Bradley Ray claimed a sensational victory in the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Oulton Park, starting 14th on the grid to pass both Christian Iddon and Leon Haslam on the final lap to return to winning ways for Raceways Yamaha.
The race initially got underway once again in mixed conditions with Josh Brookes hitting the front of the pack from Kyle Ryde, Lee Jackson and Christian Iddon giving chase. The championship leader though hit the front of the pack as Rogers moved into second by the end of the opening lap.
The race was red flagged on lap three when Peter Hickman’s LEW 8TEN Racing BMW Motorrad suffered a technical problem and then there was a subsequent clean-up for track contamination.
On the restart, Iddon hit the front of the pack from Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson, but Ray was on the attack and he was carving his way through the pack. By lap five he was trailing his championship rival, Kyle Ryde and he made a decisive move into third.
Haslam and Iddon had made a break at the front of the pack, but once Ray had moved ahead of his Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha rival, he had the leading pair in his sights, setting a blistering pace to close the gap ahead of the final lap.
Ray first made a move on Iddon for second at Island, before having Haslam in his sights. The Raceways Yamaha rider dived down the inside at Knickerbrook to snatch the lead, holding it to the chequered flag as the top three were separated by just 0.481s.
Ryde held fourth, as his advantage is now 36 points with Storm Stacey back in the top five for Bathams AJN Racing BMW and Tommy Bridewell claimed sixth place for Honda Racing UK.
Charlie Nesbitt held off Josh Brookes and Max Cook for seventh, with Billy McConnell completing the top ten.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Race 2 result:
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha)
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) +0.184s
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.481s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +2.073s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) +3.894s
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +3.996s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +5.048s
- Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +5.451s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +5.534s
- Billy McConnell (C&L Fairburn Properties /Look Forward Racing Honda) +5.918s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) 429
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) 393
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) 324
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) 268
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 264
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) 260
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 217
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Ducati) 212.5
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) 202
- Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) 192