It was clear that a win was possible for Glenn Irwin after he topped the ജtest at Oulton Park right before the Bank Holiday race weekend got underway and the Ducati rider delivered with victory in the opening race, which he contro🌃lled from the front.

It was a spec💦ial moment for the team, now run by the late Paul Bird’s children; Jordan and Frank; as it marks their first success since taking over at Hagar PBM.

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Irwin thought his start played a big part in his success, and he got a strong launch from second on the grid, then wasted no time in getting ahead of the then leaders, t𝓰he Yamaha duo of Kyle Ryde and Ryan Vickers:

“I got quite a good launch off the line, as did Kyle from pole a🦩nd Ryan - I know Ryan had looked like he had a really good pace from the free practice runs and stuff so I was quite eager to get a look at him and managed to get Kyle - um, quite easily to be fair!”.

Despite looking to be having grip issues in the closing moments - the #2 savജed an almost crash on the last lap at Druids - Irwin was happy with the grip levels his Ducati has with the track, which ha🅰s had several areas of new surface laid:

“The new tarmac is helping the Ducati in it’s weaknesses❀ of edge grip because it’s so grippy around Cascades, so we can now maximise in that ⛄corner and use our speed”.

It wasn’t just🎀 Ryde that Irwin thought he passed with 🌊ease, though he admitted he found the second Yamaha of Vickers more of a challenge:

“Ryan was more difficult to pass, I think th🐻ey are clearly running two different set ups, in part because hiꦜs bike was really fast, to be triply honest - kind of surprising!”

“I had a little look obvi✨ously, past Knickerbrook, which is where you wouldn’t paജss, usually in there and that was more for a bit of fun!”

Irwin go💦t to the front and remained unchallenged for the rest of the race, managing his tyres - leading to his and PBM’s first win of the 2024 season:

“ I got to the front and tried to conserve energy, not just tyre - it’s a funny old track, it’s very physical - it’s not🦹 just managing the tyre it is managing yourself”.

Irwin had two more chances of suc🅷cess on the final day of the meet, with the sprint race first on the timeജtable followed by another full 18 laps of Oulton Park.