Bridewell Takes the King of Brands Title
T
ommy Bridewell took the
2023 King of Brands crown
after posting two wins and a
sixth in the latest round of the
British Superbike Championship,
July 22-23.
Ryan Vickers (Lami OMG Rac
-
ing Yamaha) took a wet weather
0.15 of a second win over former
Moto3 World Champion Danny
Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda)
and Christian Iddon (Oxford
Products Racing Ducati) in the
Sprint race.
However, from there on out, it
was all Bridewell, as the Beer
-
Monster Ducati rider took a
2.4-second win over Iddon and
Kent in race two and prevailed
in an extremely close race three,
defeating teammate Glenn Irwin
by 0.13 of a second, with Vickers
returning to the podium, 0.23 of
a second off Bridewell's winning
pace.
"It's been a great weekend in
all aspects," Bridewell said. "To
win one BSB race is an achieve
-
ment so to win two in a day
shows how confident I am and
how I feel within myself, with the
bike and with the team.
"In the final race, I knew Glenn
would be there with me but it's
testament to the hard work we're
doing on Friday and Saturday
that I could hold him off and
it's all about maintaining the
good momentum we have. To
be crowned the Monster Energy
King of Brands is great!"
Bridewell now leads the cham
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pionship on 258 to Irwin's 223.5
with Ryde third on 181.
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Race One
Race Two
Race Three
