The climax of the MCE British Superbikes occurred last Sunday on the 9th October 2011 and it lived and surpassed all the hopes, dreams and expectations of riders, teams and spectators....not to mention the sponsors who must surely have been lapping up all this drama.
It was Tommy Hill from the Swan Yamaha team who prevailed, stealing the title away from Samsung Crescent's John 'Hopper' Hopkins by 1/6000th second...or in simpler terms approximately half a wheel of superbike at 150 mph. It all came down to the last race between these two superb riders and they did not disappoint either the crowd or themselves in their hungry pursuit of this title....the final shootout will surely go down as the stuff of legend and all the talk among the spectators as far as I could hear was that they had never seen anything like it and was by far the most exciting finish to a race they could remember.
Well done also to Samsung Crescent's John Kirkham who captured the Riders Cup, for the best rider outside the title fighter's showdown. The weather was fabulous and the racing was sheer excitement personified and what a day was had by everyone there who I'm sure felt they had witnessed something glorious, special and rare...
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