Glenn Irwin

Glenn Irwin (born 21 March 1990 in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland) is a professional motorcycle road racer. In 2023, he raced for the Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati team in the British Superbike Championship, losing the championship by half-a-point, and in road racing events such as the North West 200 aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 R.

Irwin was confirmed in March 2024 to be continuing with his former team, renamed as PBM Racing following the death of Paul Bird, as a single-rider entry in British Superbikes.

Following disagreement with PBM over his return from injury and their recruitment of Scott Reading while Irwin was out of action, Irwin moved to Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing mid-season in 2025 as team mate to reigning champion Kyle Ryde.

Irwin has experienced success on both short circuits and the roads, with runner-up spots in the 2022 British Superbike Championship Irwin also holds the lap record for the fastest newcomer at the Isle of Man TT, set in 2022 with a speed of 129.85 mph.

Irwin is the brother of racer Andrew Irwin.

Career Irwin secured his first title in 2008 by taking the Irish Clubman 125 championship, which was backed up the following year by victory in the Ulster Supersport Championship and Supersport Cup. The following year, he made his debut in the British Championships, with a runners up spot in the 2011 National Superstock 600 Championship to fellow Northern Irishman Keith Farmer seeing him secure his status as top rookie in the championship that year.

2012 saw Irwin compete in the 2012 British Supersport Championship where he finished the season in ninth place, winning the privateer's championship over Luke Jones. He would return the following year in the Supersport Championship for the Mar-Train Yamaha Team alongside Stuart Easton, where he would again finish the season in ninth place. For 2014, Irwin would return in the Supersport Championship but for a different team and manufacturer, as the off-season had seen him switch to the Gearlink Kawasaki team alongside Ben Wilson. His season got off to the best possible start by taking his maiden victory in British Supersport at the opening round on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. This would be added to with four further victories across the remainder of the season, seeing him end the season in fourth place. where he would score another fourth-place finish, taking three victories and ten podiums on his way.

2016 would see Irwin step up to the British Superbike Championship with PBM Ducati, where he would race alongside Shane Byrne. He would finish the season in 12th place, picking up a podium apiece at Thruxton and Brands Hatch as teammate Byrne won the title. The 2016 season would also see him make his debut at the Macau Grand Prix, where a technical problem cost him a potential podium finish. Irwin returned with PBM in 2017 after signing a new two-year deal with the Cumbrian team, where he would take his maiden win in British Superbike with victory in the first race of the Silverstone round, ending the season in 12th place once more. He made his debut appearance at the North West 200 that year, where he would take a debut win in the superbike class ahead of Alastair Seeley by just 0.172 seconds. He was also victorious at the Macau Grand Prix, taking victory over Peter Hickman. 2018 would see a sharp upturn in form for Irwin in British Superbikes, as top-ten finishes in all but four of the races that year - including a win at the Brands Hatch finale - saw him make the showdown for the first time and ultimately take third place in the standings behind Jake Dixon and champion Leon Haslam. He would also experience success at that year's North West 200, taking a double victory in the superbike class. Irwin departed the PBM team upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2018 season.

Irwin made the switch to Kawasaki machinery ahead of the 2019 season, where he would line up for the JG Speedfit Kawasaki team. The switch failed to repeat the previous year's successes, with Irwin and JG Speedfit Kawasaki splitting by mutual consent in the aftermath of the Snetterton round, which he had missed with a virus. It was subsequently announced that Irwin had signed a deal to race with the Tyco BMW outfit alongside Christian Iddon to replaced the injured Farmer. However, he would fail to see out the year with the team, as it was announced after the Assen round that Tyco BMW had parted company with Irwin. The year did bring some success, as he took another win at the North West 200 with a final lap overtake on Quattro Plant Wicked Coatings Kawasaki teammate James Hillier.

For 2020, Irwin would line up alongside brother Andrew Irwin for the Honda Racing Team, where he was scheduled to compete in his first Isle of Man TT, which was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He enjoyed a much better season than the previous, with a number of top-five finishes seeing him collect fourth place in the standings as well as a third win in British Superbikes at Snetterton. Irwin would make the showdown once again in 2021, taking his fourth win in the series in the series at Silverstone on his way to eighth in the standings. Irwin would return in 2022 with Honda where he would enjoy by far his most successful season to date in British Superbikes, taking second place in the standings including an opening weekend hat-trick of victories at Silverstone along with a double at the Brands Hatch finale. 2022 also saw a return to road racing action, as he took another double victory in the superbike class at the North West 200. He also made his long-awaited TT debut, with a best finish of eighth in the Superbike TT. Irwin also clocked the lap record for a newcomer with an average lap speed of 129.85 mph

On 5 August 2025, Irwin parted ways with the Hager PBM Ducati team by mutual consent following a disagreement over his return to racing after an injury sustained at Snetterton in June, and subsequently joined Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing for the remainder of the British Superbike Championship season. The following day, Irwin stated that he had been declared orthopaedically fit and had passed all required medical examinations, adding that he was “a bit hurt” by the team’s decision and felt his loyalty had not been reciprocated.

Career statistics

2010 - NC, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R 2011 - NC, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R

National Superstock 600 Championship Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2011 Kawasaki BRH6 OULRet CRO7 THRRet KNO2 SNE1 OULC BRHRet CADRet DON2 DON1 SIL2 BRH1 2nd 154

European Superstock 600 Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2010 Kawasaki POR VAL ASS MNZ MIS BRN SIL NÜR IMO MAG NC 0 2011 Kawasaki ASS MNZ MIS ARA BRN SIL NÜR IMO MAG POR NC 0

British Supersport Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts 2012 Yamaha BHI5 BHIRet THR12 THR7 OUL10 OUL10 SNE9 SNE6 KNO10 KNO21 OUL6 OUL10 BHGPRet BHGP11 CAD9 CAD9 DON4 DON5 ASS8 ASS6 SIL7 SILRet BRH8 BRHRet 9th 153 2015 Kawasaki DON DON BRH BRH OUL OUL SNE SNE KNO KNO BRH BRH THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL ASS ASS SIL SIL BRH BRH 4th 320

British Superbike Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Ducati SIL14 SIL13 OUL13 OUL7 BHI13 BHIRet KNO11 KNORet SNERet SNE7 THR11 THR3 BHGPRet BHGP4 CAD5 CAD7 OULRet OUL9 OUL11 DON13 DON10 ASS11 ASS12 BHGP3 BHGP7 BHGP17 12th 143 Ducati DON6 DON3 BHI6 BHIRet OUL9 OUL2 KNODNS KNODNS SNE SNE BHGP16 BHGP14 THR20 THR11 CAD11 CAD9 SIL1 SILRet SILRet OUL11 OUL12 ASS14 ASS14 BHGPRet BHGP7 BHGP13 12th 132 Ducati DON6 DON7 BHI7 BHI2 OULRet OUL5 SNE2 SNERet KNO4 KNO4 BHGP2 BHGP2 THR5 THR9 CAD4 CAD5 SIL2 SIL3 SIL4 OUL12 OUL6 ASS5 ASS4 BHGP1 BHGP7 BHGPRet 3rd 588 Kawasaki SILRet SIL11 OULRet OUL22 DON9 DONRet DON14 BRH10 BRH10 KNO10 KNO9 SNE SNE 15th 84 BMW THR11 THRDNS CAD8 CAD6 OUL7 OUL15 OUL5 ASSRet ASS15 DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP Honda DON2 DON2 DON2 SNE4 SNE2 SNE1 SIL4 SIL4 SIL4 OUL5 OULRet OUL6 DONRet DON7 DON2 BRH6 BRH12 BRH11 4th 226 Honda OUL6 OUL9 OUL10 KNO12 KNO11 KNORet BHGP11 BHGP8 BHGP6 THRRet THR3 THR6 DON2 DONRet DON2 CAD4 CAD6 CAD6 SNERet SNE14 SNE11 SIL1 SIL13 SIL9 OUL8 OULRet OUL7 DONRet DON10 DON10 BHGP9 BHGP9 BHGPRet 8th 1055 Honda SIL1 SIL1 SIL1 OUL11 OUL9 OUL7 DON5 DONRet DONRet KNO7 KNO8 KNO6 BRHRet BRH10 BRH3 THR4 THR6 THR4 CAD9 CAD9 CAD8 SNE9 SNE4 SNE4 OUL4 OUL4 OUL2 DON5 DON3 DON3 BRH 1 BRH 3 BRH1 2nd 1171 Ducati SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON KNO KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH BRH 2nd 454.5 Ducati NAV NAV OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON KNO KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH BRH 3rd 382 Ducati OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON SNE SNE SNE KNO KNO KNO BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD DON DON DON ASS ASS ASS OUL OUL OUL BRH BRH BRH 2nd* 74* Season still in progress.