Brad Ray was very much back in form taking three podium finishes at Oulton Park in the latest round of the British Superbike Championship at the weekend.

Indeed, he finished on all three steps of the podium across the weekend. Taking the victory in race one on Saturday, second in race two on Sunday lunchtime and he finished the weekend with third in the final race of the day.
 
The team wasted no time in asserting themselves towards the top of the order on Friday. Ray topped the Pre-Qualifying standings after two productive Free Practice sessions, laying down a benchmark 1:33.113 to head the field on day one and bag a spot in Saturday’s Qualifying 2 session.
  
Momentum stayed firmly with Ray as the team progressed into Saturday. He rounded out the final practice session fourth quickest and third overall on combined times, before turning up the wick in Qualifying 2. Trading blows with the weekend’s strongest prospects, Ray nailed a personal-best 1:32.826 around the Cheshire venue to lock out third on the grid for Race 1.

Race one at Oulton Park delivered the headline moment. Ray was straight into the fight from lights out, running inside the top three from the off in a race run at an incredible pace. He forced his way to second, then pounced on race leader Max Cook on Lap 8 to briefly hit the front. The lead changed hands again as Storm Stacey took over and the pace at the sharp end settled, dragging a five-strong group – now including Kyle Ryde – into the remainder of the race.
 
Ray dipped as low as third before striking back, seizing the lead for good with a decisive move into Turn 1 at the start of Lap 12. He held firm under heavy pressure, and as his rivals behind traded position, the gap at the front stretched to over a second before the #28 rider took his second win of the 2026 season, also bagging pole position for Sunday’s Sprint Race with a 1:33.110.
  
Ray got Sunday off to a solid start, guiding the R1 to second overall in the morning Warm-Up session with a 1:33.543.

Lining up at the front of the grid for the 12-lap Sprint Race, Ray hit the ground running, immediately taking control of proceedings. The gap to Ray and Redding up front stretched to a second by half race distance, with Ray looking like a dominant force at the head of the field.
 
A safety car intervention bunched the field up until the end of Lap 9 – delivering a nerve-racking final three laps of the race.
 
It was Ryde who made the most of the narrowed order, passing Ray at Island Bend on the penultimate lap to decide the race. Unable to respond, Ray held firm over the closing lap to keep Redding at bay and secure a strong second-place finish.
  
Ray rounded off his own strong weekend from the front row of the grid, seizing the holeshot to lead the field in the opening laps of the final 18-lap race of the round. Ryde found a way past to take the lead on Lap 5, with Redding following through shortly after to relegate the McAMS Yamaha rider to third.
 
Ray held firm from there, seeing out the remaining laps of an 18-lap contest to cross the line in third – a fitting end to a weekend that had already delivered on expectations. He and the team head to Thruxton in a fortnight with a retained third spot in the standings.

Speaking after the weekend, Ray said: “I’m feeling really good coming out of the weekend at Oulton Park – we have to be proud of the job we’ve done, especially after the struggles we had at Brands Hatch last time out.

“The team worked hard all weekend to find a strong direction with the bike, so I’d like to say a massive thanks to them for all their efforts. We were in the fight throughout all three races; unfortunately, I just had nothing left towards the end of the final 18-lapper – the tyres were finished. We should be proud of the results, and roll on Thruxton.”

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