2024 British Superbikes: Cadwell Park – Race Results (1) | British Superbikes

After a problem from pole man Jason O’Halloran on the opening lap Kyle Ryde was capable of maintain his lead and keep a spot of a second and a half to take the primary race win of the Financial institution Vacation weekend in spherical eight of the British Superbike championship, at Cadwell Park.

O’Halloran began from pole and was immediately swapping the place with Ryde after he gained the holeshot, with the OMG Grilla bike popping out forward by the tip of the primary lap.

With the injured Australian virtually a certainty to fade, the Yamaha rider was capable of rapidly pull out a spot which stayed round 1.5 seconds till an ease off on the ultimate lap noticed the #77 lead over the road to win by a spot of 0.791s – the primary time Ryde has gained at Cadwell Park.

 

It was the MasterMac bikes that may ultimately full the rostrum, with native rider Lee Jackson passing his teammate Charlie Nesbitt by lap seven, holding on after which pulling away for second, for the groups first rostrum visits of 2024, with Nesbitt third on the second Honda.

Race path was watching the battle for fourth fastidiously. Earlier than they too handed O’Halloran, Glenn Irwin and Tommy Bridewell have been already at conflict once more.

The PBM Ducati rider began greater, from fifth after shifting via Q1, whereas Honda’s Bridewell needed to reduce via from twelfth, gaining a spot from Danny Kent’s pre-race penalty.

Bridewell had discovered a method across the #2, earlier than Irwin got here from method again and deep to push previous Bridewell with a tough transfer , forcing the #1 onto the grass. The slender nature of the observe making passing difficult performed to the Northern Irish rider’s favour, and no motion was taken on the lap 13 transfer.

Because the race got here to an in depth, Bridewell had handed once more, then ran himself onto the grass after going broad, however saved his tyre wobble and held place into the hairpin for the ultimate time for fourth, with Irwin fifth.

O’Halloran was subsequent to see the chequered flag, in a hard-earned sixth via the ache of his injured fingers for Utterly Motorbikes Kawasaki.

Josh Brookes claimed a distant seventh for FHO Racing BMW Motorrad, in an in depth end between the Australian and Leon Haslam, who needed to accept eighth for ROKiT Halsam BMW.

The subsequent duo combating it out on observe have been Billy McConnell and Danny Buchan. The duo had had Storm Stacey forward however handed him and continued to battle for tenth, with latest podium finisher from Thruxton, McConnell, taking the place for native staff C&L Fairburn/Look Ahead Racing, with Buchan finishing the highest ten for DAO Racing.

Stacey dropped to eleventh for LKQ Automobile Components Kawasaki.

Peter Hickman fought into the factors after simply lacking out on shifting out of Q1 on the second FHO Racing bike in twelfth, whereas an already struggling Christian Iddon was thirteenth – choosing up a two second penalty within the race for reducing the chicane, although the Oxford Merchandise rider solely did so to keep away from hitting the again of the rider in entrance.

After receiving a 3 place grid penalty for his half in Andrew Irwin’s earlier fall in FP3, Danny Kent launched from thirteenth and by no means actually bought into the race, dropping as little as seventeenth within the the opening laps earlier than refocusing on the McAMS Yamaha for 14th.

Alternative rider Tom Ward, usually present in Nationwide Superstock Championship motion, additionally picked up locations to assert the ultimate level for Speedy Honda whereas overlaying for Franco Bourne.

Lewis Rollo was one of the best of the Pathway entries on the Aprilia in 18th, one place forward of rival Alex Olsen.

Official British Superbike Cadwell Park Information:

Lap report: Bradley Ray (Yamaha, 2022) 1m 25.858s

Cadwell Park in 2023:

Spherical Eight
Qualifying (superpole): 
1: Ryan Vickers
2: Leon Haslam
3:  Glenn Irwin

Race 1 (Dash):
1:  Glenn Irwin
2: Kyle Ryde
3: Ryan Vickers

Race 2:
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Kyle Ryde
3: Jason O’Halloran

Race 3:
1: Tommy Bridewell
2: Glenn Irwin
3: Leon Haslam

Crashes, Accidents and Replacements

The day resulted in catastrophe for Ryan Vickers who started the second lap with a smoking bike. His issues started earlier than his exhaust bought bent placing his hand up with a problem, however Bradley Perie had nowhere to go behind, filling in on the Stauff Fluid Energy Kawasaki, for Tom Neave.

The injury to Perie’s bike noticed him drop to seventeenth. Vickers later revealed the reason for his sudden cease was the wires burning out and stopping the relay.

The final of the three alternative riders at Cadwell Park, Richard Kerr, again in once more for Rory Skinner at Cheshire Mouldings BMW, retired to the pits, together with Luke Hedger.

Andrew Irwin missed qualifying and was dominated out of race one after his avoiding motion in FP3 to overlook Danny Kent result in a fall.

Fraser Rogers additionally withdrew after starting the Cadwell Park assembly.

Championship Standings

Bridewell nonetheless leads the standings, shifting on to a complete of 260, although the hole to Ryde is reduce, down from 25 factors to 19 after his victory.

Christian Iddon stays third however is now on a distant 216 to Ryde’s 241 forward within the ultimate spherical earlier than the trio of Showdown rounds. Glenn Irwin is 2 factors additional again in fourth general on 212, whereas Vickers failed so as to add to his tally after two stong rounds with a treble at Manufacturers Hatch and a double at Thruxton, his DNF seeing him stay on 198.