Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)

Billy McConnell
Billy McConnell
Nationality	Australian
Born	24 December 1986 (age 37)
Current team	RICH Energy OMG Racing
Bike number	3

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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] 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,^[5] 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.^[6]

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
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts	Ref
2006	Yamaha	BHI 17	BHI Ret	DON 14	DON	THR 12	THR Ret	OUL 18	OUL Ret	MON C	MON C	MAL Ret	MAL 12	SNE 9	SNE Ret	KNO 18	KNO 15	OUL 9	OUL Ret	CRO Ret	CRO Ret	CAD Ret	CAD 10	SIL Ret	SIL 13	BHGP 12	BHGP 7	17th	47
2008	Kawasaki	BHGP C	BHGP C	THR 14	THR 10	OUL Ret	OUL 10	BHGP 8	BHGP 9	DON Ret	DON Ret	SNE 11	SNE 11	MAL 6	MAL 16	OUL 8	OUL 10	KNO Ret	KNO 9	CAD 12	CAD 24	CRO 17	CRO Ret	SIL 10	SIL 9	BHI 12	BHI Ret	12th	91	^[7]

British Supersport Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts	Ref
2009	Yamaha	BHI 1	OUL 10	DON 3	THR 1	SNE Ret	KNO 4	MAL 4	BHGP 2	CAD 1	CRO 2	SIL 3	OUL 19	2nd	137	^[8]
2010	Yamaha	BHI 3	THR 4	OUL Ret	CAD 1	MAL 1	KNO 12	SNE 8	BHGP 8	CAD Ret	CRO Ret	SIL 11	OUL 4	5th	115	^[9]

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts	Ref
2011	Triumph	BRH 13	BRH 15	OUL 9	OUL 5	CRO 4	CRO 3	THR 1	THR 5	KNO 9	KNO 13	SNE 5	SNE 13	OUL 1	OUL C	BRH 5	BRH DNS	CAD 3	CAD 3	DON 7	DON 5	SIL 6	SIL 6	BRH 3	BRH 7	BRH 7	3rd	253	^[10]
2012	Triumph	BHI 9	BHI 3¹	THR Ret	THR 1	OUL 5	OUL 7	SNE 5	SNE 2	KNO 4	KNO 1	OUL 1	OUL 2	BHGP Ret	BHGP 3	CAD 1	CAD 4	DON 2	DON 4	ASS 12	ASS 10	SIL 4	SIL 10	BHGP 1	BHGP 1		3rd	340	^[11]

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	GBR Ret	EUR	ITA	FRA	POR	NC	0
2010	Yamaha	AUS	POR	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA	USA	SMR	CZE	GBR 13	GER	ITA	FRA	31st	3
2012	Triumph	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA	EUR 9	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	RUS	GER	POR	FRA	31st	7
2013	Triumph	AUS	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR 19	POR	ITA	RUS	GBR 22	GER	TUR	FRA	SPA	NC	0
2014	Triumph	AUS Ret	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR	MAL	SMR	POR	SPA	FRA	QAT			NC	0

References

^ Donington BSB: McConnell ruled out of Superstock action Bike Sport News, 23 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ Kyle Ryde to make BSB debut with FS3 Kawasaki Motorcycle News, 12 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
^ Partnership between Kyle Ryde and the Puccetti Racing Team ends Kawasaki Europe, 6 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
^ "Rookie McConnell Just Misses Out At Brands". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^ "MSS Discovery Kawasaki – Ready For 2008 with Easton & McConnell!". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^ British Supersport: Billy McConnell signs for Raceways Yamaha - | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN
^ round-12-brandshatch-race Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] Donington BSB: McConnell ruled out of Superstock action Bike Sport News, 23 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[2] Kyle Ryde to make BSB debut with FS3 Kawasaki Motorcycle News, 12 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017

[3] Partnership between Kyle Ryde and the Puccetti Racing Team ends Kawasaki Europe, 6 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017

[4] "Rookie McConnell Just Misses Out At Brands". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2009.

[5] "MSS Discovery Kawasaki – Ready For 2008 with Easton & McConnell!". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2009.

[6] British Supersport: Billy McConnell signs for Raceways Yamaha - | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN

[7] round-12-brandshatch-race Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[11] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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