Bradley Ray carried his winning momentum into the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Snetterton; taking victory as behind the battle for second went all the way to the chequered flag.
Ray lead into Riches for the first time, as Kyle Ryde went for a move down the inside into Wilson for the first time but the defending champion had to scrub off speed and ran wide, to rejoin behind his Yamaha rival.
Ray was able to maintain his impressive pace to take the second victory of the weekend, but behind the battle for second was intensifying. Rory Skinner on the Cheshire Mouldings Ducati was pushing to make amends after his retirement from yesterday’s race and was holding second with a small advantage, but Ryde and Tommy Bridewell were closing rapidly.
Ryde and Bridewell had reignited their rivalry and were trading positions, with the OMG Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha rider leading the Honda Racing UK contender as they then reeled in Skinner ahead of them.
At the trio crossed the line to start the penultimate lap they were inseparable and Skinner ran slightly wide at Wilson, which gave Ryde the opportunity he needed to move ahead. The Cheshire Mouldings Ducati rider fought straight back though a corner later at Palmer to regain the position.
Ray would win the race, but the fight for second went down to the wire as Ryde went for a move on Skinner at Murrays and then it was the drag to the finish line. Skinner was narrowly able to regain the place on the exit of the corner to take second, but behind Bridewell beat Ryde to third by just 0.008s.
Leon Haslam meanwhile had taken fifth place on the final lap for the Moto Rapido Ducati Racing team, holding off Christian Iddon on the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki and Josh Brookes on the DAO Racing Honda.
Charlie Nesbitt held eighth in the pack for MasterMac Honda ahead of Max Cook on the second of the AJN Steelstock Kawasakis, with Storm Stacey taking the final place in the top ten.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Race 2 result:
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha)
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) +3.789s
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +4.078s
- Kyle Ryde (OMG Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +4.086s
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) +12.088s
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +12.335s
- Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +12.496s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +12.593s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +12.909s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) +16.988s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) 122
- Kyle Ryde (OMG Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) 94
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) 88
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 74
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) 63
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 61
- Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) 60
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 48
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) 45
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) 37
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