Lee Jackson built on his podium form with a race one third place as the Showdown got underway and spiced up the track action for BSB’s return to Oulton Park.
His brother may be tied in the championship standings with his teammate but race one at Brands Hatch brought a chance for Andrew Irwin to shine for Honda.
Storm Stacey picked up his first win in British Superbikes at Snetterton after leading at the red flag to return and finish the job in the wet five lap restart.
Kyle Ryde had started his Saturday with a big fall in qualifying but in the wet race after the red flag he shone, making a dent into his title chase deficit with a podium at Snetterton.
Lewis Rollo was the surprise package in the wet on the Aprilia Pathway entry, leading a BSB race for the first time at Snetterton on his way to second place.
The Saturday of the British Superbikes action at Knockhill belonged to Glenn Irwin. He converted his pole to sprint win, leading almost all of every lap.
Kyle Ryde was happy to have hit the front at the right time to lead over the line in a competitive opening sprint race at Silverstone to get the British Superbike season off to an electric start.
Cadwell Park began it’s bank holiday Saturday action with Bradley Ray smashing the lap record in the return of Superpole and finished with him going on to dominate the round seven sprint race.
Jason O’Halloran picked up where he left off, clocking up another win as British Superbikes returned after the summer break for round five of the championship at Brands Hatch.
Kyle Ryde fought back through the pack to take over at the front and thwart his rivals, including a spectacular effort from Jason O’Halloran which caused a close photo finsh end to race one at Donington Park.
Bradley Ray controlled the race from the front as he pulled the pin to win the opening race of round two of the British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.
Noriyuki Haga claimed victory in the opening race of the Kyalami WSBK weekend, fending off Ducati team-mate Michel Fabrizio and Yamaha polesitter Ben Spies to the line.