Sean Emmett re-wrote the British Superbike Championship record books as he claimed the narrowest-ever winning margin in the seventh round's second race at the Oulton Park.

Emmett headed off the challenge of series leader Troy Bayliss by just 0.001sec - one thousandth of a second - after 15 gripping laps of the Cheshire circuit during which the duo had constantly changed places.

It was Emmett's first victory of the season, and a race the Ducati rider described as "my best ever - just fantastic."

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