Quattro Plant Kawasaki’s Andy Reid has found his early season form to jump back on top of the box in the Dickies British Supersport championship for the first time since Oulton Park.

He was forced to work hard for the win though, coming under real pressure early in the race from James Westmoreland, Tarran Mackenzie and Bradley Ray.

From the second row of the grid, Mackenzie shot through to lead the race but it wasn’t long before Ray dived past to lead a Supersport race for the first time.

Ray eventually got bullied backwards on the run into the Club Chicane by Westmoreland and Reid, allowing Mackenzie to break clear of the chasing group.

It appeared as if Mackenzie was away with it, his lead growing as large as 1.3 seconds at one stage during the race, but suddenly Reid battled his way past Westmoreland as was able to close and pass Mackenzie within three laps.

With four laps left, he began to pull clear himself, and this time it was enough to stay clear of the group behind to take the chequered flag for the first time since Oulton Park back in May.

Mackenzie and Westmoreland scrapped it out for second place and Westmoreland had the advantage going into the Club Chicane but he ran in too hot and allowed Mackenzie to drag past him to second place.

Westmoreland still managed to hang onto his championship lead, but it’s closed right up, with Mackenzie two points behind the championship leader and Reid now just twelve points adrift.

Ray managed to hold on to take fourth place, narrowly ahead of a resurgent Mason Law and Acumen Industrial Services Triumph’s Luke Jones.

German born Aussie Ben Currie came through in a lonely seventh place, before EHA Racing’s David Allingham raced past at the front of a mammoth battle for eighth place.

Andrew Irwin recovered from his issues in free practice and qualifying to take ninth place and Ross Twyman rounded out the top ten.

Dickies British Supersport Sprint race - conditions dry

1 67 Andy REID Kawasaki - Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki 12 15:41.789 108.07 1:17.688 2
2 40 Tarran MACKENZIE Kawasaki - Stauff Connect Academy 12 15:42.641 0.852 0.852 107.97 1:17.312 2
3 3 James WESTMORELAND Yamaha - Came BPT Yamaha 12 15:43.128 1.339 0.487 107.91 1:17.753 3
4 28 Bradley RAY Yamaha - FAB-Racing 12 15:43.401 1.612 0.273 107.88 1:17.228 2
5 20 Mason LAW Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 12 15:43.833 2.044 0.432 107.83 1:17.902 3
6 82 Luke JONES Triumph - Acumen Industrial Services 12 15:43.893 2.104 0.060 107.82 1:17.789 2
7 61 Benjamin CURRIE Yamaha - Pacedayz Trackdays 12 15:51.575 9.786 7.682 106.95 1:17.625 2
8 95 David ALLINGHAM Yamaha - EHA Racing 12 15:55.104 13.315 3.529 106.56 1:17.975 3
9 8 Andrew IRWIN Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 12 15:55.688 13.899 0.584 106.49 1:17.863 4
10 15 Ross TWYMAN Yamaha - EHA Racing 12 15:55.952 14.163 0.264 106.46 1:18.849 7
11 59 Matt TRUELOVE Yamaha - Astro-TT Racing 12 15:56.247 14.458 0.295 106.43 1:18.078 2
12 27 Bjorn ESTMENT Triumph - East Coast Construction Racing 12 15:56.515 14.726 0.268 106.40 1:18.201 3
13 17 Matthew PAULO Yamaha - Newman Racing 12 15:56.690 14.901 0.175 106.38 1:18.368 2
14 23 Ben STAFFORD Kawasaki - Silicone Engineering 12 15:56.876 15.087 0.186 106.36 1:18.179 3
15 11 Joe COLLIER Triumph - One Call Insurance / JJR 12 15:58.980 17.191 2.104 106.13 1:18.849 3
16 57 Levi DAY Kawasaki - C P E Motorsport 12 15:59.393 17.604 0.413 106.08 1:18.751 2
17 35 Sam WILFORD Yamaha - EHA Racing 12 15:59.612 17.823 0.219 106.06 1:18.659 4
18 87 Lorenzo ZANETTI MV Agusta - Tsingtao Hampshire MV Agusta 12 16:00.091 18.302 0.479 106.01 1:18.813 3
19 90 Sam COVENTRY Kawasaki - Road & Racing Performance 12 16:02.002 20.213 1.911 105.79 1:18.828 3
20 99 Danny WEBB Yamaha - Team Appleyard Macadam Racing 12 16:02.329 20.540 0.327 105.76 1:19.243 2
21 52 Tommy PHILP Yamaha - Draper Racing 12 16:04.744 22.955 2.415 105.49 1:19.246 3
22 44 Niall CAMPBELL Yamaha - Niall Campbell Racing 12 16:05.062 23.273 0.318 105.46 1:19.158 3
23 71 Alex PERSSON Triumph - PWR / Persson Racing 12 16:05.167 23.378 0.105 105.45 1:18.888 4
24 88 Josh DALEY Kawasaki - Josh Daley Racing 12 16:11.016 29.227 5.849 104.81 1:19.383 3
25 69 Ryan DIXON Yamaha - Team Ixon Racing 12 16:11.087 29.298 0.071 104.80 1:19.573 3
26 6 Phil WAKEFIELD Triumph - PWR / Sandbach Scrap Metal 12 16:11.397 29.608 0.310 104.77 1:19.508 3
27 72 Ricky TARREN Yamaha - RB / RickyT Racing 12 16:29.749 47.960 18.352 102.83 1:20.208 2
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DNF 4 Joe FRANCIS Yamaha - Came BPT Yamaha 6 7:54.115 6 Laps 6 Laps 107.33 1:17.973 4
DNF 75 Jamie PERRIN Yamaha - Global Doors – GO Racing Developments 4 5:18.590 8 Laps 2 Laps 106.48 1:18.061 2