High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 British Superbike season is the 22nd British Superbike Championship season. It began at Brands Hatch on 13 April, before finishing at Oulton Park on 11 October, after 26 races held in England and Scotland. None of the top four from the 2008 championship return as Shane Byrne, Leon Haslam and Tom Sykes have moved into the Superbike World Championship, and Cal Crutchlow into the Supersport World Championship.