British Superbike Championship Support Series
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The British Supersport Championship, National Superstock 1000 & 600 and the British 125 Championship are the four main championship series that are run as support races alongside the British Superbike Championship. The 125cc category has been running since the start of the British Superbike Championship in 1988, with Supersport racing starting in 1989.
It wasn't until 2000 that the Superstock 1000 category replaced the defunct 250cc category, with the Superstock 600 championship being the newest addition on the support series in 2008.
In 2010 the Superstock 1000 and Superstock 600 categories also supported the British rounds of the Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship is the worldwide Superbike racing Championship. The championship was founded in . The Superbike World Championship season consists of a series of rounds held on permanent racing facilities...

 and the Moto GP
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...

 both at Silverstone
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury...

.

British Supersport Championship

British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB), British Supersport runs one round a weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as a stepping stone for the younger talent to go up to the British Superbike Championship. Riders such as: Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes is a motorcycle road racer born 19 August 1985 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. In 2007 he gained his first ride in British Superbikes, riding a Stobart Vent-Axia Honda; Sykes finished in sixth position in the championship in his rookie year...

, Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a former British Supersport champion and British Superbike race winner, and the 2009 Supersport World Champion.-Early years:...

 and Leon Camier
Leon Camier
Leon Stuart Camier is a British motorcycle racer from Ashford, Kent, currently living in Bournemouth. He is the 2009 British Superbike Champion and previously won the 2005 British Supersport title. 2010 is his first season in the World Superbike series.-Personal life:Camier is the son of David and...

 all started off in this championship.

Race weekend

Friday
  • Practice 1 (40 Mins)
  • Practice 2 (40 Mins)


Saturday
  • Qualifying (2 Sessions)
    • Session 1 (40 Mins)
    • Session 2 (40 Mins)

Times combined from 2 sessions to make up final grid

Sunday
  • Warm Up (10 Mins)
  • Race 1

Scoring system

Current Points System
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Current Bikes Models

  • Honda CBR600RR
    Honda CBR600RR
    The Honda CBR600RR is a sport motorcycle that was introduced by Honda in 2003 as a race replica version of Honda's CBRFx series motorcycles. It won every Supersport World Championship title from 2002 to 2008.- Racing roots :...

  • Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
    Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
    The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R is a Kawasaki 600 class sport motorcycle.It was introduced in 1995, and has been constantly updated throughout the years in response to new products from Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha...

  • Suzuki GSX-R600
    Suzuki GSX-R600
    The GSX-R600 is a 600 class sport bike in Suzuki's GSX-R series of motorcycles.- History :1992–1993Launched with a water-cooled 599cc inline-4 engine. The first model had the same body specifications as the 1992 GSX-R750, with the smaller engine and carried over through to the 1993 model year with...

  • Triumph Daytona 675
    Triumph Motorcycles Ltd
    Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest surviving British motorcycle manufacturer, which was established in 1984 by John Bloor after the original manufacturer Triumph Engineering went into receivership...

  • Yamaha YZF-R6
    Yamaha YZF-R6
    Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...


British Supersport Champions

Year Class Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
1989 Supersport 600 Rodney Knapp Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

1990 Supersport 600 John Reynolds
John Reynolds (motorcycle racer)
John Reynolds is a retired British motorcycle racer who won the British Superbike Championship in 1992, 2001 and 2004....

Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

1991 Supersport 600 Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson (motorcycle racer)
Ian Simpson is a retired motorcycle road racer from Scotland, nicknamed the 'Dalbeattie Destroyer'.Simpson began racing at the age of 16, and entered the British Championship two years later...

Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

1992 Supersport 600 Phil Borley Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1993 Supersport 600 Jim Moodie Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1994 Supersport 600 Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson (motorcycle racer)
Ian Simpson is a retired motorcycle road racer from Scotland, nicknamed the 'Dalbeattie Destroyer'.Simpson began racing at the age of 16, and entered the British Championship two years later...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1995 Supersport 600 Mike Edwards Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1996 Supercup Thunderbike Dave Heal Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1997 Supersport 600 Paul Brown Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

1998 Supersport 600 John Crawford Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

1999 Supersport 600 John Crawford Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

2000 Supersport Jim Moodie Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

2001 Supersport Karl Harris
Karl Harris
Karl Harris is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a three-time former British Supersport champion, but has not won a race in 6 years in the British Superbike Championship. In 2010 he switched to the British Superstock Championship on a GR Motorsport Aprilia...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

2002 Supersport Stuart Easton
Stuart Easton
Stuart Easton is a Scottish motorcycle racer. He was the 2002 British Supersport champion riding for Paul Bird's MonsterMob Ducati team. He has subsequently ridden in the British Superbike Championship on Kawasaki and latterly Hydrex Honda, gaining his first win in the Superbike class at Croft 2009...

