BRITISH Superbike stars Tommy Bridewell and Victor Cox will rev up Swindon when they visit the town for a special screening of a documentary about the sport.

The racers will be attending the screening of I, Superbiker: Split Second, which charts the trials and tribulations of the 2014 championship.

Tommy, 26, from Etchilhampton, near Devizes, and Victor, 29, from Trowbridge, will be posing for photographs with fans at the showing taking place at the Empire, at Greenbridge Retail Park, at 8pm on Monday, April 13.

The film follows the fierce rivalry between championship contenders Shane Byrne and Ryuichi Kiyonari combing race action and behind the scenes footage. It also features young pretender Tommy, who finished third overall.

Director Mark Sloper, from Steeple Ashton, said: “We are really pleased to be coming to Swindon, especially because of the local interest in the riders, and the release has been doing very well with rave reviews from the national newspapers – I’m incredibly proud.

“This is a very compelling watch as we are tracking the fight between the two title contenders, who both had three championships to their names, and their quest to win the forth. It was also great to see young Tommy’s progression.”

The Wiltshire star represented Yamaha, in 2014, and has since moved to the title favourites, Tyco BWM, for this season.

Mark said: “Tommy is a fantastic, larger than life character, who is really showing how good he is. He’s had to overcome a great tragedy too after the death of his dear brother Ollie who was also a racer.”

Ollie Bridewell died at the age of 21, during a practice at an event, in 2007, at Mallory Park. He and Tommy were teammates at the time. Mark’s latest offering is the fifth instalment in the I, Superbiker series with the documentaries having a similar feel to the Senna film by Asif Kapadia.

That documentary follows the life and death of iconic Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna with the film winning two Baftas.

Mark said: “We actually proceeded Senna and I think we might well have given them the idea. As we like to show the human side of the story and build the narratives.

“I’ve done five of these now and I still love them. It does become a challenge to make them different each season but I’m very proud of what we produce.”

“We are trying to branch out to people who are not just fans of the sport. The films have been very popular in Russia, Japan and Brazil.”

For more information andTo book tickets visit www.empirecinemas.co.uk