British Superbike title leader Glenn Irwin finishes as runner-up in race two at Snetterton | Andrew Irwin and Ryan Vickers crash out

The Carrick man’s brother and team-mate Andrew was involved in another crash at the Norfolk circuit with RAF Regular and Reserves Kawasaki rider Ryan Vickers.

Irwin started from the rear of the grid after failing to set a lap time in Saturday’s opening race, when he crashed on the first lap. The 25-year-old started from the back of the grid in that race after being penalised for an incident involving Josh Brookes at Donington Park, which also resulted in Irwin being excluded from the results in race three after he had finished in second place.

The former World Supersport rider won the first two races of the season at Donington, but has dropped down the standings to sixth place following two successive DNFs.

Australian Brookes led for most of Sunday’s race on the VisionTrack Ducati after passing pole man Glenn Irwin on lap three.

Irwin - fourth in Saturday's race - attempted a pass on lap 11 at Ago’s but ran wide, allowing Brookes to hit straight back. From there, he never relinquished the lead of the race despite continued pressure from the Honda man, who had to settle for second place by less than half-a-second.

Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Ducati) completed the podium places ahead of Lee Jackson on the Massingberd-Mundy Kawasaki. His team-mate, Danny Buchan, crashed out at Ago’s after touching the rear of Bradley Ray’s BMW. Ray dropped down the field as a result and eventually finished in 10th place.

Saturday’s race winner, Christian Iddon (VisionTrack Ducati) finished fifth with Kyle Ryde rounding out the top 10 on the Buildbase Suzuki.

Jack Kennedy was 13th on the Santander Salt TAG Yamaha while fellow southern Irishman Brian McCormack came home in 21st on the ON-1 Roadhouse Macau BMW.

Ulsterman Irwin now leads the championship by 18 points from Bridewell going into race three on Sunday (16:30 BST). Brookes is third in the standings, a further four points behind.

In the National Superstock 1000 race, David Allingham finished 15th on the InCompetition Aprilia. The race was won by Honda Racing’s Tom Neave, whose team-mate, Davey Todd, was seventh. Fellow Isle of Man TT racer Ian Hutchinson crossed the line in 12th place on the Edwards 1902 BMW while Dean Harrison was 21st on his own Kawasaki.

Rhys Irwin finished on the rostrum in the Superstock 600 race in third place with Simon Reid taking sixth ahead of Adam McLean. Sam Laffins and Eugene McManus were 11th and 12th respectively.

Casey O’Gorman from Portlaoise, who is now based in London, won the second British Talent Cup race in a blanket finish with Eddie O’Shea and Harvey Claridge, with the trio separated by only 0.051s.

Cameron Dawson finished fifth in the first Junior Supersport race on the KMR Kawasaki.

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