Wrigley's Airwaves, the title sponsor of the Airwaves Ducati team, have announced that it has signed as an Official Partner of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, which will see them launch the 'Airwaves® Kick Up A Gear™ Award' for the 2008 season.
The 'Airwaves® Kick Up A Gear™ Award' will be presented to the rider who has gained the most places from their qualifying position at each race over the course of the season. Each rider will receive points equal to the number of places gained at the end of each race, the most points accumulated over the 12 rounds will determine the overall 'Airwaves® Kick Up A Gear™ Award' winner who will receive a cheque for £4,000 from Wrigley's Airwaves®.
Keep track of how everyone's doing in the Airwaves Kick Up a Gear Award here.
| Rider - Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Jessopp - Riders Honda | 16 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 81 |
| Simon Andrews - Lloyds British Jentin Yamaha | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 78 |
| James Ellison - Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 74 |
| Aaron Zanotti - Red Viper Honda | 19 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 73 |
| Leon Morris - Trimite Brookspeed | 7 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 70 |
| Michael Howarth - Tena for Men Honda | 15 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 67 |
| Scott Smart - Hawk Racing | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 63 |
| Dean Ellison - Co-ordit Yamaha | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 59 |
| Tristan Palmer - Tena for Men Honda | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| Stuart Easton - MSS- Discovery Kawasaki | 8 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| Chris Burns - STP Superbike | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 46 |
| Tom Tunstall - Hardinge Ice Valley Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 46 |
| Tom Sykes - Rizla Suzuki | 2 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 44 |
| Guy Martin - Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 43 |
| James Buckingham - Quay Honda | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 |
| David Johnson - PR Branson Honda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| Atsushi Watanabe - Rizla Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Michael Laverty - Relentless Suzuki by TAS | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Malcolm Ashley - MAR-ARP Kawasaki | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Billy McConnell - MSS- Discovery Kawasaki | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Leon Camier - Airwaves Ducati | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Steve Mercer - Bob Farnham Tuning | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| Shannon Etheridge - MAR Adept | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| Leon Haslam - HM Plant Honda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| John Laverty - Buildbase NW200 Ducati | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Karl Harris - RM Yamaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Luke Quigley - PDM Racing | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Rutter - North West 200 Ducati | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Gary Mason - Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Dan Stewart - Honda Wilcock Consulting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Steve Plater - AIM Yamaha | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tom Grant - SMT Honda | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Cal Crutchlow - HM Plant Honda | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| James Haydon - Hawk Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Marshall Neill - SMT Honda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Shane Byrne - Airwaves Ducati | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Francis Williamson - Ducati Moto Rapido Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |