Official Launch Night of Triumph Essendon!
Fri 10 Oct | 6–8pm | 71F Matthews Avenue, Airport West VIC
20% off merch • Lucky door prizes • Giveaways • Charity auction • Food & drinks
Special guest: Cameron Donald – 2x Isle of Man TT winner
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Flowerdale Combined Run
Sunday 26th October 2025
Triumph’s modern racing story begins with the company’s rebirth under John Bloor at Hinckley. Through the 2000s the factory rebuilt quietly; then the Daytona 675 (2006) gave Triumph a world-class middleweight to race.
What followed: British and international titles, TT wins, Daytona 200 glory, and—most significantly—supplying engines to the entire Moto2™ grid.
Triumph’s early Hinckley years focused on product, not podiums. The step-change was the Daytona 675 triple (2006), which matured into a true race winner and the backbone of Triumph’s return to middleweight competition. (See the British Supersport results below.)
• 2008 – Glen Richards (Adelaide) delivers Triumph its first British Supersport Championship title on the Daytona 675—also the first Australian to win the class.
• 2012 – Glen Richards wins the title again for Smiths Racing Triumph; teammate Billy McConnell (Adelaide) takes double race wins at the finale and third in the series.
• 2014 – Billy McConnell captures the British Supersport Championship on a Triumph Daytona 675 with Smiths Racing, then steps up to BSB.
Why it matters for Australia: two South Australian riders (Richards and McConnell) put Hinckley-era Triumphs on the top step in the UK’s premier middleweight class—headline achievements for Aussies on Triumphs
ASBK (Australian Superbike Championship) – Supersport
• 2010 – Christian Casella (AARK Racing / Peter Stevens) takes Triumph’s first Australian Supersport race win of the season at Phillip Island—widely noted as the first time a non-Japanese brand won the opening ASBK Supersport race. He added another Phillip Island victory later that year.
• The same campaign saw the Daytona 675 consistently competitive in ASBK Supersport timing and practice sheets.
• Triumph Australia and partners formally backed the AARK program for 2010, underlining factory interest in local racing.
BEARS & club racing (national)
Australia’s BEARS (British, European & American Racing) club has long been a home for Triumphs, with Hinckley Bonnevilles and Triples winning classes and club titles. Notable examples include Peter Revell (Triumph Bonneville) taking Formula 4 Heritage titles (2011 & 2015), and multiple recent podium finishers on Triumph 675R machinery in 2023.
• BEARS is the dedicated national series for non-Japanese machinery, making it a natural showcase for Triumph racers in Australia.
• The International Island Classic at Phillip Island is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest historic road race meeting, with strong Triumph participation across eras
Sadly this series is no longer running.
• Isle of Man TT (2014): Gary Johnson wins Supersport Race 1 for Smiths Triumph—Triumph’s first TT victory since 2003.
• Daytona 200 (2014): Danny Eslick wins on a Triumph Daytona 675R, Triumph’s first 200-mile victory since 1967.
Since 2019, Triumph has been the exclusive engine supplier to Moto2™, with a race-tuned 765 cc triple derived from the Street/Street Triple RS platform.
The partnership has delivered new lap records at dozens of events and the first 300+ km/h top speeds in Moto2™—including at Phillip Island. The supply deal has been extended through 2029, with an upgraded race gearbox introduced for 2025.
• Australian angle #1 – Phillip Island: Triumph-powered Moto2™ has raced annually at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix since 2019; the first 300+ km/h top speed for Moto2™ was recorded at Phillip Island in 2019.
• Australian angle #2 – Remy Gardner: The 2021 Moto2™ World Champion is Australian—Remy Gardner—and he won the title aboard a Triumph-powered Moto2 machine.
Triumph helped shape the “Next Generation” Supersport rules that welcomed varied engine formats back into top-level middleweight racing.
The factory returned to WorldSSP with PTR/Dynavolt Triumph running a 765-based racer and has continued in British Supersport with partner teams, keeping the platform visible and competitive. (Paddock GP)
• British Supersport titles: 2008 (Richards/Triumph 675), 2012 (Richards/Smiths Triumph 675), 2014
• Daytona 200: Triumph wins in 2014 (Eslick, Daytona 675R) and again in 2022
• Isle of Man TT: 2014 Supersport Race 1 victory
• Moto2™: Exclusive engine supply from 2019–2029; first 300+ km/h speeds in class history (incl. Phillip Island).
• Australia, ASBK: Christian Casella race wins on Daytona 675 in 2010; factory-supported AARK program.
• Australia, BEARS: Multiple class titles and recent podiums on Triumphs (Bonneville & 675R).
Coming in October is the Australian round of the MotoGP at Philip Island 17-19
of October. This year there will be a bagger race as part of the support card.
This is not a Club ride –
Details were discussed in the October General Meeting.
A few members will be attending. Some will be camping.
If everyone is wearing the Club Gear there is a chance you will spot each other.
Monthly Meeting at the Central Hotel, 1 Old Princes Hwy, Beaconsfield.
7pm start, if you want a feed get there earlier.
Most of us get there by 6-00PM ,socialise have a meal.
Park around the back of the Hotel.
Overnight club ride to Forrest in the picturesque Otway Ranges. Via the Sorrento-Queenscliff ferry route.
Meeting Point: BP service station at the corner of Thompson Road and Dandenong-Hastings Road
Meeting Time: 9:30 AM
Departure: 10:00 AM sharp
We’ll head toward the Sorrento ferry, arriving around 11:30 AM. Light refreshments will be available throughout the morning ride.
At 1:00 PM, we’ll enjoy lunch at the Esplanade Hotel in Queenscliff—the same welcoming venue from our previous Forrest trip.
Afternoon refreshments are also planned.
After lunch, we’ll continue to Forrest to meet up with Friz, followed by dinner at the Forrest Brewery/Café around 6:30 PM.
Several accommodation choices are available:
