Ducati Boys Share Wins At Oulton Park
T
he BeerMonster Ducati team
of Glenn Irwin and Tommy
Bridewell gave their late team
owner, Paul Bird, the perfect
send-off at Oulton Park for
the latest round of the British
Superbike Championship, Sep-
tember 16-17, with Irwin taking
races one and two and Bridewell
clinching the third.
Race one saw Irwin claim the
win by 0.3 seconds over Kawa-
saki's Lee Jackson and BMW's
Leon Haslam.
Controversy reigned in race
two as Irwin was handed the
win after winner Bridewell was
penalized for unsafe conduct
under the Safety Car, dropping
him to sixth place. Jackson was
again second and Yamaha's Kyle
Ryde was third.
Bridewell had his revenge in
race three, taking the race win
over Irwin by 1.1 seconds, with
Jackson third. The result sees
the two BeerMonster Ducati
riders at 360.5 points for Irwin,
360 points for Bridewell, with six
races remaining in the 2023 BSB
title.
"It pleases me a lot how the
guys in the team worked and how
I rode around here; it's a physical
track," Irwin said. "We all work
very hard. It's a bit of a cliché
when we say we work our asses
off, and I guess we all do, and
when the team works as hard as
you work, if not harder, you get
results and reap the reward.
"The championship lead is
nice, it's always a nice position
to be in. It's certainly better than
where it was nine races ago
when I was 38.5 points behind.
We still have that one additional
DNF so to be in the lead, pretty
much all square with the extra
DNF is something that pleases
me a lot."
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It was an all-Ducati weekend at Oulton Park as Tommy Bridewell (46) and Paul Irwin (2) shared the wins.
