Binch Racing’s Alistair Seeley up to fourth in the Championship standings

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A great weekend for Binch Racing of Mansfield's Alastair Seeley saw third and fourth place finishes at Knockhill elevate him to fourth in the overall Quattro Group British Supersport Championship standings.

Rookie team mate Oliver Barr notched up his first points and is seventh in class after only his fourth competitive ride.

The Sprint Race was reduced to 18 laps due to rain.

Alastair got away cleanly from P6 on his Yamaha R6 and settled into a race pace pretty much from lap one.

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Alistair Seeley on the Knockhill podium.Alistair Seeley on the Knockhill podium.
Alistair Seeley on the Knockhill podium.

After an enthralling battle at the front he crossed the line to give Binch Racing their first ever British Supersport podium with a hard-earned and hard-fought third place finish.

Oliver absolutely rode the wheels off his machine, biting the screen at every opportunity to take places.

On lap 13 he recorded his fastest lap again with a 50.31 which demonstrates perfectly how he is progressing in an extremely competitive field.

His efforts and hardwork came to fruition as the race drew to close and the whole team were delighted to cheer Oliver across the line to secure his first championship points with a tremendous 13th place finish, six points in the bag and his records officially opened.

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As with Saturday's Sprint race, Sunday's Feature race had to be reduced to 22 laps rather than 26.

In the wet conditions there was an accident at the rear of the field during the warm up lap which brought out the paddock stands and the grid was reformed so the injured rider could be tended to.

After a slight delay the race started and Alastair got away really well, using his wet weather abilities to his advantage.

By the end of lap two he was dicing for second place with a hope of maybe pushing for a win. However, other teams had made adjustments and their larger capacity machines at the front were getting out of the corners quicker and a gap started to form.

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Equally the pace improved behind him which pushed him back to P5.

Never one to give up, he knew he could secure another great fourth place and waited patiently to secure it on the very last lap on the final hairpin corner.

Oliver once again did the team proud and shot out the blocks.

His pace in the first race elevated his start to 12th on the grid for race two.

He did not waste the opportunity to push hard from the off.

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Wet racing is not for everyone but Oliver knew he could capitalise in front of a bumper home Scottishcrowd.

Cheered on by lots of fans, family and friends he strategically chipped away at the competitors in front of him to bring home another milestone finish in the top 10.

The team are now preparing for the next round this weekend at Snetterton.

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