Mar-Train Yamaha’s Jack Kennedy took a comfortable Motorpoint British Supersport victory and with it reclaimed the Championship lead after Glen Richards crashed out.

Championship leader Richards took the holeshot but as the field entered Goddards for the first time, the front of the Smiths of Gloucester Triumph went from underneath him and he crashed out. With no time being set by the Aussie he will be on the back of the grid for tomorrow’s feature race.

Kennedy looked to take full advantage of this but had a lot to do after a terrible start left him in eighth after the first lap. The Dubliner battled through the pack though, taking Ben Wilson and then Christian Iddon at consecutive corners to take the lead. Iddon was able to go with Kennedy as the pair pulled out a 1.5 second advantage before the red flag was brought out.

It would be 5 laps to determine the winner and Kennedy, from pole position, once again got a poor start as he was shuffled back to fourth by the first corner. However, as he did minutes earlier, the Mar-Train Yamaha rider quickly made his way to the front and didn’t come under any other pressure for the remainder of the race to take victory.

Billy McConnell clinched second just ahead of Christian Iddon with Ben Wilson crashing out of a possible podium finish on the last lap. Glenn Irwin took his best finish of the year in fourth after a race long battle with Luke Mossey and Deane Brown, who picked up fifth and sixth. Pauli Pekkanen beat team-mate Luke Jones to seventh and Taylor Mackenzie took his best finish of the year in ninth. Sam Hornsey rounded out the top ten.

Motorpoint British Supersport race one - conditions dry

1 4 Jack KENNEDY Yamaha - MarTrain Yamaha Racing 5 7:45.897 96.09 1:32.368 4

2 3 Billy McCONNELL Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 5 7:46.536 0.639 0.639 95.96 1:31.977 5

3 21 Christian IDDON Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 5 7:46.791 0.894 0.255 95.91 1:32.415 4

4 2 C Glenn IRWIN Yamaha - Met Healthcare/Megastore 247 5 7:47.194 1.297 0.403 95.83 1:32.244 2

5 12 Luke MOSSEY Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 5 7:47.605 1.708 0.411 95.74 1:32.289 4

67 Deane BROWN Yamaha - Team Colin Appleyard/Macadam 5 7:48.339 2.442 0.734 95.59 1:32.338 4

7 79 Pauli PEKKANEN Triumph - 777 RR Triumph 5 7:52.335 6.438 3.996 94.78 1:33.403 4

8 82 C Luke JONES Triumph - 777RR Triumph / T3 Racing 5 7:53.312 7.415 0.977 94.59 1:33.451 3

9 77 Taylor MACKENZIE Yamaha - MarTrain Yamaha Racing 5 7:54.804 8.907 1.492 94.29 1:33.723 2

10 94 Samuel HORNSEY Suzuki - RLR Motorsports 5 7:57.473 11.576 2.669 93.76 1:33.787 4

11 74 Dean HIPWELL Yamaha - Globalnet Telecom/Bladen Electrical 5 7:59.759 13.862 2.286 93.32 1:34.538 2

12 17 C Ben FIELD Honda - Ben Field Racing 5 8:04.311 18.414 4.552 92.44 1:35.285 4

13 8 Luke STAPLEFORD Kawasaki - Profile Kawasaki 5 8:08.670 22.773 4.359 91.62 1:35.645 5

14 14 Josh CAYGILL Triumph - Vancraft Triumph 5 8:08.693 22.796 0.023 91.61 1:35.930 4

15 84 C Tom McHALE Honda - Tom McHale Racing 5 8:11.085 25.188 2.392 91.17 1:37.259 3

16 66 C Mark DAVIES Kawasaki - Mackrory Racing 5 8:12.080 26.183 0.995 90.98 1:36.802 4

176 C Craig NEVE Triumph - ANR -TSS Racing 5 8:12.137 26.240 0.057 90.97 1:36.793 4

18 33 C Gary WINFIELD Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 5 8:23.654 37.757 11.517 88.89 1:38.715 5

19 47 Richard COOPER Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 5 8:33.050 47.153 9.396 87.26 1:33.578 4

20 100 C Matt LAYT Triumph - Formwise / Close Brothers Racing 5 8:41.020 55.123 7.970 85.93 1:36.915 4

NOT CLASSIFIED

DNF 15 Ben WILSON Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 4 6:14.055 1 lap 1 lap 95.75 1:32.261 4

DNF 22 C Jonathan LODGE Triumph - ANR -TSS Racing 2 3:17.396 3 laps 2 laps 90.72 1:35.428 2