Jonny Campbell: My dad and uncle were up until 2am to fix bike… I'm so grateful to them after Neil Robinson triumph
However, Campbell was on a charge on his 155 Racing BMW and reeled in Phillips with three laps to go.
He made his move past Phillips to lead for the first time as the race reached a climax and was able to capitalise when Phillips was held up by a slower rider into the first turn at the beginning of the penultimate lap.
Campbell led by just under one second as the leaders began their last lap, but there was drama to come when the duo caught more tail-enders at Ringawaddy.
Campbell got through but Phillips' bid for the win ended unceremoniously, with Derek Sheils promoted to the runner-up spot on the Roadhouse Macau BMW.
Ross Irwin secured the final place on the podium on the Magic Bullet Honda ahead of Ryan Gibson (Gibson Motors BMW).
It was Campbell's first win of 2025 on his new BMW M1000RR and comes after the defending champion showed a big improvement in the previous two rounds at Kirkistown in June, finishing on the podium four times in four races with two runner-up results and a brace of thirds.
'Yeah, good race, but my starts haven't been great all year,' Campbell said.
'We had a problem yesterday, but thanks to Ryan Gibson, he lent me a few parts, and thanks to my dad and uncle and whoever else, they were until 2.00am last night to fix the bike and I can't thank them enough.'
In the Supersport class, Belfast's Mark Conlin won the Donny Robinson Memorial Race on the Moto Market/NRG/Bell Bikesport Ducati for a double on Sunday.
Conlin came home 2.4 secs ahead of Ross Moore (Honda) in a wet race after rain fell in the afternoon, with Robert Waddell (Honda) five seconds further behind in third.
In the opener, Conlin won by 1.7 secs from Christian Elkin (DynoCentreNI Yamaha) in sunny conditions, with Ross Irwin (Magic Bullet Ducati) taking third.
Korie McGreevy, the winner of both Supersport races on Saturday, did not compete yesterday due to the McAdoo Racing team's long-standing tradition of never racing on a Sunday.
The Supertwin races were won by Caolan Irwin (Burrows/RK Racing Aprilia) and Elkin (RB Engineering Kawasaki), who also shared a win each in the class on Saturday. The two-day meeting, promoted by the Mid Antrim Club, was the Sixth Round of the SBT Ireland Ulster Superbike Championship.
Phillips, meanwhile, made up for the disappointment of his DNF in the Neil Robinson showpiece by winning the final Superbike race by four seconds from Campbell, with Sheils third.
Round Seven takes place at Kirkistown in Co Down on September 6, which is also the finale of the Belfast Club's 'Big 3 Series'.
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