Ducati
2003 Supersport Karl Harris
Karl Harris
Karl Harris is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a three-time former British Supersport champion, but has not won a race in 6 years in the British Superbike Championship. In 2010 he switched to the British Superstock Championship on a GR Motorsport Aprilia...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

2004 Supersport Karl Harris
Karl Harris
Karl Harris is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a three-time former British Supersport champion, but has not won a race in 6 years in the British Superbike Championship. In 2010 he switched to the British Superstock Championship on a GR Motorsport Aprilia...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

Harris Finshed on 232 points with 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 rides
2005 Supersport Leon Camier
Leon Camier
Leon Stuart Camier is a British motorcycle racer from Ashford, Kent, currently living in Bournemouth. He is the 2009 British Superbike Champion and previously won the 2005 British Supersport title. 2010 is his first season in the World Superbike series.-Personal life:Camier is the son of David and...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

Camier finished with 202 points including 4 wins and 2 DNFs in 13 racers
2006 Supersport Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a former British Supersport champion and British Superbike race winner, and the 2009 Supersport World Champion.-Early years:...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

Crutchlow won the title easily with 242 Points 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 races
2007 Supersport Michael Laverty
Michael Laverty
Michael Laverty is a motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. He is the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and has raced regularly in British Superbikes, plus occasional races in the World Supersport series and in American AMA Superbike Racing...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

2008 Supersport Glen Richards
Glen Richards
Glen Richards is an Australian superbike rider born in Adelaide but now lives in Hinckley, Leicestershire. He has won the British Supersport and Superstock championships, and has been a regular front-runner in the primary British Superbike class....

Triumph
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest surviving British motorcycle manufacturer, which was established in 1984 by John Bloor after the original manufacturer Triumph Engineering went into receivership...

Richards collected a total of 240 points with 4 wins and 0 DNFs from 12 races
2009
2009 British Supersport Championship season
The 2009 British Supersport Championship season was the latest running of the British Supersport Championship. The top two runners in the 2008 championship, Glen Richards and Ian Lowry both moved up to the British Superbike Championship, with HM Plant Honda and Relentless Suzuki respectively...

Supersport Steve Plater
Steve Plater
Steve Plater is an English motorcycle road racer. He was the 2009 British Supersport champion, and also finished as runner-up in the series twice in the late 1990s. In the British Superbike Championship he has 4 wins and 17 further podiums. He has also had success in Endurance and road racing...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

215 Points with 4 wins
2010
2010 British Supersport Championship season
The 2010 Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship season was the 23rd running of the British Supersport Championship. The championship was contested over twelve rounds, beginning on 5 April at Brands Hatch, and finishing on 10 October at Oulton Park....

Supersport Sam Lowes Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...


National Superstock 1000 Championship

The National Superstock 1000 Championship is a support race for the British Superbike Championship, the superstock 1000 meaning that all the bikes have to be of a pretty stock spec, meaning the bikes that are produced to ride for the public, with a maximum engine size of 1000cc.

National Superstock 1000 Champions

Year Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
2001 Paul Young 236 Points
2002 David Jefferies
David Jefferies
Allan David Jefferies was a British motorcycle racer.-Early life:The son of Tony Jefferies, also a former Isle of Man TT winner in 1971, David Jefferies was born in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. His uncle was fellow TT winner Nick Jeffries...

237 Points
2003 Andy Tinsley 178 Points
2004 Danny Beaumont 214 Points
2005 Lee Jackson 194 Points
2006 Brendan Roberts 216 Points
2007 Glen Richards
Glen Richards
Glen Richards is an Australian superbike rider born in Adelaide but now lives in Hinckley, Leicestershire. He has won the British Supersport and Superstock championships, and has been a regular front-runner in the primary British Superbike class....

