Bradley Ray stole the charge in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship SUPERPICKS Free Practice session at Cadwell Park this morning, firing the Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha to the top of the times by 0.038s from Takumi Takahashi.
Ray had held the advantage in the second half of the session, with Takahashi surging up the order to have his strongest showing of the season so far to lead the charge for Honda Racing UK.
Danny Buchan was third fastest for the SYNETIQ BMW team ahead of Jason O'Halloran, who had a small tip off at the chicane but was able to rejoin at the end of the session.
Leon Haslam had stolen the early charge on the VisionTrack Kawasaki; he ended fifth fastest ahead of Peter Hickman in sixth.
Tommy Bridewell was seventh fastest with local contender Lee Jackson moving into eighth place with Rory Skinner and Ryan Vickers completing the top ten.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Cadwell Park, SUPERPICKS Free Practice:
- Bradley Ray (Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) 1m:26.462s
- Takumi Takahashi (Honda Racing UK) +0.038s
- Danny Buchan (SYNETIW BMW) +0.076s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.137s
- Leon Haslam (VisionTrack Kawasaki) +0.163s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) +0.253s
- Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +0.355s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.443s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.561s
- Ryan Vickers (FHO Racing with Attis Sports) +0.584s