Dungannon’s Adam Brown is planning a return to the British Supersport Championship in 2026 after withdrawing from the series in June this year due to “financial issues”.

Brown made his debut in the Supersport class with Josh Davies Motorsport in 2025 but was forced to pull out after only two rounds this year.

He kept busy by competing in selected rounds of the Ulster Superbike Championship in the Supersport races and won the David Wood Trophy at Bishopscourt earlier this month after sealing a hat-trick in his first outing on a Yamaha R9 for the Parker Transport Racing team.

The Co Tyrone man doesn’t plan to compete at the Sunflower Trophy meeting at Bishopscourt in Co Down in October but says he has a “ride in place” for 2027 in the British Supersport Championship.

placeholder image — Adam Brown won the David Wood Trophy at Bishopscourt in Co Down after a Supersport hat-trick. (Photo by Rod Neill/Pacemaker Press)

“The pipeline next year is to go back to the British championship,” Brown said. “The ride is there, it’s just getting the budget together is the main thing.

“It’s not cheap and it’s not easy, but I think I’ve showed me class and my ability now and hopefully whenever we go back we’ll take another massive step forward, as everyone does each season.

“Once we get the budget together we’ve seven months to figure it out, so it’ll not be long until the contract is signed and delivered and hopefully that will be the next top objective.”

Looking back over the challenges he faced in 2026, the 21-year-old added: “I had to take a step back this year because of a few financial issues and stuff but I came back here and I’ve enjoyed my racing again.

“I had a few opportunities with my previous team who gave me a bike to race here. I showed what I could do, won a lot of races, and then Gerry [Parker] asked me to ride the R9 for the David Wood and what a blast we’ve had.

“I think I might end my season now because the Sunflower’s too cold for me and I might head to Tenerife before the end of the year.”

Brown won the first David Wood Trophy race by 0.347s from Ulster Supersport champion Christian Elkin (Bell Bikesport/B&W Racing Ducati).

He claimed a double by 16.5s from Yorkshireman Joey Thompson (TH Racing Honda) at the event and wrapped up his hat-trick by six tenths of a second over Elkin, who crashed out of the second race.

Prior to the David Wood races, Brown seized the opportunity to make his MotoAmerica debut in the Supersport class with Altus Motorsports at the penultimate round of the championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

After qualifying in 20th position on the Yamaha R9, the Ulster rider unfortunately failed to register a finish after several crashes across the weekend thwarted his hopes.