Host-it.co.uk Racing's Josh Day claimed his second double win of the season at Snetterton recording a new lap record in the second Ducati TriOptions race.

Day's winning margin over race-long rival Elliot Pinson was just 0.004s in the final outing, with the pair battling across the weekend.

Day started the action by biding his time in Saturday’s race, passing CymCirrus Motorsport’s Pinson on the last lap to take his sixth Ducati Cup victory of the season. The duo having both posted impressive lap-times throughout the race with Pinson setting a new lap record with the Panigale V2 with a time of 1’52.872s on lap four.

As the race entered its final stages it was clear there would be a battle for the win between Pinson and Day, whilst behind them Craig Neve (CN racing) and Chris Walker (4T2 Racing) were also set up for a thrilling battle for the final podium position. On the last lap, Day was able to pass Pinson on the back straight on the final lap, going on to take the chequered flag with a 0.173s advantage. And with Neve crashing out on the last lap, Walker cemented his third-place finish.

Sunday’s contest saw a similar story, with Pinson lining up on pole following his lap record. This time it was Day who set the record, thanks to a 1’52.677s on lap eight. The thrilling battle between once again came down to the wire, with Day taking his second double victory of the season by just four-thousandths of a second. Rich Energy’s David Shoubridge completing the podium after a race one retirement due to technical issues.

“We had a plan literally from Elliot’s pace yesterday, in pit lane and qualifying we had a plan,” Day said of Saturday’s efforts. “We knew he wasn’t going to go anywhere and I didn’t have the pace to go from him. Steady away at the start, he came through, passed Shoey. I went with both of them thought ‘I can’t let him get away.’ Our plan was to follow him as long as we could, if he [Pinson] was there, and get him on the last lap because we knew our bike was fast on the back straight.

“He had a real busy gear pattern, and I don’t know what gearing he’s running but he seems to be up and down the box, twice as much as me. So, at the end of 10-lap race around here, you’re going to get tired and start missing gears. Bit of a clever race really and over the moon to obviously get P1 again.

“To be fair we had a couple of little planned scenarios in our head before because obviously Elliot’s on really good pace and Shouey’s not far behind either,” he continued, reflecting on the second race.

“We knew that one of Elliot’s strategies was probably to back us up, I let him in front on one lap and he was straight into a ’54. So, it’s good that he’s learning stuff like that because he is a little bit younger, I’ve got a few more years on me than him.

“It was a mega race, and I couldn’t shake him. I thought I pretty much had it on the last lap and came up the inside, then I tried up the inside. Again, probably just a little bit of lack of experience. He rushed into the last corner, and he had a little moment, I think he was on a front from qualifying. He had a little slide, and it just gave me better drive up the straight. I celebrated too early to be honest. His gearing is really strong. I gave it the little fist pump and he started creeping up beside me. I thought that could have been it, Sean Emmett style!

“Fair play to Elliot. Massive thanks to my team. Good job to Shouey getting back on the podium, obviously he’s had another rough weekend. Walker, McGuinness, Craig Neve and a few other boys at the back, they’ve been strong this weekend. Two days break and then off to Silverstone, see what we can do there.”