Danny Kent had been second four times this season and enjoyed a string of third and a run of fourt🃏h places, but his 100th time lining up on the BSB grid, for race one of the last round of the Showdown, finally brought him a long coveted win.

Ken♒t had not been on the top step of any championship for nine y🏅ears, since his Moto3 title winning year, and was feeling great to have arrived:

“It feels amazing, you know, I’ve waited all year to get this first win. Firstly, I just want to say my th🍰ank you to McAMS racing, everyone involved for giving me thi☂s opportunity - you know without those guys I wouldn’t have been able to get today’s win".

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The race itself was hard for all with red flags in qualifying and the support races as the weather played it’s part in the title 🀅deciding finale. Kent started eighth and wasted no time hitting the front, vying fo🦩r second behind Ryan Vickers with early contender Lewis Rollo.

Kent t🦄ook over the lead at the start of lap nine, just before the halfway mark in the twenty lap race, an♐d admitted it felt like a long time to hold on out front:

“It felt like a really long race in those conditions, and I felt really good on the bike, the team gave me a mega bike. Then towards the end I saw on my pitboard that Ryan started to catch me a little bit and I was thinking “oh no” ‘cause I felt my rear tyre dropping off and then I just thought,ꩲ come on - I’m in the best position to get my first win, I knuckle down for a few laps and then I saw my pitboard - tꦯhat it got back over a second.

Kent was clearly elated with his first win in the championship, which he hopes will motivate him through the winter before his return with the McAMS Y✃amaha team next year - the #52 was the first rider to announce his 2025 plans to stay with the Mar-Train crew:

“Over the moon to get my first BSB win, would have been a long old winter, you know- seven months off - without having a win, especially when since round one we’ve been saying that♐ I’ve had the pace to have one, so ove🌌r the moon - you know, I’m really over the moon for the team too”.

With the points increased for the for the final round, now at 35 for a win, Kent looks assured of fourth for 2024, but a fall for Glenn Irwin opens up a slim chance to finish in the overall top three if things go his way again on Sunday:

"Got my first win - 35 points - you know, and unfortunately for Glenn he had the crash and I think it’s down to 27 points now, so, again, 27 points in two races is a big ask, but it’s not over ‘til it’s over”.