![]() ![]() On this occasion, the local favourite had 4.6 seconds to spare over second-place finisher McLean, with Jordan three seconds further adrift when the race was brought to a premature end when the leaders had completed four laps.Ĭork man Browne rode his Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Honda to victory in the Moto3/125cc class, establishing a new lap record at 90.755mph as he did so. The Supertwins class was another event that was subject to two red-flag stoppages but again it was Dunlop who emerged victorious on a Kawasaki normally ridden by Jamie Coward, who missed the meeting through injuries sustained in a road traffic accident while riding his bicycle earlier in the week. Michael Dunlop was a convincing winner of the second Supersport race They were followed across the line by McLean, Harrison and Jordan. MD Racing 600cc Yamaha-mounted Dunlop enjoyed an advantage of 5.7 seconds over Browne by the finish, with Todd a further 1.5 seconds in arrears in third. The race was initially halted because of an incident at Acheson's Leap on the opening lap and the re-run red-flagged as rain fell around the circuit. Sheils completed the rostrum in third and set the fastest lap of the race at 108.231mph, just shy of Todd's course record benchmark of 108.534 set 12 months ago.īrowne, Dean Harrison and Paul Jordan completed the top six leaderboard.ĭunlop won Friday's Supersport opener in lap record-breaking fashion and made it a double in the middleweight class by taking a dominant victory in Saturday's event which was re-started twice and eventually held over five laps. Milenco by Padgett's Honda pilot Todd stayed in close attendance of the leader with a lap at 108.043mph but was unable to overhaul the Ballymoney rider. Todd led off the line in the Open race but Dunlop hit the front on lap one and ended with a 0.7 seconds advantage over the Yorkshireman at the chequered flag. His win took his tally of Superbike successes at Armoy to 18 and number of triumphs in the feature race to 10.īy the finish, Browne was 10 seconds ahead of third-placed man Derek Sheils. The 25-times TT winner was in total command from the start of this year's six-lap race held in wet conditions, pulling out a lead of 6.45 seconds after lap one and extending that to 11.4 seconds after his second circuit of the three-mile course. The Ballymoney rider won both Supersport races and the Supertwins to take his total Armoy tally to 29 wins.ĭunlop had won the 'Race of Legends' event nine times in succession between 20 but did not race at the event 12 months ago following a dispute with the organisers, Davey Todd collecting four successes on that occasion. ![]() Riding a Honda, Dunlop won the main race comprehensively by 16.9 seconds from Mike Browne, having earlier also won the Open race on his 1000cc bike. ![]()
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