Bradley Ray was “unbelievable” in his return season to BSB, regardless of lacking out on a second title to Kyle Ryde.
Ray gained 12 races within the 2025 BSB marketing campaign, greater than every other rider and double the entire of Ryde, however missed the championship by 20 factors in the long run after a mid-season droop noticed him on the rostrum solely 4 instances within the final 12 races earlier than the Showdown portion of the season began at Assen.
Regardless of the season in the end ending in disappointment for 2022 BSB Champion Ray, Raceways Yamaha proprietor Steve Rodgers was happy with the efficiency of each his crew and rider in 2025, particularly given the tumultuous begin to the season with Ray’s authentic crew, OMG Racing, briefly collapsing earlier than the opening spherical and leaving Ray with out a trip and Raceways solely being fashioned within the days after that.
“The boys have completed a mega job, we had three weeks’ discover,” Rodgers informed TNT Sports activities after BSB Race 3 on the closing spherical at Manufacturers Hatch.
“We hit the bottom working, didn’t we?
“We put it on pole within the first spherical and gained the primary race.
“It’s been a improbable yr, I’ve to say, the boys have completed a mega job, Brad’s [Ray] been unbelievable, and glad to be again.”
He added: “I’ve actually loved it. […] We’ve had a whole lot of wins, had a whole lot of pole positions, lap information. You possibly can’t not take pleasure in it, are you able to?”
Earlier than the season, when the Raceways crew was revived to offer Ray a trip after the OMG collapse, Rodgers revealed that the 28-year-old is a rider he’d needed to work with previously, however in the end by no means had the possibility.
Having now had the chance to work with Ray, Rodgers was clearly not dissatisfied with the expertise.
“Actually, it’s been improbable,” he mentioned.
“The child’s mega, he’s completed a improbable job.
“We’ve had 12 wins; we haven’t acquired the large trophy but it surely’s been an incredible yr.”
The Raceways crew will increase into Supersport subsequent season. Riders are but to be introduced however Rodgers teased that there may very well be a couple of R9 in his outfit subsequent season.
“Yamaha, it’s [Supersport] an enormous factor for them with the brand new R9,” he mentioned.
“So, we’ll have one, possibly two riders in that. Watch this area.”
