2008 Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship
Last lap thriller gives Richards Supersport win at
Oulton Park
 Glen
Richards fought out a thrilling final lap on board his Triumph
against Yamaha’s Hudson Kennaugh to take an important
victory at the second round of the 2008 Fuchs-Silkolene British
Supersport Championship held at the fast and flowing Oulton
Park circuit. With first round winner and Honda rider Steve
Brogan down in fifth place on this occasion, Richards now
heads the series after two outstandingly close races. Ian
Lowry powered his Suzuki into third spot, although a little
off the leading pace, to complete a rostrum packed with three
different manufacturers.
Richards was kept off pole position during Saturday’s
qualifying session by Chris Martin, with the Kawasaki rider
leaving it to the final minutes to put in a time that was
just five hundredths of a second quicker than Glen. In fact
all the action happened in the last part of the session after
Kennaugh looked odds on favourite to take pole position until
the last ten minutes, but was finally demoted to third position
on the grid.
Martin converted his pole position into an early race lead,
whilst Richards had work to do as he fought his way past Kennaugh
before the end of the first lap. Unfortunately for Martin
the race was red flagged on lap four following an incident
at Durids. The restart saw Kennaugh take advantage of the
stoppage as he headed Richards, a position he held right through
to the last lap. The Yamaha rider lost his lead to Richards
as they crossed the line for the penultimate time, but grabbed
it back as the Triumph teamster run wide later in the lap.
Kennaugh defended his line well going into Lodge, but could
not stop Richards going around the outside of him and out
powering him in the sprint to the flag.
Fuchs-Silkolene are proud to be the official lubricant of
the 2008 British Superbike Championship in addition to being
title sponsors of the 2008 British Supersport Championship.
Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship
Results Round 2 – Oulton Park – 5th May
2008
1. Glen Richards (MAP Embassy Racing)
2. Hudson Kennaugh (Raceways Yamaha) +0.294s
3. Ian Lowry (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +7.990s
4. Chris Martin (Gearlink Kawasak) +14.775s
5. Steve Brogan (HM Plant Honda) +22.687s
6. BJ Toal (Virgin Media Yamaha) +23.913s
7. Daniel Cooper (Honda Centurion Racing) +24.054s
8. Craig Fitzpatrick (Yamaha BLDS Couriers) +24.456s
9. Ian Hutchinson (AIM Yamaha) +24.724s
10. Steven Neate (Gearlink Kawasaki) +28.698s
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