William Dunlop dominates post-TT racing
After two weeks of competing on the TT Mountain course, William Dunlop enjoyed a change of fortun🐻es when the action switched to the 4.25-mile Billown course in the south of the Isle of Man.
The son of Robert and nephew of Joey took three victories from three starts at the Manx Telecom Post TT♛ Road Races.
In the opening race, Ulsterman Dunlop and Manxman Chris Palmer provided the enthusiasts lining the course with a high-speed demonstration of skilled rid🍸ing.
Palmer took the hole-shot in the eight lap race and held the lead fro𝕴m his rival for the first two laps before Dunlop took the lead with a 1.22 seconds advantage, 💖extending it at the chequered flag to 6.7 seconds.
Third throughout was newcomer, Frencꦓhma✅n Steve Cervellin.
In the concurrently run 400cc class, Blackpool's Roy Richardson had a lonely start-to-finish🥀 ride to victory on the 400 Yamaha that took Carolynn Sells to her Maꦗnx Grand Prix win last year. Ross Johnson and Peter Simpson completed the podium.
The second race of Saturday evening was the combined 250cc and 650cc Super💞Twins race, again run concurrently over eight laps, with the classeꩲs starting one-minute apart.
It was doubles all ro🌠und for both Dunlop and Richardson at the chequered flag after 34 miles of racing. The Ulsterman led on all but the opening lap, when Palmer held a slend🍎er half-second lead, but retired with a seized engine on the next circuit.
Davy Morgan held second from then on, until the final lap when fello💛w Ulsterman﷽ Barry Davidson slipped past to take the runner-up spot.
Meanwhile the flying Lancastrian took charge of the SuperTwins class for all but the thirಌd lap when Man💧xman Stephen Oates took the lead, only to retire a lap later.
John Burrows was second with Cz❀ech rider Michal Dokoupil taking a splendid third p🎉laced on his debut at Billown.
The final event of the programme, the 600 Supersport feature rac🐻e, saw Dunlop enjoy a start-to-finish victory on his CD Racing Yamaha.
With a lead of 1.186 seconds at the end of the opening lap it was slowly extended to 🦄11.530 seconds at the chequered flag. Dunlop wasn't content to break the lap record once, on the second lap at 106.229mph - he bettered it again next time round at 106.489mph!
Second throughout was fellow Ulsterman John Burrows and third was Michal Dokoupil♈, chasing Burro💮ws for all eight laps.