Bridewell Makes His A Triple
T
ommy Bridewell (BeerMon-
ster Ducati) made a little slice
of personal history at Snetterton,
July 8-9, for round five of 2023
British Superbike Championship
by taking all three race wins
on offer for the first time in his
career.
The Briton had earlier won
race one after a four-way dog
-
fight with teammate Glenn Irwin,
and Aussies Josh Brookes (FHO
Racing BMW Motorrad) and
Jason O'Halloran (McCams Ya
-
maha), gaining the lead after an
audacious last-lap pass at fast
Nelsons left-hander off the back
straight.
Irwin was the big loser in race
one, going from leading at the
beginning of the last lap to fourth
at the flag after both Brookes and
O'Halloran came storming past.
In race two, Bridewell kept
Brookes at bay by 1.6 seconds
with Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW
Motorrad Team) claiming the
final podium place in third with
Irwin again fourth.
Race three and Irwin was in no
mood to not be on the box as he
and Bridewell traded blows over
the 16 laps.
Irwin was hassling Bridewell
all the way to
the flag with the
narrowest of
margins sepa
-
rating the pair at
0.032 seconds,
Bridewell claim
-
ing the Quattro
Race of Aces
Trophy. Haslam
and Ryan Vick-
ers (LAMI OMG
Racing Yamaha)
were also in close formation, but
the ROKiT BMW Motorrad rider
denied the Thetford contender a
home-round podium at the finish.
In the championship, Bridewell
is sitting pretty at 217 points.
Irwin is next at 192 and Ryde is
third with 171.
CN
WIND
IN THE
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Superbike Race 1
Superbike Race 2 Superbike Race 3
Tommy Bridewell
dominated the
Snetterton round
of the British
Superbike Series.
