Trickbits Triumph’s John Simpson won an incident-packed Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship race, crossing the line a second up on Danny Buchan with Josh Day finishing third.
Simpson had made the early running, but as the safety car came out as race officials dealt with a heavy crash by Liam Lyon and separate incidents with Freddie Russo and Tony Blackshaw, his lead was cut-back.
He worked hard to re-establish himself but Jimmy Hill was hard on the charge, picking up a couple of places and then the lead but on lap 12, the back end of Hill’s MAP Group Triumph swerved out of line as he powered out of Park.
Hill was down and out, with Simpson going through to take the victory, though the drama was still being played out as Josh Caygill and Bruce Winfield tangled with the flag in sight.
Matt Bilton took seventh place to maintain his lead in the title stakes, though now 49-41 over Day.