Career
In 2004 McConnell was invited by Yamaha to compete in the British Superstock Cup, after a third-place finish in the Australian Superstock Championship despite missing the last 3 rounds. In 2005 he competed in the Virgin Mobile Cup, winning the title and subsequently progressed to the full Virgin Mobile Superbike team British Superbikes/Supersport
In 2006 McConnell rode at Virgin mobile Yamaha alongside Tommy Hill and Kieran Clarke.
He had a decent season winning the rookie of the year award.
In 2007 he moved down a class to the British Supersport Championship. In 2008 he moved back to the British Superbike Championship with Master in Social Service Discovery Kawasaki, finishing 12th overall in the championship with 91 points.
In 2009 he moved once again back to the British Supersport Championship, on the Map Raceways Yamaha.
