SHANE Byrne will start the Bank Holiday Monday eighth round of the MCE British Superbike Championship from his fifth pole position of the campaign after shattering the Cadwell Park lap record today.
The Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki rider powered in a remarkable time of one minute and 26.017 seconds, over half a second inside the seven-year-old record of Leon Haslam around the Lincolnshire circuit.
Japanese rider Ryuichi Kiyonari, like Byrne chasing a record fourth title, will start his Buildbase BMW from the front row, 0.9 seconds down, with Tommy Bridewell third fastest on the Milwaukee Yamaha.
Australian Josh Brookes suffered a technical problem to his Milwaukee Yamaha in the third element of qualifying, and by qualifying on the fourth row he was left with an uphill struggle to reduce his 67-point deficit on championship leader Byrne.
