David Allingham wins National Superstock 1000 race at Donington Park as Glenn Irwin sixth in final BSB race of weekend

The race was red-flagged because of rain and restarted over seven laps, with Allingham coming through to take the win by half-a-second from Matt Truelove, while Simon Reid – who missed last season after losing his ride at the eleventh hour – finished on the podium in third.

Eglinton man Allingham also won the opening race at Oulton Park on the SMS/Nicholl Oils BMW to kick-start his title bid with a maximum 50 points haul.

The 31-year-old, who finished as the championship runner-up last year behind Ukraine’s Ilya Mikhalchik, said conditions were “really tricky”.

“It was a really difficult race and trying to decide whether to pull into pit lane on the two warm-up laps was the big decision for me,” said Allingham.

“But I was looking up and thought, ‘it’s going to dry, just keep doing what you’re doing’. I saw Matt (Truelove) pull up and I thought, ‘right you’re going to have to go for it’.

“It was really tricky conditions and I was happy to let the guys go in front for a bit, then I decided it was starting to dry, and it was time to pick it up and go.

“It was a great race, a bit sketchy but we’ll take it.

“I just want to say a big thank you to all my sponsors and my amazing team, and my beautiful fiancée back home, my mum and dad and everybody, thanks so much.”

Allingham leads the championship after two rounds by 12 points from Luke Mossey, who was fifth on the Milenco by Padgett’s Honda.

Banbridge man Reid was back on the Superstock 1000 podium after a difficult year in 2025, bringing the Carl Cox by MLav Racing BMW home for a deserved third place.

“At the start of the race when we came onto the grid, I saw it was declared a wet race,” said Reid.

“I knew a lot of the riders on the first lap were holding their hands up but I knew they were going to go the distance. I tried my best to keep heat in the tyres and it paid off.

“I’m very happy and it’s been a long road to get back here. I’ve probably too many people to thank right in this moment, but thanks to everyone that still believed in me and it’s nice to finally get a podium.”

Glenn Irwin sealed his best result of the weekend in sixth in the final British Superbike race on the Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati.

Irwin finished 12th in Saturday’s race and eighth in the Sprint race.

His team-mate and reigning champion Kyle Ryde celebrated a Sunday double, twice beating Hager PBM Ducati’s Scott Redding, with Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) third in both races on Sunday.

Ryde – who set a new lap record on Sunday – finished third in Saturday’s opening race, which was won by Redding from Cook after the race was stopped at the beginning of the 20th and final lap because of rain.

Andrew Irwin finished 15th in the Sprint race on the MET fonaCAB Racing Ducati had a DNF on Saturday and crashed out of the final race at Melbourne hairpin after an incident with Joe Talbot.

Rhys Irwin put some points on the board for the MasterMac Honda team as the Donegal man took 13th in Race 3.

In the British Supersport race, Luke Stapleford held off Honda Racing’s Jack Kennedy for the win, with Dean Harrison (Honda Racing) earning his first podium in the series in third in the perfect send-off before the Isle of Man TT.

Jack Burrows finished fourth in the second British Moto4 Cup race, while Cameron Dawson was fifth in the second British Sportbike race.

Nikki Coates secured the win in the BMW F900R Cup race.