Kyle Ryde claimed his fourth win in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship after a determined performance in the second race of the weekend to launch himself to within four points of Tommy Bridewell who moved to the top of the standings with a strong second place.
Jason O'Halloran had initially taken the lead from the Omologato Pole Position ahead of Ryde, Ryan Vickers and Glenn Irwin.
The lead group became a train of five riders as Bridewell worked his way through the order after his start from ninth on the grid and Christian Iddon was also in contention.
O’Halloran was piling the pressure on Ryde for the lead, but after attempting a move at the Hairpin, the McAMS Yamaha rider went wide and then as the pack crossed the line to start lap 23, Irwin passed both of his Yamaha rivals to move into the lead.
Irwin was then leading the pack from Ryde, O’Halloran, Bridewell, Vickers and Iddon. However, it was a disaster for the BeerMonster Ducati rider when he crashed out of the lead at the Hairpin with three laps to go.
Ryde was then the race leader with Bridewell promoted to second after he had carved his way up the order with O’Halloran in third and that was how the podium lined up at the chequered flag.
Vickers missed out on the podium in fourth place with Iddon equalling his best result of the season in fifth place.
Lee Jackson was sixth as he held off Storm Stacey, who celebrated his best finish of the season so far ahead of Tom Neave, Josh Brookes and Leon Haslam.
Several riders crashed out of the race including Danny Kent, Charlie Nesbitt, Josh Owens and Liam Delves.
Bridewell now leads the championship standings by four points from Ryde with Irwin dropping to third ahead of Brookes and Haslam.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, Race 2 result:
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha)
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.903s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.171s
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +2.148s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +5.188s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +10.926s
- Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +12.603s
- Tom Neave (Honda Racing UK) +13.807s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +15.170s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +15.458s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 147
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 143
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 134
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 128
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 126
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 98
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 86
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 71
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 71
- Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) 58
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