Host-it.co.uk Racing’s Josh Day claimed his third back-to-back Ducati TriOptions Cup title in style on Sunday with a double win at Oulton Park.

After winning both races at the Cheshire track, Day secured the Championship having won 10 of the season’s 14 races so far.

“It’s a bit of a weight off the shoulders,” Day said on Sunday afternoon. “And it’s nice to win the championship with a win, because the last couple of years to win I’ve had to ride a bit defensive at the end of the year. But we had a different attitude this weekend.

“In the race I knew I wanted to get away and be in the ‘40s, and I did to be fair. But it’s weird, you can see the shadows that someone was there and I thought I don’t need to be caught up in a Shouey-Walker battle! So I pulled over out the first chicane and let Shouey past but I didn’t know it was just Shouey and we had quite a bit of a gap behind us, three-seconds. I followed him and I could see he really wanted to win, he was riding really hard and leaving darkies everywhere, it was mint to watch, he really wanted it.

“I thought I’d wait until the last couple of laps and then make a move because I wanted to win the title with a win, and I looked at the pit board and saw four laps to go and I thought that’s three quarters distance, I better get in front now. He made a mistake out onto the back straight, so I passed him and got straight back into the ’40.7 and crossed the line. I was quarter of a second up so it was going to be a mid 40 again, I gapped him a couple of tenths, not a lot, and then the red flag came out so it was a good job I did it. But well done Shouey because he’s been riding awesome this weekend.

“Once again, massive thank you to all my team, my brother, my dad, the missus, the littlun, and friends that come, they all give up so much time for it,” he continued. "Andrew is not here this weekend, the main man at Host-it, without him I wouldn’t be here.

“Three years ago I had nothing, we’ve now won three of these championships back to back. Hopefully that won’t get beaten for a while and we can go to Brands with another mindset of trying to win a couple more races and go all out, we’ve got nothing to lose now!”

Day led for the entire opening race on Saturday to add to his win tally in dominant fashion but behind him the battle was on for the remaining podium positions with Chris Walker (4T2 Racing) and David Shoubridge (Rich Energy Ducati) once again entertaining race fans with more close racing.

Shoubridge got the better of Walker once a third of the race had been run, only for Craig Neve (CN Racing) to then pile on the pressure for the final podium spot, with the riders swapping positions in the final laps.

Walker went on to win the battle for third behind Shoubridge, with Neve finishing just 0.353s behind in fourth. Dragon Racing’s David Jones crossed the line in fifth, with Freeman Harris Solicitors Ducati rider Carl Stevens completing the top six finishers.

Come Sunday, Day lined up on pole and although Shoubridge led the pack into Old Hall it wasn’t long before the title leader was back out in front. The duo soon pulled a gap and were already two-seconds clear of Walker, Neve and Jones by lap three.

Having allowed Shoubridge past to lead with their gap at the front extending further, Day retook the lead on lap seven but the race ended prematurely after Jacque Foley (JF76 Racing) crashed out, bringing out the red flag. Day took his third consecutive race win, and with it his third consecutive Ducati Cup championship with the Host-it.co.uk Racing Team.

Shoubridge crossed the line just 0.355s later for second, with Neve claiming the final podium position ahead of Walker and Jones who finished their races in fourth and fifth respectively.

Walker remains second in the championship, while Shoubridge is fourth and fired up for more battles and that elusive race win at Brands Hatch. Sadly the weekend ended in disaster for Elliot Pinson (CymCirrus Motorsport) after he suffered a broken right radius when he crashed out on Friday currently leaving him unable to defend his third-place championship position.