Kent’s Bradley Ray will be in the Bennetts British Superbike grid in 2025 thanks to the returning Raceways Motorcycles.

Ray was left without a ride when OMG Racing pulled out, but on a sensational Sunday it has been announced Raceways and therefore Ray are back for 2025.

Raceways Motorcycles will make a sensational return to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship in 2025 with an eleventh-hour entry for 2022 champion Ray on a Yamaha R1.

The move sees Raceways, one of the most successful teams in recent Bennetts British Superbike history, make a shock return to the paddock after team owner Steve Rodgers took a decision to scale-back his racing activities in 2023. Racing as the McAMS Yamaha team between 2017 and 2023, Raceways amassed a total of 42 BSB victories, 107 podiums and the 2021 teams, manufacturers and riders’ crowns with Tarran Mackenzie.

The last-minute deal follows the sudden withdrawal of OMG Racing, which left 2022 champion Bradley Ray without a ride on the eve of the 2025 season. Ray, who won the championship for Yamaha with OMG in 2022, was set to return to the championship this year following a two-year stint on the world stage with Yamaha – where he achieved a best result of sixth in Imola 2023.

Eleven times a BSB race winner, Ray enters the 2025 season as one of the championship favourites, having stormed to the title in 2022 with nine victories and 23 podium finishes.

The new team, ‘Raceways Yamaha’ will hit the track for the first time at the official test at Donington Park on 18/19 April, ahead of a further test at Oulton Park 23/24 April with the first round of the season taking place at the Cheshire venue between 03 and 05 May.

Speaking about getting back on the grid, a delighted Ray said: “I am super happy and grateful to Steve Rodgers and Yamaha Motor UK for putting together this opportunity for me at the very last minute, it has been a bit of a whirlwind!

“Obviously it has been a very difficult couple of weeks and there has been a lot of uncertainty, but when Steve rang me with the opportunity I couldn’t say no as it’s as close as we could be to the original plan for the year – remaining with Yamaha on an R1 in BSB, which is amazing.

“I can’t wait to get the 2025 season started as soon as possible and be back fighting for wins up the front.”