Brookes shaping up for showdown with Oulton Park Victory

Josh Brookes took his first-ever British Superbike victory at the Oulton Park circuit earlier today for Tyco Suzuki, making it two wins from eleven podiums so far this season – guaranteeing his place in the end of season top six Showdown. 

The Australian also took second place in today’s opening BSB race. Taylor Mackenzie was eighth in today’s British Supersport race.

Josh Brookes:

“One of the guys said to me ‘that race was all about heart’, but to be honest it took more heart for me to finish fourth in the opening race of the weekend yesterday, when we still hadn’t mastered our set-up. In the end we had the package sorted on the GSX-R1000 and when it works I can ride to my true potential as I showed today. It was a real battle but I wasn’t prepared to lose that one and we now go to Cadwell looking for more podium credits as the all-important Showdown edges closer.”

Taylor Mackenzie:

“Yeah that was better today and I really enjoyed it, apart from Glenn Irwin running into the side of me late in the race, which snapped the end off my clutch lever. We have made progress and I’ve gone faster again at Oulton, so it’s a matter of getting geared up for Cadwell Park now.”

Philip Neill – Team Manager:

“We always said that Josh is a racer. We did have a slow start to the weekend with a problem that was later traced to a fuel injector. It significantly hampered Josh and his crew from finding the perfect set-up at the start of the weekend. As usual his crew worked their magic and turned the bike around for race day and Josh excelled once again on his GSX-R1000 Superbike. He rode perhaps one of the best races of his BSB career today to capture his first win at Oulton Park. 

“We are also happy with Taylor’s result in today’s Supersport race. The only thing keeping him out of that top six is his pace in the opening laps, but it will come and he’s applying himself exactly as I expected he would.”