Fresh from a double at his home round of Brands Hatch Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne is back in action this weekend as the MCE British Superbike Championship returns for Party in the Park at Cadwell Park. 

Byrne claimed a superb double victory aboard the factory-backed Ducati Panigale R to add to his other four wins this season to increase his lead at the top of the standings and put him in prime position to claim his place in the Showdown, in the last round at Brands Hatch.

Shakey only needs a podium in either of the two races to guarantee his place in the end of season and title deciding top six but the 39-year-old Londoner won’t be settling for anything other than adding to his record-breaking 74 career BSB wins as he strives for title number five.

But the Lincolnshire track, which is expected to see the biggest crowd of the season, hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for Byrne over the years and you have to go back to 2003 since his one and only win there, although he can boast ten podiums during his career.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, Byrne said: “Cadwell Park up next for us, it’s an exciting, narrow and difficult track to go really fast at and it’s especially hard to overtake. We recently had back to back, two-hour evening tests there so we should start somewhere near where we need to be.

“A lot of our rivals spent two whole days there last week but we know what we did and we know what we need to do to improve. I’m hoping to cement my place in the Showdown this weekend and keep up the strong results which the Be Wiser PBM Ducati team want and deserve.”

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