Rory Skinner has described his second career British Superbike Championship [BSB] win at Knockhill as meaning more to him than his maiden success at the same venue following an injury-riddled twelve months.

The Scotsman was in fine form around his home venue as he followed up a pair of podiums in Races 1 and 2 with a dominant victory in the final encounter of the weekend.

Shrugging off two restarts and a torrid weather conditions, Skinner got the decisive move done on Bradley Ray - winner of eight consecutive races - on the opening lap before pulling a gap on his rival to win by more than four seconds.

“Brad got a good start and pushed me a bit wide at Turn 1 but after the move he put on me at Turn 3 yesterday, I thought I’d do it to him today!

“I got to the front, I felt strong, I felt confident. I felt I could push and get away, so I just got my head down, got the hammer down. I didn’t know if Brad had the pace to go with me or not, but I just watched the gap open up a little bit. 

“When I crossed the line, it was like an emotional wall broke down, it has been a tough twelve months, it has been pretty strenuous on myself,  my family and the team as well.”

The result marks his first trip to the top of the rostrum since his maiden BSB success at Knockhill a year earlier. 

That success, which also came with Cheshire Mouldings TAS Racing but on BMW machinery, was a high point of what would go on to be an injury-ravaged season, Skinner struck down at the height of his strong form by a heavy crash next time out at Snetterton.

Indeed, his 2025 BSB campaign - this time on Ducati machinery - is proving more fruitful, Skinner on a run of five podiums from seven races, results that have lifted him to third in the overall standings.

However, though the win is a continuation of a positive run of form for Skinner, he says victory this time around means more than it did in 2024. 

“To be here with another win at Knockhill twelve months later, it’s really special, it means more than the first one because of what I went through to get here.”