OMG Racing’s Ryan Vickers takes his sixth victory of the 2024 season, as Max Cook gets his first BSB podium finish.

After yesterday’s thrilling Bennetts British Superbike race, could the Superbike class give us yet more amazing racing today? Kawasaki’s youngster Max Cook was on pole position for the Sprint Race, Ducati’s Glenn Irwin lined up in second place on the grid alongside fan favourite Staffordshire’s Storm Stacey in third place. Unfortunately Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki and Jason O’Halloran made the decision to withdraw from racing action, due to his heavy crash in morning warm up.

Lights out, Storm was first into turn one, Max snatched the lead just as Glenn Irwin had a massive high-side! The race was Red Flagged, Glenn was being attended to by the medics, we wish him a speedy recovery.

The race was restarted over ten laps, Storm took the holeshot into Allard. Max took the lead a corner later, Josh Brookes was in third place. Franco Bourne and Alex Olsen crashed out on the first lap. The safety car was brought out as Franco was stretchered off the track.

Max lead the way from Stacey, it would be a six lap scrap. Brookes was challenging Storm for second place, Storm was holding onto the position. Christian Iddon was in fourth place, Danny Kent was in fifth.

Ryan Vickers and Kyle Ryde were dicing for seventh place, Brookes got the better of Storm with three laps to go. Max was extending his lead at the front as the riders behind him were battling for positions.

Vickers was in third place as Stacey got pushed back to fifth, Ryan went on to make a pass on Brookes for second, a few corners later the OMG rider took first place as Max made a mistake putting him back to second place. Danny Kent passed Brookes for the final podium spot.

Vickers crossed the line to take the win, Max was second, his first BSB podium, Kent was third, Brookes was fourth with Billy McConnell finishing in fifth place.

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