Ryan Frost celebrated the perfect end to the weekend at Oulton Park, grabbing a second victory of the season in Race 3. Jack Burrows missed out by 1.014s, with George Bowes earning his first podium of the season. It proved to be an attritional race, with just 10 finishers – creating plenty of headlines on Monday afternoon.
For the final time of the weekend, the British Cup grid went lights out with Jack Dunabie claiming an early advantage from Frost and Clayton Edmunds. There was drama for Fibre Tec Honda By MLav Racing’s Thorley Trevorrow and Tyler Humphries, with the teammates crashing out on the opening lap. Edmunds and Luke Fitchett later crashed at Turn 1 on the second lap – shaking up the order.
Marco Holt and Henry McCartney were the next to encounter issues at Turn 1 before Jack Dunabie suffered a crash at Turn 5 on Lap 3. Meanwhile, Burrows continued to lead Frost out front, with a comfortable margin over Foster in third position. However, it was soon a change of fortunes on Lap 6, with Foster losing the front at Turn 5 – ending podium dreams.
Although just 10 riders remained, there was still plenty of action on the circuit as Williams, Bowes and Divine were left to scrap for the final podium spot. Burrows continued to lead Race 3 heading onto the final lap as the Oulton Park fans were treated to yet another spectacular finish. Frost made the crucial move on the entry to Hislop’s, winning by over one second.
The 24 made it two in a row, beating Burrows as Bowes earned his first podium of the season. Divine and Williams rounded out the top five, with Harrison Day beating Charlie Cunningham (Mortimer Racing), Archie Hooper and Max Rhodes (Wilson Racing). Further back, Lily Rhodes (Wilson Racing) rounded out the top 10 and our finishers as all attention turns to Round 2.
Leaving Oulton Park, Frost leads the standings by just a single point after an intense opening weekend. Now we gear up for Donington Park, where we return to our two-race schedule. With 50 points on the table next time out, we are ready for more at Donington!
