VOL. 54 ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 17, 2017 P51
BYRNE
SEALS SIXTH
BSB CROWN
S
hane Byrne (Ducati)
claimed a sixth British Su-
perbike Championship crown
at Brands Hatch in the most
dramatic of circumstances, as
his chief title rival and previous
championship leader Leon
Haslam (Kawasaki) crashed
out of the deciding race three
with brake failure.
Haslam had struggled in the
first two races, finishing fourth
and 10th as Byrne took victory,
meaning it was all to play for
leading into race three, with
only two points separating the
pair leading into the race three
final.
Haslam was sitting in fifth
place heading into the daunt-
ingly fast Hawthorn Bend right
hander when his front brake
lever came back to the bar
and the Derbyshire man went
into the wall at over 170 mph.
He sustained a broken left
ankle, right wrist and bruised
thumb in the crash, with Josh
Brookes (Yamaha) taking the
final race win of the season to
finish up second in the series
behind Byrne. CN
Race One
Race Two
Race Three
