Kyle Ryde claimed the victory in an incident-packed second ZYN British Superbike Championship race at Oulton Park as he snatched the lead on the penultimate lap from Bradley Ray with Scott Redding completing the podium.
At the start of the race, Ray launched into the lead for McAMS Yamaha ahead of Redding, Ryan Vickers and Storm Stacey with Ryde holding eighth place on the opening lap.
There were some early crashes in the race from Graeme Irwin and Dan Brooks at Shell on lap three, but meanwhile Ryde was working his way through the pack. By lap four, the reigning champion was up to fourth after passing Max Cook at Hislops.
Ray and Redding were heading the pack and setting an impressive pace, with Vickers holding third but Josh Brookes crashed at Druids on lap seven, and with gravel on track, the BMW Safety Car was deployed.
The pack lined up ready for the restart with Ray leading Redding, Ryde, Vickers and Cook, and when the race continued, Ryde instantly attacked to dive down the inside of Redding on the inside into Old Hall.
Ryde then had Ray in his sights and he made a move at Island on the penultimate lap, the McAMS Yamaha rider tried to fight back but his title rival had the edge and was able to hold him off to the chequered flag. Redding was frustrated with third, but made a return to the podium, as he was able to break Vickers and Cook.
Joe Talbot had another strong rookie performance in sixth place on the second of the AJN Steelstock bimotas, ahead of Jason O'Halloran and Stacey with Glenn Irwin and Christian Iddon completing the top ten.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Race 2 result:
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing)
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +0.436s
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) +1.132s
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +3.665s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +3.857s
- Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +4.127s
- Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing UK) +4.873s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) +4.875s
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +4.995s
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) +5.798s
ZYN British Superbike Championship standings:
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 286
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 258
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) 201
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) 179
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) 162
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) 137
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) 127
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) 106
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 102
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) 91
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