Lisburn’s Jonny Campbell held off Mike Browne to win a wet Open Invitation race on the final day of the GO Classic Bike Festival Ireland on Sunday at Bishopscourt Racing Circuit.
Campbell, third in Saturday’s race, was able to keep Irishman Browne at bay on the final lap to take the win on his Magic Bullet Yamaha R1.
Browne was only 0.450 secs behind after the eight-lap race on his IN Competition Aprilia in the rain.
Saturday’s winner Korie McGreevy was absent as McAdoo Racing Kawasaki team owner Winston McAdoo does not allow his machines to be raced on a Sunday. Ryan Gibson finished a distant third on his BMW.
In the Supersport race, Browne made amends for his narrow defeat against McGreevy on Saturday.
Giacomo Agostini takes part in the parade laps at the GO Classic Bike Festival Ireland at Bishopscourt
The Cork road racer disappeared into the distance on the BPE Russell Racing Yamaha, pulling a large gap over team-mate Marshall Neill to win by 19.928 secs.
Third place went to William Donnelly, who was 17.85 secs further behind.
The festival, organised by former racer Phillip McCallen, was attended by 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini, who took part in the parade laps alongside a host of top names including Jamie Whitham, Adrian Archibald, Ryan Farquhar, Ian Simpson, Michael Rutter, Jon Ekerold and Bruce Anstey.
Farquhar, Ireland’s most successful national road racer, said that the event had been a huge success.
“It’s great to see a good crowd here,” he said.
“People have come to support it and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves.”
Jeremy McWilliams in action during the GO Classic Bike Festival Ireland held at Bishopscourt
Rutter won the Classic Superbike race on Sunday on his Suzuki from McWilliams.
Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s Scott Swann was declared the winner of Sunday’s National Superstock 1000 race at the Silverstone MotoGP round after Josh Brookes was disqualified from the results.
FHO Racing BMW rider Brookes was excluded following a post-race technical inspection, with the brakes on his machine deemed ‘not as homologated’.
The British MotoGP race was won by Ducati’s Enea Bastianini from Championship leader Jorge Martin.