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BBC News
18-05-2025
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Ray beats Irwin to Donington victory
British Superbike Championship leader Bradley Ray held off the challenge of Glenn Irwin to complete a treble of wins at Donington. England's Ray had already won Saturday's 20-lap race and Sunday's sprint before the Yamaha rider led from first lap to last in the weekend's finale. Rory Skinner, Kyle Ryde and Leon Haslam were in early pursuit, but it was Irwin who established himself as Ray's biggest threat from lap 10. The PBM Ducati rider bridged the gap across the closing laps but could not make the move that would have denied Ray his his latest trio of wins, Ray now leads the championship on 86 points, 12 ahead of Irwin with last year's champion, Kyle Ryde, eight further championship resumes at Snetterton on 20 June.
BBC News
04-05-2025
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Irwin runner-up to Ray in British Superbike opener
Glenn Irwin produced an impressive ride from 15th on the grid to finish second behind Bradley Ray in Sunday's British Superbike Championship opener at Oulton earned a dominant 1.937-second victory as he smashed his own lap record during the Northern Ireland man Irwin also had an encouraging beginning to the campaign on his Hager PBM Ducati as he moved into third place by lap 13 after getting past last season's champion Kyle Carrickfergus rider moved into second place ahead of Leon Haslam with three laps remaining and held on to that in the closing stages despite the Englishman's attempts to regain the runners-up had to be content with fifth place after being passed by series debutant Storm Stacey in the closing stages while Tommy Bridewell completed the top brother Andrew had to opt out of Sunday's opener after crashing in practice earlier in the afternoon. The Honda rider slid off into gravel and while he was reported by organisers to be "OK" after receiving medical treatment, sat out race bank holiday weekend Oulton Park action will continue on Monday with the race two sprint event at 13:15 BST before race three at 16:15.
