Gearlink Kawasaki's Ben Wilson literally rode into the distance to take his seventh win of the season at Cadwell Park in the first Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport race this weekend, making Relentless Suzuki's Alastair Seeley settle for second.

It was Seeley, Oxford TAG Triumph's Billy McConnell and Wilson who led into the first corner. Seeley looked to pull away immediately but by the second corner Wilson had moved up to third to bridge the gap. They both had a slight gap over third place that was followed by a train of riders with him. Including Seton Yamaha's Sam Warren in fourth and Jack Kennedy of Appleyard/Macadam Racing.

As they started lap two Wilson powered down on the start/finish straight to out run Seeley and take the lead.  He continued to visibly pull away to eventually win by 3.4 seconds. Further down the grid Warren had lost a couple of places behind Kennedy who was up to fourth behind McConnell with Christian Iddon of Oxford Tag Triumph in sixth.

The race seemed quite sedate for a while, gradually third to sixth became a pack of four as the others dropped off slightly and gaps started to appear. Wilson was unstoppable, he now had a gap of 1.6s on lap four at this point.

Kennedy, on lap four got ahead of McConnell who immediately had pressure from Iddon who took another place from him and then, yet again, a couple of corners later so did Warren. As McConnell regained fifth, he came into contact with Warren, fortunately both riders stayed on, but Warren did lose out slightly as Whitman also got ahead.

As they started lap six Wilson was over three seconds ahead, Seeley had a gap of his own of four seconds ahead of third, so if all went to plan the battle was purely for third place. Whitman unfortunately crashed out on lap seven and Kennedy was forced to retire.

As they started the final lap Wilson had a four second gap, Seeley just under seven; McConnell was fighting off Iddon and Warren for third place. All around the final lap it looked as though those places would stay as was, as nobody seemed quite close enough to challenge the other.

While Wilson deservedly wheelied, waved and stood on the footrests celebrating his win, Anthony Rogers of ANR TSS Racing took his debut win of the season in the cup series and 12th overall following a debut podium result at Brands Hatch the last round.

John Simpson of T3 Racing was a position behind in second, bringing an end to his five straight wins in a row; seven overall. David Paton of Double M Racing in 17th grabbed the final podium step to stand on the podium for the sixth time this season.

Race one result:

1 15 Ben WILSON Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 12 18:09.262 86.45 1:29.569 4

2 34 Alastair SEELEY Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS 12 18:12.672 3.410 3.410 86.18 1:30.296 9

3 75 Billy McCONNELL Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 12 18:19.362 10.100 6.690 85.66 1:30.526 6

4 21 Christian IDDON Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 12 18:19.571 10.309 0.209 85.64 1:30.582 6

5 70 Sam WARREN Yamaha - Bike Interceptor Yamaha by Seton 12 18:19.754 10.492 0.183 85.63 1:30.473 10

6 39 Allann Jon VENTER Triumph - MAP Triumph 12 18:25.764 16.502 6.010 85.16 1:31.288 8

75 Gary JOHNSON Honda - Lincs Lifting Limited 12 18:29.563 20.301 3.799 84.87 1:31.230 6

8 8 Luke STAPLEFORD Kawasaki - Profile Bournemouth Kawasaki 12 18:29.855 20.593 0.292 84.85 1:31.413 6

9 95 Jimmy HILL Triumph - MAP Triumph 12 18:30.096 20.834 0.241 84.83 1:31.179 3

10 79 Pauli PEKKANEN Triumph - 777 RR Motorsport 12 18:30.194 20.932 0.098 84.82 1:31.386 9

11 96 Paul YOUNG Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 12 18:34.601 25.339 4.407 84.49 1:31.470 5

12 3 C Anthony ROGERS Yamaha - ANR TSS Racing 12 18:42.456 33.194 7.855 83.90 1:32.180 7

13 11 C John SIMPSON Triumph - T3 Racing 12 18:42.625 33.363 0.169 83.88 1:31.323 6

14 77 Marty NUTT Suzuki - Nutt travel.com / Dawn / T+G 12 18:42.864 33.602 0.239 83.87 1:31.688 9

15 89 David JONES Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 12 18:45.064 35.802 2.200 83.70 1:32.348 5

16 2 Josh DAY Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 12 18:47.676 38.414 2.612 83.51 1:32.598 5

17 65 C David PATON Yamaha - Double 'M' Racing 12 18:49.206 39.944 1.530 83.40 1:32.778 3

18 41 C Shaun WINFIELD Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 12 18:51.356 42.094 2.150 83.24 1:32.311 3

19 29 C Mark LISTER Yamaha - Team LCS 12 18:57.507 48.245 6.151 82.79 1:33.530 6

20 52 C Adam BLACKLOCK Yamaha - Team M8 12 18:57.651 48.389 0.144 82.78 1:33.025 12

21 47 C Paul CURRAN Triumph - PCR Triumph 12 18:58.394 49.132 0.743 82.72 1:33.622 12

22 94 C Sam HORNSEY Suzuki - Hornsey Steels Racing 12 18:58.806 49.544 0.412 82.69 1:33.562 12

23 14 Josh CAYGILL Triumph - MAP Triumph 12 19:01.663 52.401 2.857 82.49 1:33.795 5

24 69 C Daniel MILES Triumph - Trickbits Racing/FBM performance 12 19:02.629 53.367 0.966 82.42 1:33.679 7

25 10 Jenny TINMOUTH Honda - Manx Glass and Glazing 12 19:10.873 1:01.611 8.244 81.83 1:33.317 5

26 71 C Jody LEES Honda - Midland VW / JLR 12 19:17.955 1:08.693 7.082 81.33 1:34.506 6

NOT CLASSIFIED

DNF 4 Jack KENNEDY Yamaha - Colin Appleyard / Macadam Racing 9 13:46.424 3 laps 3 laps 85.46 1:30.855 7

DNF 51 Matthew WHITMAN Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 6 9:14.040 6 laps 3 laps 84.99 1:30.633 6

DNF 222 C Jonny BUCKLEY Yamaha - Module Road & Race 3 5:01.675 9 laps 3 laps 78.04 1:36.946 2

DNF 91 C Chaz BEALE Yamaha - CDH Racing 2 3:27.081 10 laps 1 lap 75.79 1:38.942 2

FASTEST LAP

15 Ben WILSON Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 4 1:29.569 87.62 mph 141.01 kph

11 C John SIMPSON Triumph - T3 Racing 6 1:31.323 85.93 mph 138.30 kph