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SUPERBIKES AT KNOCKHILL British Superbikes rd 4 at Knockhill, leading 1st race positions: 1 Jake Dixon (Gbr) Kawasaki 24 min 27.627 sec , 2 Luke Mossey (Gbr) Kawasaki 24:31.367, 3 Shane Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 24:33.786, 4 Jason O’Halloran (Aus) Honda 24:34.297, 5 Taylor MacKenzie (Gbr) Suzuki 24:37.534, 6 Peter Hickman (Gbr) BMW 24:41.357, 7 John Hopkins (USA) Ducati 24:44.665, 8 Sylvain Guintoli (Fra) Suzuki 24:44.779, 9 Lee Jackson (Gbr) BMW 24:45.108, 10 Michael Laverty (Gbr) Yamaha 24:49.579. Leading 2nd race positions: 1 Jake Dixon (Gbr) Kawasaki 0:24:23.762, 2 James Ellison (Gbr) Yamaha 0:24:24.199, 3 Shane Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 0:24:24.199, 4 Luke Mossey (Gbr) Kawasaki 0:24:25.963, 5 Josh Brookes (Aus) Yamaha 0:24:28.372, 6 Dan Linfoot (Gbr) Honda 0:24:28.814, 7 Jason O’Halloran (Aus) Honda 0:24:29.333, 8 Michael Laverty (Gbr) Yamaha 0:24:30.757, 9 Peter Hickman (Gbr) BMW 0:24:33.103, 10 Billy McConnell (Aus) Kawasaki 0:24:33.784. REA STRETCHES LEAD Britain’s Jonathan Rea stretched his lead at the top of the World Superbike Championship to 50 points by finishing second in race two at Rimini in Italy.

Ducati’s Marco Melandri crossed the line first to win his first race since 2014 but Rea’s placing extends his advantage over fellow Briton Tom Sykes, who came third.

Michael van der Mark from Holland finished fourth, while Northern Ireland’s Eugene Laverty came in fifth.

Sykes sits 61 points ahead of Welshman Chaz Davies in the overall standings after Davies had to withdraw with a fractured vertebra which he suffered in the first race on Saturday.

Melandri is now 22 points behind Davies in fifth.

The next round of the series will take place at Laguna Seca in America on July 8 and 9. COWDENBEATH RACEWALL Formula II: heats – Gregor Turner (Dunfermline), Chris Burgoyne (Airth) two wins; final – 1 Chris Burgoyne, 2 Craig Wallace (Tranent), 3 Stevie Forster (Carluke); Grand National – 1 Stevie Forster, 2 Craig Wallace, 3 Robbie Dawson. Saloons: heats – Ross Watters (Leven), Ian Mclaughlin (Auchterarder); final – 1 Ian Mclaughlin, 2 Kyle Irvine (Glenrothes), 3 Ross Watters. Minis: heats – Declan Honeyman (South Alloa) two wins; final – 1 Steven Burgoyne (Airth), 2 Gary Paterson (Saline), 3 Declan Honeyman. Microf2: heats – Leon Muir (Thornton) two wins, Jamie Dawson (Aberdeen).