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Debut Victory For
McConnell at Croft - British Supersport |
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Virgin Media Yamaha's Billy McConnell finally
realised his full potential in the Supersport class as
he transformed pole position into a last gasp debut
victory at Croft today, 12 August. |
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Lining up for his third pole position of the season,
Billy tucked in behind Ian Lowry who stole the holeshot
from the lights. A Steve Allan crash on the first lap
brought the safety car out for two laps. Billy knuckled
down as Lowry got the green light as the riders crossed
the line for the start of the fourth circulation. |
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The final few laps produced a nail-biting climax as
Billy pushed his Yamaha R6 and Pirelli tyres to the
limit holding off the advances of Dennis Hobbs whilst
closing the gap to Lowry. |
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Lowry ran wide into the hairpin on the penultimate
lap and Billy knew that his opportunity would soon arise
as he was now close enough to smell the fumes from the
Suzuki's exhaust. Braking for the run in to Tower, Billy
took the inside line, making a clean pass and holding
firm through to Jim Clark Esses and the final sector of
the race. |
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A jubilant McConnell took the chequered flag with a
new lap record of 1:22.689s, and both his and Virgin
Media Yamaha's maiden win in the fiercely contested
British Supersport series. |
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