Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)
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McConnell racing at Brands Hatch in the National Superstock Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | C&L Fairburn Properties /Look Forward Racing Honda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy McConnell (born 24 December 1986) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He competes in the 2025 British Superbike Championship for Look Forward Racing. He also competed for OMG Racing team in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship riding their BMW S1000RR, completing the team with Superbike riders Luke Mossey and Héctor Barberá. McConnell missed races at the start of the 2019 season due to illness.
He won the 2014 British Supersport Champion aboard a Triumph Daytona 675 for Smiths Racing before stepping up with the Smiths Racing team to the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. During 2017 he rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, but was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races. His place was taken for the last three races of the season in October at the Brands Hatch round by Kyle Ryde, who had parted company with his Pucetti Kawasaki Racing team in World Supersport due to poor performances.