British Superbikes: Kent claims top spot and holds off Stacey to lead Thruxton Free Practice
Danny Kent led his Bennetts British Superbike Championship opposition in the Free Practice times at Thruxton as the McAMS Racing Yamaha rider maintained his position at the top ahead of Storm Stacey with just 0.924s covering the top 16 riders!
Kent carried his momentum from Brands Hatch last time out into his home round, having the edge over Bathams AJN Racing BMW’s Stacey, who surged into second in the closing moments of the afternoon session.
Tommy Bridewell had also given the home fans something to cheer about as he fired the Honda Racing UK team into third place, having led the times earlier in the session. At the chequered flag just 0.004s separated him and his 2024 sparring partner Kyle Ryde ahead of tomorrow’s opening race.
Rory Skinner led the Ducati contenders in fifth place for Cheshire Mouldings Ducati, holding off Josh Brookes and Charlie Nesbitt, whilst championship leader Bradley Ray posted the eighth fastest time after the opening two Free Practice sessions.
Max Cook had also had a spell at the top of the times, but ended the day in ninth place ahead of his AJN Steelstock Kawasaki teammate Christian Iddon.
Scott Swann had a strong start to the weekend for the SendMyBag Racing by IWR Honda team in eleventh place, whilst Scott Redding completed the riders progressing directly through to Bandero Café Shoot Out Qualifying two for Hager PBM Ducati.
Glenn Irwin was 14th fastest on his debut with Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha after returning from his Snetterton injury, 0.792s adrift of Kent’s pacesetting lap.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Thruxton, Free Practice combined times:
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 1m:14.907s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) +0.256s
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +0.271s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +0.275s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) +0.308s
- Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +0.321s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +0.440s
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) +0.489s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.495s
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.509s
- Scott Swann (SendMyBag Racing by IWR Honda) +0.622s
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Ducati) +0.734s
DANNY KENT
MCAMS RACING YAMAHA
“It’s been a great start to the weekend, off the back of three good results at Brands Hatch. It’s always nice to come to Thruxton and start the weekend off strong. It’s always been a track that I’ve loved and everyone knows the Yamaha works really well around here.
“There’s still a few areas we need to work on, but overall I’m happy with my one lap pace and our race pace seems to be really good too. I’m looking at the pace at the moment, it looks a bit faster than it was last year.
“We still need to look at some data and there’s a few areas that I need to work on but other than that, thank you to McAMS Racing.”
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