223 Points
2008 Steve Brogan Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

273 points & Won 8 of the 12 races
2009 Alastair Seeley
Alastair Seeley
Alastair Seeley is a motorcycle road racer, currently competing in the British Superbike Championship. He was the 2009 British Superstock champion, and also has a strong record in road racing...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

241 Points, won the first 9 meetings, moving to Superbike class for the last 2 races
2010 Jon Kirkham BMW
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...


National Superstock 600 Championship

The National Superstock 600 Championship is a support race for the British Superbike Championship, the superstock 600 meaning that all the bikes have to be of a pretty stock spec, meaning the bikes that are produced to ride for the public, with a maximum engine size of 600cc.

National Superstock 600 Champions

Year Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
2008 Lee Johnston Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

207 with 1 win
2009 Jamie Hamilton
Jamie Hamilton (motorcycle racer)
Jamie Hamilton is a Northern Irish motorcycle road racer. He initially pursued a career as a footballer and played for Leicester City under 9's, and then Bolton Wanderers under 11's...

Kawasaki 165 with 2 wins
2010 Josh Day Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...


British 125cc Championship

The British 125cc Championship is a support race for the British Superbike Championship, 125cc category is the only 2 stroke class left in the British Superbike Championship. From 2012 the British 125cc championship will be the last main championship to have a 2 stroke category, with the 125cc class at oto GP] level moving to a different spec Moto 3 (250cc) bikes.

British 125 Champions

Year Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
1996 Robin Appleyard
Robin Appleyard
Robin Appleyard, born 10 May 1964, in Keighley, Yorkshire, is a retired 125cc Grand Prix motorcycle racer who won the 125cc Marlboro Clubman's British Championship in 1982, the Shell Oils Championship in 1984, Supercup 125cc Championship twice and was 125cc National Cup champion in 1995.When his...

306 Points
1997 Darren Barton
Darren Barton
Darren Barton is a British professional motorcycling rider who competed in 125cc Grand Prix 1995-7 and was the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Supercup champion.-External links:*], first published Tuesday 28th Apr 1998.]...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

204 Points
1998 Chris Palmer Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

159 Points
1999 Darren Barton
Darren Barton
Darren Barton is a British professional motorcycling rider who competed in 125cc Grand Prix 1995-7 and was the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Supercup champion.-External links:*], first published Tuesday 28th Apr 1998.]...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

205 Points
2000 Kenny Tibble Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

168 Points
2001 Leon Camier
Leon Camier
Leon Stuart Camier is a British motorcycle racer from Ashford, Kent, currently living in Bournemouth. He is the 2009 British Superbike Champion and previously won the 2005 British Supersport title. 2010 is his first season in the World Superbike series.-Personal life:Camier is the son of David and...

178 Points, beating Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career...

 to the title by 3 points
2002 Chris Martin
Chris Martin (motorcycle racer)
Chris Martin born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. Martin is a superbike rider who is currently competing in the British Superbike Championship for the Gearlink Kawasaki team. Martin is a previous British Superbike Privateers Cup Champion in 2006....

289 Points
2003 Michael Wilcox 183 Points
2004 Christian Elkin 224 Points
2005 Christian Elkin 197 Points
2006 Daniel Cooper 207 Points
2007 Luke Jones 249 Points
2008 Matthew Hoyle Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

190 points winning 6 of the 12 Races
2009
2009 British 125 Championship season
The 2009 British 125 Championship season is the 22rd British 125cc Championship season. The championship went down to the very last meetings at Oulton Park, James Lodge leading by 18 points from Martin Glossop with Rob Guiver 23 points behind, after Glossop fell Lodge only had to finish 14th to...

James Lodge
James Lodge
James Lodge is a British motorcycle racer who is a two time British 125cc champion 2009 & 2010.Lodge then moved up to the Superstock 600 class for the 2011 season.-Starting out:...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

182 points winning only 1 race of 12
2010
2010 British 125 Championship season
The 2010 British 125 Championship season was the 23rd British 125cc Championship season, the class is open to anyone of any age and sex. James Lodge stayed in the class after winning the championship last season, and was looking to be the first person to successfully defend the British 125cc...

James Lodge
James Lodge
James Lodge is a British motorcycle racer who is a two time British 125cc champion 2009 & 2010.Lodge then moved up to the Superstock 600 class for the 2011 season.-Starting out:...

Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...


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