Tarran M🥂ackenzie proved it is possible to defeat Jason O’Halloran at Thruxton, with Bradley Ray again fighting for the podium as the trio p🐓rovided another exhilerating finish in race three of round six of the championship.

The race ran to a similar pattern to the first of the day, with the trio pulling away. This time it was Mackenzie out front on the McAMS Yamaha as his team-mate O’Halloran tried to conꦺserve tyres🌃 as the weather became sticky and humid at the Hampshire track.

Church was once again the scene of of most of the action. The✨ #22 revisited his favoured overtaking spot after Ray had pulled ahead at turn two on lap sixteen.

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With two l꧑aps to go the defending champion showed his cards and retook the lead. The Australian tried Church again on the penultimate lap with a huge lunge which moved him to first, with Mackenzie unable to use the 🐠slipstream to pass.

All three bikes were squirming all over the track on the final lap, as their tyre grip deserted them in the heat. That allowꦅed all three to again pull alongside each other for an explosive finish.

Ray looked to pull clear of the drama, but Mackenzie was soon right back on the rear of his Yamaha, the duo slid to the line together, with another photo finish plac♚ing Mackenzie ahead at the line.

Ray was just behind on the Rich Energy OMG Racing bik𝄹e, a tiny gap of 0.019s all that stopped him visiting the to൲p spot on the podium.

That prevented another McAMS 1-2 with O’Halloran taking his twelfth consecu𓆉tive podium finish in third.

Peter Hickman had his battery terminal strap break, he had ran the sa꧑me plan as in race two and was keeping pace again to gap the field on his FHO Racing BMW before grinding to a halt.

Glenn Irwin was leading the race for position behind and inherited fourth and held it well to take the flag, once again, as the 🐓top Honda.

Lee Jackson was next to see the chequered flag for Cheshire Mಞouldings FS-3 Kawasaki, only just ahead of Leon Haslam in sixth for VisionTrack Kawasaki.

Tommy Bridewell finally found some form on his home circuit as he made a determined climb to seve🐽nth as the top Ducati finisher for Oxford Products.

Andrew Irwin again made big gains, m🦩aking his way up to eighth by the close of the race for SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad.

He had Rory Skinner (🉐Cheshire Mouldings FS-3) in close company but kept ahead.

Thruxton Race One Result:
1: Jason O’Halloran
2: Tarran Mackenzie
3: Bradley Ray

Thruxton Race Two Result:
1: Jason O’Halloran 
2: Tarran Mackenzie
3: Bradley Ray

2021 at Thruxton

Race One (Sprint): Jason O’Halloran
Race Two: Jason O’Halloran
Race Three: Jason O’Halloran

Tom Sykes at one stage held fifth, which would have been a seasons best, but he faded back into the chasing group and then onto the front of the next one to lead the race for tenth💖 over the line instead for MCE Ducati.

Christian Iddon had hoped to challenge for fifth of sixth too and showed he 🔥had the pace to do so in the early stages before he dropped to eleventh for Buildbase Suzuki.

Ryo Mizuno again had a strong finish tജo his grand prix, climbi🅰ng up to twelfth over the final laps, his best finish of the season for Honda.

Ryan Vickers (FHO Racing BMW with Attis Sports) was 13th with the remaining points going to  Honda’s Takumi Takahashi in 14th and the Buildbase Suzuki of Danny Kent who sli🍎pped back to 15th.

Thruxton DNF’s

🐈Peter Hickman was not the only rider to exit th🃏e race early.

Dan Jones was a non-starter, with Dean Harrison also 🧸out before the race was really started.

A frustrated Danny Buchan had an issue on lap three and coasted off𒅌 the track, right before Josh Brook🍒es did the same.

Kyle Ryde was a faller after six laps, whi꧒le Tito Rabat retired to the pits.

Where does the race three results leave the championship?

The same eight riders hold the Showdown slots, with th🐻e already confirmed Jason O’Halloran at the top with a total of ♐331. His rostrum finish sees him with 48 podium points.

Ray remains second overall with 307, and his second podium on Sunday seeౠs him now also book his place for the Showdown. He holds 35 podium points.

Lee Jackson remains third overall  thဣanks to his consistent run, his pod🌱ium points remain unchanged on 14.

Skinner, Glenn Irwin and Ryde hold onto 4th - 6th while his win sees Mackenzie move up to seventh, with the third bigge🔯st podium points tally with 24 to his name.

Hickman is ninth behind Bridewell, his D⛄NF making it a much bigger task to make the top eight as the rounds🌸 count down.