Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)
Introduction '''Billy McConnell''' (born 24 December 1986) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He is signed for the OMG Racing team to ride their BMW S1000RR in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship, completing the team with Superbike riders Luke Mossey and Héctor Barberá. McConnell missed races at the start of the 2019 season due to illness.He won the 2014 British Supersport Champion aboard a Triumph Daytona 675 for Smiths Racing before stepping up with the Smiths Racing team to the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. During 2017 he rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, but was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races. His place was taken for the last three races of the season in October at the Brands Hatch round by Kyle Ryde, who had parted company with his Pucetti Kawasaki Racing team in World Supersport due to poor performances.
Arrival in the UK In 2004 McConnell was invited by Yamaha to compete in the British Superstock Cup, after a third-place finish in the Australian Superstock Championship despite missing the last 3 rounds.In 2005 he competed in the Virgin Mobile Cup, winning the title and subsequently progressed to the full Virgin Mobile Superbike team. McConnell also won the Australian Young Sports Personality of the Year.===British Superbikes/Supersport===In 2006 McConnell rode at Virgin mobile Yamaha alongside Tommy Hill and Kieran Clarke. He had a decent season winning the rookie of the year award. In 2007 he moved down a class to the British Supersport Championship.In 2008 he moved back to the British Superbike Championship with MSS Discovery Kawasaki, finishing 12th overall in the championship with 91 points. In 2009 he moved once again back to the British Supersport Championship, on the MAP Raceways Yamaha.
Career statistics ===British Superbike Championship=======Races by year==== Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Ref R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2006 Yamaha BHI17 BHIRet DON14 DON THR12 THRRet OUL18 OULRet MONC MONC MALRet MAL12 SNE9 SNERet KNO18 KNO15 OUL9 OULRet CRORet CRORet CADRet CAD10 SILRet SIL13 BHGP12 BHGP7 17th 47 2008 Kawasaki BHGPC BHGPC THR14 THR10 OULRet OUL10 BHGP8 BHGP9 DONRet DONRet SNE11 SNE11 MAL6 MAL16 OUL8 OUL10 KNORet KNO9 CAD12 CAD24 CRO17 CRORet SIL10 SIL9 BHI12 BHIRet 12th 91 ===British Supersport Championship=======Races by year==== Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref  Yamaha BHI 1 OUL10 DON3 THR1 SNERet KNO4 MAL4 BHGP2 CAD1 CRO2 SIL3 OUL19 '''2nd''' '''137'''  BHI'''3''' THR'''4''' OUL'''Ret''' CAD'''''1''''' MAL'''1''' KNO12 SNE8 BHGP8 CADRet CRORet SIL11 OUL4 5th 115 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3  Triumph BRH13 BRH15 OUL9 OUL5 CRO4 ''CRO3'' '''THR1''' THR5 KNO9 KNO13 SNE5 SNE13 '''OUL'''1 OULC BRH5 BRHDNS CAD3 CAD3 DON7 DON5 SIL6 SIL6 BRH3 BRH7 BRH7 '''3rd''' '''253'''  Triumph BHI9 BHI3 THRRet THR1 OUL5 OUL7 SNE5 SNE2 KNO4 KNO1 OUL1 OUL2 BHGPRet BHGP3 CAD1 CAD4 DON2 DON4 ASS12 ASS10 SIL4 SIL10 BHGP1 BHGP1  '''3rd''' '''340''' '''Notes:''':1.– Race was abandoned after second restart, half points awarded.===Supersport World Championship=======Races by year==== Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2008 Kawasaki QAT AUS SPA NED ITA GER SMR CZE GBRRet EUR ITA FRA POR NC 0 2010 Yamaha AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR13 GER ITA FRA 31st 3 2012 Triumph AUS ITA NED ITA EUR9 SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA 31st 7  Triumph AUS SPA NED ITA GBR19 POR ITA RUS GBR22 GER TUR FRA SPA NC 0 2014 Triumph AUSRet SPA NED ITA GBR MAL SMR POR SPA FRA QAT NC 0
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