Glenn Irwin fought hard to claim the victory in the Motorpoint British Supersport Championship race as he fended off the challenges from the chasing pack of Luke Stapleford, Luke Mossey and Alastair Seeley at Silverstone.

The Ulsterman crossed the line just 0.330s ahead of Luke Stapleford aboard the Profile Triumph who had shattered the lap record four times in his pursuit of victory.

Stapleford had carved his way through from seventh on the opening lap to be attacking Luke Mossey aboard the Techcare Profile Triumph for second place by lap three but was forced to wait until lap nine to finally make the move stick.

Mossey had to settle for third place despite pushing hard in a frantic duel as the leading pack pulled a gap of seven seconds over the pursuing contenders.

Graeme Gowland, riding hard to pull back points lost in his off-track excursion of the previous afternoon picked off five places as he brought his Smiths Triumph into fifth place ahead of American James Rispoli aboard the Team Traction Control Yamaha.

Billy McConnell overcame the challenge of Gearlink Kawasaki's Luke Hedger to take seventh place on his Smiths Triumph to take an 18 points lead over his team-mate Gowland going into the final race.

Motorpoint British Supersport Championship, Silverstone, Feature race:

1: Glenn Irwin (Gearlink Kawasaki)
2: Luke Stapleford (Techcare Profile Triumph) + 0.330s
3: Luke Mossey (Profile Triumph) +0.882s
4: Alastair Seeley (MarTrain Yamaha) +0.967s
5: Graeme Gowland (Smiths Triumph) +8.021s

Motorpoint British Supersport Championship standings after Silverstone:

1: Billy McConnell (Smiths Triumph) 349 pts
2: Graeme Gowland (Smiths Triumph) 331
3: Alastair Seeley (MarTrain Yamaha) 315
4: Glenn Irwin (Gearlink Kawasaki) 270
5: Luke Stapleford (Techcare Profile Triumph) 250




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