Bradley Ray maintained his momentum in the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Oulton Park as the Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha celebrated his second victory in Cheshire.
Ray once again got a lightning start off the line to lead the pack ahead of his teammate Kyle Ryde and the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki pairing of Lee Jackson and Rory Skinner.
Ray continued to try and break the chasing pack, but a crash for Luke Mossey on the eighth lap at Druids meant that the BMW Safety Car was deployed.
The Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha rider held his focus when the race resumed and once again clawed a slight advantage over the field.
The chasing pack were scrapping for second and Ryde was under pressure from Jackson, Skinner and Leon Haslam, who had also joined the battle in the closing stages.
Jackson made his move on Ryde on lap 15 as he dived for the inside line at Knickerbrook and then Haslam was ready to strike.
As Jackson held second, Haslam made a move on Skinner on the penultimate lap and only had Ryde standing between himself and a return to the Bennetts BSB podium. The VisionTrack Kawasaki rider made a big move into Shell for the final time and held third place to the chequered flag.
Ryde was forced to settle for fourth as he bagged some strong points for his championship charge ahead of Skinner.
Jason O'Halloran held off Christian Iddon for sixth place on the lone McAMS Yamaha as Peter Hickman, Glenn Irwin and Josh Brookes completed the top ten ahead of the final race this afternoon.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Race 2 result:
- Bradley Ray (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha)
- Lee Jackson (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.585s
- Leon Haslam (VisionTrack Kawasaki) +3.389s
- Kyle Ryde (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) +3.528s
- Rory Skinner (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +3.830s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +7.651s
- Christian Iddon (Buildbase Suzuki) +7.799s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) +8.252s
- Glenn Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +10.001s
- Josh Brookes (MCE Ducati) +10.908s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship after Oulton Park Race 2:
- Glenn Irwin (Honda Racing UK) 87
- Bradley Ray (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) 86
- Kyle Ryde (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) 75
- Rory Skinner (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) 73
- Lee Jackson (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) 55
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 50
- Andrew Irwin (SYNETIQ BMW) 41
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) 40
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