Ryde Takes Over BSB Title Lead
I
t's all change at the front of the
British Superbike Championship
table after three races at Cadwell
Park, August 23-25, saw current
number one Kyle Ryde (Nitrous
Competitions Racing Yamaha)
move into the points lead for the
first time this season.
Bradley Ray (Raceways Ya
-
maha) returned to winning ways
at Cadwell Park with a dramatic
race one victory, edging Ryde by
0.087 of a second after a fierce
late duel. Ray led from the start,
fending off Ryde and Tommy
Bridewell (Honda Racing UK),
before crashes for Danny Kent
(McAMS Racing Yamaha) and
Bridewell reshaped the race. Ray
built a two-second lead mid-dis
-
tance, but Ryde clawed it back,
the pair even making contact on
the penultimate lap. Ray held on,
while Andrew Irwin (Honda Rac-
ing UK) claimed his first podium
of the year in third after passing
Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock
Kawasaki) late in the race. Storm
Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing
BMW) completed the top five.
Bridewell delivered Honda
Racing UK's first win of 2025 in
race two, capitalizing after Ray
crashed out of the lead on lap
two. Bridewell controlled the
pace under pressure from team
-
mate Irwin and Ryde, with Ryde
seizing second on the last lap at
the Hairpin. Leon Haslam (Moto
Rapido Ducati Racing) won the
fight for fourth over Max Cook
(AJN Steelstock Kawasaki).
Ryde sealed the weekend with
a commanding victory in race
three, taking the championship
lead as Ray struggled to 12th.
Irwin and Bridewell made it a
double Honda Racing UK podium
in second and third, with Iddon
fourth and Cook fifth.
In the points, Ryde takes over
the lead on 284 points to Ray's
282 with Haslam third on 192.
CN
WIND
IN THE
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Bradley Ray (28) drags
Kyle Ryde (1) to the line
in race one, but Ryde
would have the last
laugh and the title lead,
leaving Cadwell Park.
