Brogan poles in Superstock again

Brogan takes title if he wins and Kirkham comes third tomorrow!

In the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 qualifying session Steve Brogan took yet another pole on his 2008 CBR1000RR Fireblade. He hopes to convert that into his seventh win of the year tomorrow in the class.

Meanwhile, in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship, Brogie took his HM Plant CBR600RR to a second-row start with sixth position in a hard-fought session. Tomorrow's races will feature a three-bike instead of a four-bike row on the grid.

Steve Brogan - Honda (UK) Racing

British Supersport - HM Plant Honda CBR600RR

6th position - 1m 31.091s

British Superstock - Honda (UK) Racing CBR1000RR Fireblade

1st position - 1m 31.293s

"I'm very happy with how things have gone today. I'm glad to get pole in Superstock and I dipped under the lap record in qualifying, which is pleasing. I want conditions to be good for the fans mainly, but for me I think I can win wet or dry. In Supersport it was tougher to get that lap-time but it's also pretty close and I was only six-tenths off pole. I wanted to be on the front two rows for Supersport and in sixth with just three bikes per row, I just made it. Now it's a case of getting a good start, see where we end up after a couple of laps and then make a plan for the end of the race."

Havier Beltran - HM Plant Honda team manager

"It's been a good day all-round with the whole team very positive for tomorrow. After the poor weather this morning it was good weather for the afternoon sessions. With Brogie he's on pole for Superstock and we know it's been a two-way battle all season between him and Jon Kirkham, but if Steve wins and Jon comes third, Steve's won the championship which would be brilliant at our home circuit. He's also worked hard on his Supersport set-up and is nicely on the second row. In Superbikes we had no glitches in the 'Roll for Pole'. With the final top ten out on track alone it's effectively like a clear track so the riders quite enjoyed it. It's a shame Cal didn't get pole as he was looking likely to for a while, but things are still very positive all round for tomorrow's races in all classes."