The showdown gets underway in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship this weekend and Brad Ray is hoping that he will be back on the top step of the podium once again.

The BSB heads over to the TT Circuit in Assen this coming weekend, a circuit that hasn’t been on the BSB since the covid-19 pandemic, but one that Ray has visited in the World Superbikes during his time in the championship.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, Ray said: “Donington was probably one of the most difficult rounds we’ve had this season. For some reason we had a lot of issues out of our control that myself and the team tried to get to the bottom of. It was just something that was hindering us a lot over the weekend and I managed to pull a decent couple of results out; we still got a podium and a second place, so we have just got to put it behind us.

“That weekend is done now, we’ve still got three rounds to go and we have the Showdown now with more points up for grabs, so I just need to put my head down and keep grafting and keep believing. It’s not over yet, so we’ll keep fighting and I’m looking forward to Assen.

“It’s a track that I enjoy a lot; it’s a track that normally in the past has been good for the Yamaha, so it’ll be nice for BSB to get back to Assen after a few years. It’ll be nice to put a couple of difficult weekends behind us and get some solid results and all the Raceways team, they all deserve it and we’ll be doing our best to fight for victory in all three races.”