HOBBS NAILS THE DOUBLE IN OULTON PARK MAXXIS BRITISH SUPERSPORT RACE
09 May 2007 - Maxxis

Dennis Hobbs took his second successive victory in Sunday’s MAXXIS British Supersport championship race at Oulton Park.

The Padgetts Motorcycles rider took the lead on lap seven of the16 lap race, overtaking early leader Michael Laverty’s Relentless TAS Suzuki on the run into Lodge corner. Hobbs was on pole position for the race, but it was Laverty who took the lead into the first corner, followed by Hobbs and Virgin Media Yamaha’s Billy McConnell.

Series-leader Laverty soon opened up a 1.5 second gap, but Hobbs was hunting him down, closing the gap over just three laps to less than half a second before making his move. Meanwhile McConnell was setting the fastest lap, but fell just after passing Lowry at Druids. “I guess I was a little over eager,” said the young Australian, “but I was racing and these things happen.” This is McConnell’s second DNF of the season. His team-mate Tom Grant would salvage something for the team at the flag with a sixth-place finish.

With just three laps to go, Laverty was relegated to third by his team-mate Ian Lowry at the Shell Oils hairpin. Guy Sanders secured his best result of the season so far with a fine fourth place finish on his Gearlink Racing Kawasaki.

In the early laps, former champion Stuart Easton leapt into fourth place on his ISILON MSS Discovery Kawasaki from eighth on the grid, before using the escape road at the Hislop Chicane putting him down to 14th place. The Scot managed to battle back to 10th at the flag, behind Jamie Robinson on the Margal Bykerbabe Honda and Paul Young on the Triumph 675 Daytona.

Ducati’s Martin Jessopp was black-flagged on lap 10 with a technical problem on his Riders Racing Ducati.

Laverty continues to lead the championship by 26 points but now from team-mate Ian Lowry.

The MAXXIS British Supersport Championship will now go to Snetterton in Norfolk over the weekend of May 18th-20th.

MAXXIS British Supersport race – Oulton Park
1) Dennis Hobbs, Padgetts Motorcycles Honda: 26m 52.676s
2) Ian Lowry, Relentless TAS Suzuki: 26m 53.350s
3) Michael Laverty, Relentless TAS Suzuki: 26m 54.370s
4) Guy Sanders, Gearlink Racing Kawasaki: 27m 05.975s
5) John McGuinness, Padgetts Motorcycles Honda: 27m 14.048s
6) Tom Grant, Virgin Media Yamaha: 27m 14.159s
7) Sam Owens, Premier Motorsport Honda: 27m 17.901s
8) Paul Young, Paul Young Racing Triumph: 27m 19.230s
9) Jamie Robinson, Margal Bykerbabe Honda: 27m 22.972s
10) Stuart Easton, Isilon MSS Discovery Kawasaki: 27m 23.096s
11) Guy Martin, Hydrex Honda: 27m 23.501s
12) James Hillier, Gearlink Racing Kawasaki: 27m 24.326s
13) Steven Neate, Angel Racing Honda: 27m 26.012s
14) Richard Cooper, AIM Racing Yamaha: 27m 29.679s
15) Ben Wylie, Wylie & Holland Racing Yamaha: 27m 32.273s

Championship points continued on page 2

Championship positions after four rounds:

1) Michael Laverty – 82
2) Ian Lowry – 56
3) Dennis Hobbs – 50
4) Jamie Robinson – 47
5) Stuart Easton – 35
6) John McGuinness –31
7) Ian Hutchinson – 30
8) Billy McConnell – 25
9) James Westmoreland – 22

10) Tom Grant - 21

Picture courtesy of Chris Pearson www.photobiking.co.uk

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