Allingham and Swann take Knockhill Superstock wins

Northern Ireland riders Scott Swann and David Allingham both claimed wins at the latest round of the National Superstock 1000cc series at Knockhill at the weekend.

Swann won Saturday’s opening race on his Honda, ahead of Luke Mossey and BMW-mounted Allingham.

Sunday’s race two saw Allingham emerge the victor, with Mossey again runner-up and Swann completing the podium places on that occasion.

After the third round of races, Allingham leads the series standings on 95 points, followed by Mossey on 82 and Swann third with 65.

Meanwhile Glenn Irwin was unable to repeat his podium finish on Saturday in Sunday’s races but he did pick up some further points to add to his season total when he took sixth in the third race of the weekend in Scotland.

Race two saw defending champion Kyle Ryde take victory from Brad Ray and Scott Redding, while PBM Ducati rider Redding took the chequered flag in race three, ahead of Ray and Ryde.

Ryde heads the championship standings on 154 points, followed by Redding on 133. Glenn Irwin sits eighth on 61.

The next round of races will be at Snetterton from 3-5 July.

Meanwhile Michael Sweeney won the Grand Final at the Kells road races in county Meath as part of a hat-trick of victories at the meeting.

Manx rider Marcus Simpson was second in the feature event, with Kevin Keyes third.

Skerries man Sweeney also won the Open race and the Supertwins outing.

Keyes edged out Sweeney in a thrilling finish to the Supersport event.