Redding, Ryde
Dominate
Donington
S
cott Redding and Kyle Ryde
were the big winners at round
two of the ZYN British Superbike
Championship at Donington Park,
May 16-17. Redding (Hager PBM
Racing Team) celebrated his first
victory of the season on Saturday,
while Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous
Competitions Racing) swept races
two and three on Sunday.
Rain cut race one short, with
Redding taking the win just ahead
of early leader Max Cook (AJN
Steelstock bimota) and Ryde. Leon
Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) was
fourth and Christian Iddon (Sencat
Racing Yamaha) fifth.
Redding, Ryde and Cook were
back at it again on Sunday for
races two and three. In race one,
was able to pull clear of Redding to
take the win by 1.8 seconds, with
Cook taking third another two sec
-
onds back Cook was third, followed
by Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha)
and Haslam.
Ryde led the whole way in the
final race three, that saw the
safety car deployed for a downed
rider. When racing resumed, Ryde
stayed calm under pressure,
taking the checkers 1.9 seconds
ahead of Redding. Cook was again
third, followed by Ray and Haslam.
"It was very difficult in the last
race with Scott right up my chuff
for 16, 17 laps," Ryde said after his
Sunday sweep. "I was hoping that
Scott or Max were burning more
tires than I was in the first sector
while trying to catch me back up,
because I know they were better
than I was there. Once I saw the
board with three or four laps to go,
I just got my head down and tried
to do my fastest laps, which I did.
And that won me the race."
Ryde is holding firm at the top
of the championship leaderboard,
with 104 points to Redding's 85.
Haslam is third on 82, followed by
Ray on 75 and Cook on 73.
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WIND
IN THE
P66
Young
Perfect in
Canadian
Superbike
Opener
T
he Bridgestone Canadian
Superbike Championship
kicked off the 2026 season
with defending champion Ben
Young winning both Saturday
and Sunday's Superbike races
at Shannonville Motorsport
Park on May 16-17.
On Saturday, Honda-mounted
Young came from behind to lead
Kawasaki rider Jordan Szoke,
who made a run on Young late in
the race, but Young crossed the
finish line by less than a second.
David MacKay (Honda) fin
-
ished third and Tomas Casas
(Suzuki) fourth. Andrew Van
Winkle (Honda) rounded out
the top five.
Unfortunately for Szoke,
his hope of staying with
Young didn't pan out on Sun
-
day after Young got around
the holeshotter, Szoke, and
never relinquished the lead.
After Sunday's win, Young
said the weekend was "the best
launch of my life."
Winkle was third for his first
career podium. MacKay was
fourth.
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RACE 1 (Top 3)
1. Scott Redding (Duc) 27:45:947
2. Max Cook (bim) +0.846
3. Kyle Ryde (Duc) +2.464
RACE 2 (Top 3)
1. Kyle Ryde (Duc) 17:28:631
2. Scott Redding (Duc) +1.870
3. Max Cook (bim) +3.784
RACE 3 (Top 3)
1. Kyle Ryde (Duc) 29:55:334
2. Scott Redding (Duc) +1.919
3. Max Cook (bim) +5.273
Kyle Ryde had a solid Sunday at
the second round of the British
Superbike Championship at
Donington Park, winning both
races (two and three).
Ben Young won both Superbike races
at the opening round of the Bridgestone
Canadian Superbike Championship at
Shannonville Motorsports Park.
