There was drama from start to finish in the first race of the Showdown in round ni🐼ne of the British Superbike championship at Oulton Park with Kyle Ryde๊ fighting back for the win after Tommy Bridewell suffered an early exit.

Bridewell fell out of contention iꦐn a crash all of his own on just the first lap of the race, exiting at Hizzys while Josh Brookes had taken an early le🦂ad.

The OMG Grilla rider started from pole but was not able to lead as first the Australian took ove♔r, then Glenn Irwinಞ by lap four.

Ryde was sat in a ❀comfortable third, which slowly split to a lead trio as Leon Haslam lost touch.

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The was an issue on board the Yamaha on lap eleven for Ryde, later revealed to be the dash protector, which had come loose. To avoid it falling off and causing an exit for himself or any of the riders behind, the #77 chose to pull to t❀he grass to dispose of it, losing two seconds and falling back into the clutches of Lee Jackson.

Ryde used the opꦍportunity to push hard, setting a series of fastest laps to give himself pole in race two, and was soon back in t🅷he front group.

A move from Brook෴es on Irwin saw the now lead four almost in a line - Ryde took his opportunity to come out ahead with a move under the rest to lead down to Knickerbrook.

Holding on for the final lap, Ryde completed his comeback wit൲h a hard earned win, his first at Oulton Park.

Irwin’s Aggressive move on Brookes on the Ducati saw him as the long term leader in race one, but the PBM rider was too far back for a final lunge, finishing 0.303s ﷽behind.

It e꧑nds a barren rostrum spell for Irwin, w🀅ho has not scored a podium finish in nine races.

Lee Jꦡackson had qualified sixth, but a poor start saw him beaten back to eighth on the opening lap.

The MasterMac Honda rider completed a comeback o📖f his own to catch the leaders and com🌱plete the podium.

Brookes was just raced out of the rostrum slots on the last lap, with fourth equalling his best result💖 of the season for FHO Racing BMW Motorrad.

Ryan Vickers has suffered set-up issues on his si💧de of the OMG garꦗage but race mode saw him move from seventh on the grid to finish fifth, thanks to a late pass on Leon Haslam, who placed sixth for ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad.

Danny Kent was the last of that group on track, in seventh for McAMS Yamaha, with a gap back to peter Hickman, making moves in the ri🌌ght direction on the second FHO bike.

Jason O’Halloran crossed the line moments later, th♏e top Kawasaki for Completely Motorbikes in ninth as teammate Max Cook completed the top ten.

Rory Skinner was a distant elev🅺enth for the Cheshire Mouldings team, holding his own considerable gap over Andrew Irwin in twelfth for Honda as the pair both failed t𓆏o make it out of Q1 earlier in the day.

The remaining p🌄oints on offer went to Billy McConnell (C&L Fairburn/Look Forward Racing) in 13th, Strom Stacey (LKQ Euro Car Parಞts Kawasaki) in 14th and Bradley Perie (STAUFF Fluid Power Kawasaki) in 15th.

Richard Kerr was the top Pathway bike, just mi🎶ssing out 𒆙in 16th in a close battle to the chequered flag as he replaces Alex Olsen at Team IWR.

Fraser Rogers was awarded 17th after he failed to take his long lap penalty in the race for a shortcut, which was later changed to a 🌠ride through for non-complian🌳ce with the original sanction.

Brayden Elliotඣt was the only other rider to finish🍃 the race.

Official British Superbike Oulton Park Records:

Lap record: Bradley Ray (Yamaha, 2022) 1m 33.626s

Oulton Park in 2023:

Lap record: Bradley Ray (Yamaha, 2022) 1m 33.620s

Oulton Park in 2023

Round 2
Qualifying:
1: Josh Brookes
2: Leon Haslam
3: Storm Stacey

Race 1:
1: Josh Brookes
2: Leon Haslam
3: Glenn Irwin

Race 2:
1: Tommy Bridewell
2: Glenn Irwin
3: Leon Haslam

Race 3:
1: Glenn Irwin 
2: Leon Haslam
3:Kyle Ryde

Round 9 (Showdown)

Qualifying:
1: Tommy Bridewell
2: Glenn Irwin
3: Kyle Ryde

Race 1: 
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Lee Jackson
3: Leon Haslam

Race 2: 
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Lee Jackson
3: Kyle Ryde

Race 3: 
1: Tommy Bridewell 
2: Glenn Irwin
3: Lee Jackson

Main Season 2024:
Qualifying:
1:  Kyle Ryde
2: Glenn Irwin
3: Ryan Vickers

Race 1: 
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Christian Iddon
3: Kyle Ryde

Race 2: 
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Tommy Bridewell
3: Christian Iddon

Race 3: 
1: Glenn Irwin 
2: Christian Iddon
3: Ryan Vickers

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

After Bridewell’s very early exit, Danny Buchan was the next to fall - a nasty highside in the middle of the track at the downhi🔴ll section taking him out of action🏅 on lap three.

💜Charlie Nesbitt was sat in fourth when he became the latest rider to crash at Hizzys on 🗹lap five.

Christian Iddon made it to lap tw🌳elve before his trip off track left him briefly trapped under his bike in Britteℱn’s.

Louis Valleley, Lewis Rollo, and Luke Hedger all🍸 retired to the pits.

Rapid Honda’s Franco Bourne withdrew from the meeting after FP3, 📖as the lack of feeling in his hand from his recent scaphoid injury proved too much to manage.

Championship Standings

Bridewell came into round nine with a 19ꦆ point advantage over Ryde, which was wiped away by Ryde’s determined win, coupled with his own DNF.

As part o♌f the Showdown🔯, the win now earns Ryde 25 points, up from 18 in the main season.