Jake Dixon showed his talent with a win and a podium in the two British Supersport Championship races at the weekend.

Dover’s Dixon was continuing the good form of the last few rounds, and shows just what a goof job mentor and manager Shane Byrne is doing with the young talented rider.

In front of another large crowd, Jake was the toast of the team by taking a brilliant victory as well as a second place finish aboard the factory-backed Smiths Triumph Daytona 675R.

Saturday’s ‘Sprint’ race saw a ferocious six rider battle throughout the 12 laps with Jake leading from laps four to ten. However, Andrew Reid managed to squeeze by on the penultimate lap, going on to take the win, but Jake brought the Triumph home for an excellent second place.

Despite a sluggish start to Sunday’s ‘Feature’ race which saw him drop back to fifth in the early stages, some good overtaking moves, particularly through the Hizzy’s chicane, saw the 19-year-old soon up to second position and in contention for the race win.

A mistake at half distance dropped him back to fourth but he fought back brilliantly to move into the podium positions and when Reid crashed out at the final corner, Jake swept through to take his fourth win of the season.

Speaking after an excellent weekend, Jake said: “It’s great to win, but you never want to see a good rider like Andy (Reid) go out like that and I hope he’s OK. I lost my brakes midway through the race, so it was great to come back and take the win after taking second yesterday. I was a bit disappointed with that race having led for so long, but when Andy came by me, I lost a bit of ground.

“I’d put in some good moves to take the lead and felt that I had good pace, but the last two laps were what cost me. It’s a first and second, though, so a big thanks to the whole team for working so hard and giving me the package to be back on the top step again.”

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