Quali for the first race of the ‘Showdown’, was Josh Brookes, Vision Track Ducati in pole position. Jason O’Halloran, McAMS Yamaha P2 and Ryan Vickers, RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki, P3.
The Race:
The start of fourteen laps saw Jason O’Halloran shoot away from the line after a seemingly long hold on the lights. Soon though, Josh Brookes was to take the lead with Jason P2 and McAMS Yamaha teammate Tarran Mackenzie, P3. Brookes was on fire and looking like the current champion he is, after a season where things have not been going his way. An early faller was Ryan Vickers, on the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki, down and out, but OK.
By lap 3, O’Halloran took the lead, soon to be taken back by Brookes with Mackenzie hanging on in P3. This was already a feisty race with a five bike group battling at the front. Lap seven, and Christian Iddon, Vision Track Ducati, took P3 away from Tarran Mackenzie. Having held station for some laps, on lap 10, Jason O’Halloran pulled a move on Brookes to take the lead, Christian Iddon P3 and Mackenzie P4. Lap 12 saw Tarran Mackenzie push past Iddon for P3, with O’Halloran in the lead and Brookes very close in P2. Then the shock as Jason went off at Knickerbrook, an own fault crash, and out of the race and the points.
On the final lap, it was Josh Brookes in the lead with Tarran Mackenzie very much looking like he could sniff the points, knowing O’Halloran was now out, but whilst chasing down Brookes, he still had Christian Iddon on his tail. Tarran pulled a great late brake move on Josh just a few corners from the finish line and held it to take the win, sensational; Josh Brookes stayed second and Iddon third. The young guns of Rory Skinner and Storm Stacey had a mid-field battle of their own, with Stacey taking P10 and Skinner P11.
Results: Tarran Mackenzie, McAMS Yamaha P1. Josh Brookes, Vision Track Ducati P2 and Christian Iddon, Vision Track Ducati, P3.
At the start of race one, O’Halloran had a thirty-point lead over Mackenzie, at the end, it was down to five points.
Bennetts BSB Race Two:
Qualification from the fastest laps in race one had Jason O’Halloran P1, Christian Iddon P2 and Peter Hickman P3.
Race Results:
Tommy Bridewell, Oxford Racing Products Ducati P1. Jason O’Halloran, McAMS Yamaha, P2. Tarran Mackenzie, McAMS Yamaha, P3. A brilliant solid ride from Tommy Bridewell on the Ducati, who took Mackenzie and O’Halloran in the last two laps after they held P1 and P2 for most of the race. Standings in the Showdown, O’Halloran with a nine-point lead over Mackenzie with Tommy Bridewell now third, 32 points behind the leader. Tommy dedicated his win to Dean Vinales, the young rider who passed away after an accident in a World SSP race on Saturday, saying motorcycle racing is a community, and that such a tragedy affects everyone involved. So true.
Bennetts BSB Race Three:
Quali: On Pole was Tommy Bridewell after his brilliant win in race two. Glenn Irwin, Honda Racing P2 and Bradley Ray, Rich Energy OMG Racing BMW, P3. Mackenzie was P5 and O’Halloran P7, the McAMS Yamaha duo racing in the Red/White/Black traditional colours for Yamaha, celebrating their 60th anniversary.
Race Results:
Tommy Bridewell, Oxford Racing Products Racing Ducati, P1. Josh Brookes, Vision Track Ducati, P2. Bradley Ray, Rich Energy OMG Racing BMW.
Tommy was sublime in race three, leading from start to finish with a 5.9 second lead over Brookes in P2. Tarran Mackenzie was third over the line but put back to fifth due to a penalty for a riding incident. O’Halloran was a DNF, leaving Tarran Mackenzie in the lead in the standings, with Jason O’Halloran two points behind and Tommy Bridewell nine points behind Mackenzie.
The Showdown is on for Donington next week!
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