Glenn Irwin celebrated a spectacular double victory for BeerMonster Ducati by snatching the lead on the final lap in the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Cadwell Park to reduce the advantage in the standings to 12.5.
At the start of the race, Ryan Vickers got a lightning start to lead the pack into Coppice on the opening lap ahead of Leon Haslam and Storm Stacey, but the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha rider was instantly on the attack. Haslam grabbed the advantage on the brakes at the end of Park, but Vickers retaliated on the same lap to regain the position at the Hairpin.
Vickers was holding the advantage until he crashed out of the lead on lap seven, handing the advantage to Haslam and Ryde with Lee Jackson moving ahead of Storm Stacey.
Haslam was leading until the tenth lap when Jackson had carved his way through to take the lead with a move at Coppice, which also handed second to Ryde.
Ryde then was attacking for the lead and on lap 14, he made his move on the brakes at Park, but Irwin was closing in and had moved his way into third after running eighth at the end of the first lap.
Irwin was into second by lap 16 and then he only had Ryde ahead of him. The BeerMonster Ducati rider continued to pile on the pressure and he made a decisive move at Coppice on the final lap to take the lead before a determined final lap gave him the second win of the weekend.
Ryde held onto second as O’Halloran moved through to third including a move on Jackson, which involved contact between the pair on the penultimate lap.
Haslam held on to take fourth with championship leader Tommy Bridewell completing the top five ahead of Jackson who dropped down the order after the contact.
Christian Iddon was seventh ahead of Josh Brookes and Stacey with Tom Neave completing the top ten for Honda Racing UK.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, Race 2:
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati)
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.468s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.770s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +1.175s
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +1.722s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +2.485s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +7.318s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +7.611s
- Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +7.904s
- Tom Neave (Honda Racing UK) +12.923s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 285
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 272.5
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 240
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 238.5
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 213
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 205.5
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 194
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 189
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 177
- Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) 116
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