Glenn Irwin held off the pressure from his closest rivals to claim a Bennetts British Superbike Championship double win and the Quattro Group Race of Aces trophy in an intense race three as the Hager PBM Ducati rider claimed victory by 0.125s from Tommy Bridewell.
At the start, Christian Iddon launched into the lead from Kyle Ryde, Irwin and Danny Kent, but Irwin was determined and he first moved ahead of the McAMS Racing Yamaha rider at Agostini and by lap four had also picked off Ryde for second.
The leading trio began to have an edge as Iddon held off Irwin and Bridewell over the opening laps, but Irwin was pushing for the lead and he grabbed the advantage at Agostini on lap seven. Bridewell wasn’t going to let Irwin make a break though and he attempted to get ahead of Iddon with a pass at Murrays, but the Oxford Products Racing Ducati rider instantly fought back to regain the position.
Bridewell was able to make his move on lap eight for second and then he was hunting Irwin and on the last lap, the reigning champion was piling on the pressure. The Hager PBM Ducati rider made a mistake at Wilson, running wide which allowed Bridewell to get alongside but Irwin wasn’t relenting into Palmer.
Irwin held off Bridewell to the finish with Iddon completing a double dose of podium finishes as he remained in striking distance of the pair at the finish line. Danny Kent was leading the chasing pack in fourth place with Ryde and Andrew Irwin completing the top six.
Josh Brookes had another top eight finish for FHO Racing BMW Motorrad, holding off Ryan Vickers with Jason O'Halloran and Charlie Nesbitt rounding out the top ten finishers.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Race 3 result:
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati)
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +0.125s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +0.740s
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) +1.122s
- Kyle Ryde (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) +1.322s
- Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +2.204s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +6.948s
- Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) +8.510s
- Jason O’Halloran (Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki) +8.635s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +8.979s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 177
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 173
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 156
- Kyle Ryde (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 147
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 147
- Jason O’Halloran (Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki) 108
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad) 96
- Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 92
- Charlie Nesbit (MasterMac Honda) 85
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 80
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