Tommy Bridewell rebounded in the third Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Cadwell Park to celebrate the victory by 0.057s after an intense end to the race, making a move on his BeerMonster Ducati teammate Glenn Irwin. As the championship fight now reaches the Showdown with the points value increasing, 16 riders remain mathematically in title contention.
At the start of the race, Storm Stacey hit the front on the pack from Leon Haslam and Kyle Ryde, but the pack was instantly shuffling. On the opening lap, Haslam grabbed the lead with Ryde pushing Stacey back into third.
Whilst Haslam and Ryde held the leading two positions, double race winner Irwin was into third by lap tree and then was pushing to make it a treble victory for BeerMonster Ducati.
Bridewell was evidentially more comfortable on the second BeerMonster Ducati in the final race and he was soon just behind his teammate.
On lap five, Ryde had taken the lead with a move on Haslam at the Hairpin and a lap later, the BeerMonster Ducati pairing had moved ahead of the ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team rider to push him back to fourth.
Irwin was back in front by lap eight, making a pass on the brakes at the end of Park. However, Bridewell soon was ready to attack after pushing into second with a move on Ryde at Coppice a lap later.
Irwin was holding the position, but Bridewell was determined and he hit the front of the pack for the first time this weekend with a move on the brakes into Park with three laps remaining. The championship leader then had the edge to the chequered flag, but his advantage has been reduced to 14.5 points over Irwin ahead of the Showdown.
Haslam meanwhile celebrated a podium finish for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team after Ryde dropped back to fourth, with Lee Jackson and Jason O'Halloran completing the leading freight train of riders in race three.
Christian Iddon had a lonely seventh place finish just ahead of Josh Brookes and Stacey with Peter Hickman completing the top ten.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, Race 3 result:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati)
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.057s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +0.491s
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.715s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +0.947s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.651s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +5.588s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +7.117s
- Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +7.721s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +19.749s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 303
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 288.5
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 252
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 248.5
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 227
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 216.5
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 202
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 189
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 186
- Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) 116
For the full standings ahead of the Showdown please click here