Rory Skinner celebrates first victory for Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha as Brad Ray crashes out
Rory Skinner celebrated an impressive victory in the opening ZYN British Superbike Championship race at Cadwell Park, his first of the season for the Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha team, breaking Kyle Ryde and Leon Haslam at the front as Bradley Ray and Storm Stacey crashed out of the leading pack.
At the start of the race, Skinner got a perfect launch off the line into Coppice for the first time with Ray in close contention on the McAMS Yamaha and Stacey holding third place as Ryde dropped outside the top five.
It was a hectic start to the race, with Ryan Vickers pushing to make his way through the order. However, a mistake at Park on lap two saw him run wide and take to the grass and when he re-joined he was in 11th place as the team debuted their special anniversary livery.
Skinner and Ray were locked together at the front of the pack, with Ray attempting to make a move for the lead at Park on lap four but he couldn’t make it stick, whilst Haslam fought his way into third place ahead of Stacey.
A lap later and there was disaster for Ray when he attempted another move on the brakes at Park, the McAMS Yamaha became unsettled and he couldn’t save it for a second time and he crashed out of second place. Stacey meanwhile also went down on the same lap just after Ray in a separate crash.
Vickers had been making up lost ground after his earlier moment and he had soon closed down on the pack chasing Skinner for the podium, led by Haslam, Ryde, Joe Talbot and Jason O’Halloran. Vickers was soon pushing Talbot for fourth place, but he crashed out at Park and took Talbot down with him.
Skinner then had a margin over the chasing pack, as Haslam continued to hold off Ryde until lap ten when he moved ahead, before fighting hard to hold off his Moto Rapido Racing rival until the chequered flag.
Meanwhile, Scott Redding had put in a determined ride and had moved ahead of O’Halloran and Lee Jackson to claim fourth place for the Hager PBM Racing Team.
Max Cook was seventh on his return to action ahead of Danny Kent, whilst Josh Brookes and Ilya Mikhalchik completed the top ten.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, Race One result:
Ryan Vickers is victorious in Race Two
Ryan Vickers was victorious in the second ZYN British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Cadwell Park, bouncing back in fine form from his crash yesterday to claim his third win of the season for Honda Racing UK at their home round.
Vickers launched off the line into the lead on the opening lap, with Rory Skinner, Bradley Ray and Kyle Ryde locked in behind him. However, Skinner was unable to repeat his race one victory when he crashed out of contention on lap five at Charlies.
Vickers meanwhile was holding strong at the front, despite the constant pressure from Ray behind him in second place. He held the edge to the chequered flag by 0.282s to hold off the McAMS Yamaha contender with Ryde back on the podium in third place for Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing.
Leon Haslam had been constantly holding off the chasing pack for fourth place for the Moto Rapido Racing team with Joe Talbot claiming his first top five finish in his rookie season for the AJN Steelstock bimota team.
Jason O’Halloran was sixth for Honda Racing UK, holding off the second AJN Steelstock bimota of Max Cook and Lee Jackson on the leading DAO Racing Honda. Scott Redding was ninth for the Hager PBM Racing Team ahead of Danny Kent on the remaining Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, Race 2 result:
Ryan Vickers does the double to win Race Three at Cadwell Park
Ryan Vickers delivered a double victory for Honda Racing UK after claiming the win in ZYN British Superbike Championship race three after holding off the challenge from Bradley Ray to celebrate in style at the team’s home round.
Vickers once again got a lightning start to hit the front of the pack on the opening lap ahead of Ray and Kyle Ryde, but the reigning champion was instantly on the attack and made a move for second into Park for the first time.
Rory Skinner was into third by lap four, but the Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha rider slid out of the race at the Chicane.
Ray was back into second when he attacked at Mansfield and then was on the hunt for Vickers, but despite piling on the pressure, he couldn’t get ahead of his Honda Racing UK rival.
Ryde meanwhile had Talbot for company for most of the race as the rookie delivered his best performance of the season to take fourth for the AJN Steelstock bimota team. The reigning champion held on to claim third and with it the Pirelli King of the Mountain trophy.
Leon Haslam took fifth from Jason O’Halloran and Christian Iddon whilst Max Cook, Storm Stacey and Ilya Mikhalchik completed the top ten after an intense battle.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, Race 3 result:
ZYN British Superbike Championship standings:
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