A long delay saw the sprint 🔯shortened, with Glenn Irwin making a return to winning ways in the shortened ten lap dash as the Showdown continued at a wet Oulton Park.

Those not co♎mfortable in the wet swiftly fell backwards, Irwin was heading in the opposite direction and soon hiꦦt the front at the end of lap one.

Christian Iddon was on a march and took over on lap three only to immediately hit the deck at Shell Oils - the Hager Ducati man was sat in behind and quick thinking saw him avoid the fallen Oxford Products bikꦆe and rider, but running over onto the grass was costly - re-joining seventh.

The PBM rider was not done and knuc🍷kled down to come back to the group behind tꦅhen-leader Leon Haslam.

A move which saw him in line with position rivals Tommy Bridewell, Lewis Rollo and Danny Kent saw him to the front of that gr❀oup, before putting in the fastest lap as he chased down the BMW ahead.

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A hard m𝔉ove on the final lap left little room for Hasl🌜am, who locked the front and ran on at the same time, leaving the #2 to pick up his seventh win of the season.

That move elevated Kent to his first podium finish at the Cheshire track, t🎃aking second for McAMS Yamaha, 0.679s behind.

Haslam had looked to be set to pick up his first win since his championship winning season in 2018, but was denied at th🌠e last minute, losing enough time to avoid a penalty, the ROKiT Haslam Racing rider instead claimed third.

Bridewell stayed upright after his off in race one, which left him ninth on the grid. The Honda rider was up to fifth by lap two and was in the mix🅠 for the rostrum places before stealing away fourth at the finish line.

It was without ques🧸tion that Lewis Rollo was the best Pathway bike, holding his own in the lead group and challenging Bridewell regularly when he held second on his way to fifth on the Aprilia, after another strong wet weather performance.

There was a small gap before Jason O’Halloran a✱rrived at the chequered flag in sixth, only just ahead of MasterMac Honda’s Lee Jackson as their battle went all the way to the line.

Storm Stacey was again strong in theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ damp conditions, taking eight forღ LKQ Euro Car Parts Kawasaki.

Stacey held a considerable on-track advantage over Andrew Irwin, who placed ninth on the second factory Honda, wit❀h  Fraser Rogers completing the top ten for TAG Honda.

Billy McConnell was hel🐎d back in a close finish, leaving him eleventh.

A race to forget for OMG Grilla Yamaha

Ryde once again started from pole position,ജ earned from a blistering set of laps in race one which allওowed him to get back to the leaders and fight for his win.

That form deserted him in the sketchy wet conditions as the #77 bike tentatively tiptoed aroundꦉ the track.

Quickly down to sixth, Ryde was soon in the clutches of the next group on track, who after being held up as he tried to hold o🎶n to as many points as possible, picked him off one by one.

The last rider to pass🐟 him for twelfth w♒as his team-mate Ryan Vickers.

Vickers started seventh, but was quickest in the morning warm-up. He still went backwards on the race start after a shunt from a Kawasaki ✨on lap one, which saw him 14th.

His comeback was halted as Charlie Nesbitt suffered a very similar fall to Iddon, but at Old Hall, with Vickers on the grass in the same manner as Irwin. That took him out of the points, with his final pass on Ryde seei🍨ng him recover to twelfth.

The remaining points went to FHO Racing rider Peter Hickman in 14th and Completely Motorbikes man Max Cook in 15th. Josh Brookes just miss൩ed out in 16th after fad🅰ing back from a front row start.

Replacement rider at IWR Racing, Richard Kerr was 18th💯 on the P🤪athway bike.

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

There was only one further faller after Iddon and Nesbitt, with Rory Skinner flying o🎶ff at HIzzy’s on lap seven.

Rapid Honda and  Franco Bourne withdrew after FP3,to re🐲cover from his recent scaphoid injury.

Danny Buchan was absent following his heavy fall 🐭after a highside on Saturday.

Championship Standings

A careful ride for Rydeꩲ allowed Bridewell to take back over at the top of the overall stand🧔ings, with 312 - a lead of nine over the Yamaha man.

The increased 25 points for a Showdown w𒁃in sees Irwin move on to 281, now 31 points adrift.

A fall sees Iddon fade out of contention, still fourth on 231, while Vickers only taking tweꦰ🌠lfth sees him now a huge 86 points behind.