Kyle Ryde did his British Superbike title hopes no harm by pushing his way back forward to be the west of the wet tyre riders in third in race one of the Showdown round at Oulton Park. From seventh on the grid behind rival Bradley Ray in fourth the championship leader was feeling the weight of the decision for what tyres to use as the first start of the race only lasted corners, a dry race stalled by rain. Ryde explained:“We’ve not really done a dry lap all weekend so physical-wise we’re all fine but stress-wise not so good, draining definitely. We were looking forward to a dry race. The two in front were Leon Haslam and Josh Brookes , who gambled on intermediate tyres to be twenty seconds ahead of Ryde at the chequered flag.