Jason O'Halloran claimed victory to secure his position in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown following a sensational final lap of race two, out dragging Tarran Mackenzie and Bradley Ray to the line with just 0.165s covering the top three.
The final lap started with Ray heading the trio across the line, but O’Halloran went for a decisive move at Church, diving down the inside of the Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha.
Ray cut back though and was edging ahead on the high-speed run to the Club Chicane for the last time, but Mackenzie was also in the mix and the trio were side-by-side, but the defending champion was the hardest on the brakes.
Mackenzie was leading O’Halloran and Ray into Club but as the trio exited on the drag to the chequered flag, the Australian got the best drive and he was able to beat his McAMS Yamaha teammate to the line by just 0.079s with Ray in third. There was just 0.165s covering the top three at the finish, with O’Halloran’s victory his second of the weekend.
Peter Hickman equalled his best result of the season with a fourth place finish for the FHO Racing BMW team; he had been in the leading group in the early stages of the race but was able to hold enough of a margin over the chasing pair of Lee Jackson and Glenn Irwin.
Rory Skinner was seventh on the second of the Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki with Danny Buchan moving into eighth in the closing stages ahead of Leon Haslam and Tommy Bridewell who completed the top ten.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Thruxton, Race 2 result:
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha)
- Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) +0.079s
- Bradley Ray (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.165s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) +7.181s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki) +11.410s
- Glenn Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +11.970s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki) +12.286s
- Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW) +13.872s
- Leon Haslam (VisionTrack Kawasaki) +15.081s
- Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +15.390s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 315 - SHOWDOWN CONFIRMED
- Bradley Ray (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) 287
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki) 208
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki) 192
- Glenn Irwin (Honda Racing UK) 179
- Kyle Ryde (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) 173
- Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 149
- Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) 145
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