Career
In 1998 he moved to race on pure road circuits where he was sponsored by Alan Gregg of the Schimmell race team In 2000 Britton was taken under the wing of new sponsor PJ O"Kane and was drafted into the O"Kane racing team, after parting ways with Schimmell Racing at the Isle of Manitoba TT. The next two seasons saw him again taking both of the Regal 600 championships. 2002 also saw Britton become the fastest Irishman ever to lap the TT Circuit.
In 2003, Patsy O"Kane withdrew from the sport but allowed Britton to keep the bike that he had campaigned his 2002 season on.
He was also supplied with a Kawasaki ZX-6R by Nick Morgan of Master in Social Service Kawasaki. In 2004 Britton ran a team himself, acquiring sponsorship locally and through friends and family.
Despite a lack of factory support, he still had a successful season, with race wins at a number of national road races. He also rode for British Superbike team Rizla Suzuki in a one-off ride at the North West 200.
Foreign 2005 Britton moved to the DMRR racing team, who had previously supplied him with a Supersport machine for the 2004 season.
Britton died on 18 September 2005 in a freak accident at a new Irish national road race at Ballybunion, Company Kerry, when the engine on his 250 machine seized. Martin Finnegan.
