Smart takes second win

Places:

Race 1: Scott Smart, James Haydon, Yukio Kagayama, John Reynolds, Jon Kirkham, Gary Mason, James Ellison, Ian MacPherson, Michael Rutter, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Chris Platt, Kieran Clarke, Chris Martin, Dennis Hobbs, Craig Coxhell, James Buckingham

DNF: Dean Thomas, Sam Corke, John McGuinness, Kiel Bryce, Sean Emmett, Tommy Hill, Denver Robb, Steve Brogan

Race 2: James Haydon, Sean Emmett, John Reynolds, Michael Rutter, Yukio Kagayama, Scott Smart, John McGuinness, Craig Coxhell, Dean Thomas, James Ellison, Jon Kirkham, Kieran Clarke, Sam Corke, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Dennis Hobbs, James Buckingham, Iain MacPherson

DNF: Chris Platt, Kiel Bryce, Tommy Hill, Steve Brogan, Chris Martin, Gary Mason

Scott Smart took another win for the Kawasaki ZX-10R at a wet Knockhill British Superbike round while in race 2 James Haydon took the first win for Virgin Yamaha in two years.

The track had started to dry for the first Superbike race and Hawk Kawasaki rider took full advantage to pull away on his own, eventually winning the race by over 18 seconds.

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James Haydon took second place but not without having to hold off Rizla Suzuki rider Yukio Kagayama, who eventually had to settle for the thrid spot on the podium.

Kagayama’s team-mate and pole man John Reynolds finished in fourth with Privateer John Kirkham putting in an amazing effort to finish in fifth.

The raincame down for race two and made it a much closer affair with James Haydon just managing to hold out to take the win by 0.4 seconds over Monstermob Ducati rider Sean Emmett.

This time it was reynolds time to take third place coming home just over a second behind Haydon, while Michael Rutter finished in fourth on the Honda Fireblade just a second and a half down on Reynolds.

Yukio Kagayama and Scott Smart crossed the line just 0.2 seconds apart to take fifth and sixth repsectively.