. Christian Iddon (Duc)
3. Lee Jackson (Kaw)
Jason O'Halloran won
two of the three British
Superbike tripleheader
races at Oulton Park
and pulled big points on
series leader Glenn Irwin.
