SHANE ' Shakey' Byrne won the first of two races at Mallory Park, round nine of the British Superbike Championship.
The win was Shakey's first of the season and the Stobart Honda rider held off a hard-charging Jonathan Rea, closely followed by Leon Haslam on his Airwaves Ducati.
Ryuichi Kiyonari, Rea's HM Plant team mate crashed at Edwina's chicane. The hard-nut Japanese rider did get back into the race but was black-flagged by marshalls, as half of his belly pan had come adrift and was dragging along the circuit.
Chris 'The Stalker' Walker was running in second place, but lost pace later on in the race and finished fourth, while Gregorio Lavilla took fifth place - amazing, considering he's riding with badly bruised ribs from when he was run over by Tommy Hill at Oulton Park.
British Superbikes - Mallory Park - Race 1 result
1 Shane Byrne Stobart Vent-Axia Motorsport 28mins 21.456 secs
2 Jonathan Rea HM Plant Honda Racing 2.779 secs
3 Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati 2.938 secs
4 Chris Walker Rizla Suzuki 6.058 secs
5 Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 7.422 secs
6 Tom Sykes Stobart Vent-Axia Motorsport 9.137 secs
7 Tommy Hill Virgin Mobile Optoma Loans Yamaha 27.263 secs
8 Leon Camier Bike Animal Honda 29.758 secs
9 Cal Crutchlow Rizla Suzuki 29.858 secs
10 Scott Smart Hawk Colchester Kawasaki 30.184 secs
11 Simon Andrews Jentin Racing 41.584 secs
12 Dean Thomas AUS Samsung Mobile Suzuki 59.339 secs
13 Tristan Palmer C THR Racing Honda 1 lap secs
14 Peter Hickman Hawk Kawasaki 1 lap secs
15 Chris Martin C Red Viper Racing 1 lap secs
16 Lee Jackson Krystal/Space Air Yamaha 1 lap secs
17 David Johnson PR Branson Racing Honda 1 lap secs
18 James Buckingham C Quay Garage Honda 1 lap secs
19 Marty Nutt C NuttTravel.com Yamaha 1 lap secs
20 Tom Tunstall Hardinge-Ice Valley Honda 1 lap secs
21 Aaron Zanotti C SMT Yamaha 1 lap secs
22 Malcolm Ashley C MAR 1 lap secs
DNF
22
Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda Racing 17
Karl Harris Hydrex Honda 16
Michael Rutter Isilon MSS Discovery Kawasaki 11
Keith Amor AIM Yamaha 7
