Ryan Vickers stormed to a second Bennetts British Superbike Championship victory of the weekend at Brands Hatch as the OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing rider held off the opposition to add to his winning tally.
The race initially got underway with Vickers grabbing the lead, but there was a multi-rider incident at Paddock Hill Bend on the opening lap as Glenn Irwin, Danny Kent and Danny Buchan all crashed out and the BMW Safety Car was deployed. All three riders have been passed fit by the BSB Medical Team following the crash.
Vickers was aiming to make his break when the race resumed, but Tommy Bridewell was instantly on the attack and he made a lunge into Druids to fire the Honda Racing UK team to the front of the pack.
The OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing rider though instantly fought back into Hawthorns, but the race was red flagged a few laps later when Luke Hedger crashed at Hawthorns. He has been declared unfit with a soft tissue injury to his neck and forearm following the crash.
The race was restarted over five laps and again Vickers launched into the lead off the start and he was able to set the pace over his rivals to add to his winning tally.
Bridewell and Kyle Ryde were then duelling for second place with a tyre choice change for the OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing rider putting him back into contention and he pushed his Honda Racing UK rival all the way to the chequered flag with just 0.049s between them.
Andrew Irwin held fourth ahead of Leon Haslam with Christian Iddon completing the top six riders. Lee Jackson led the MasterMac Honda charge in seventh place with Josh Brookes holding off Franco Bourne and Charlie Nesbitt.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Race 2 result:
- Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing)
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +1.188s
- Kyle Ryde ( OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) +1.237s
- Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +2.566s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad) +2.749s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +3.077s
- Lee Jackson (MasterMac Honda) +4.618s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +5.389s
- Franco Bourne (Rapid Honda) +5.742s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +6.032s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 205
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 189
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 177
- Kyle Ryde (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 171
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 147
- Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 128
- Jason O’Halloran (Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki) 120
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad) 116
- Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) 94
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 93
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