Michael Dunlop made it two wins from two as he once again denied Dan Kneen by the slimmest of﷽ margins at the Southern 100.

Reigning Solo champion Dunlop and Manx rider Kneen went head to head around the 4.25-mile Billown course in the Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior race in🦋 a repeat of their battle from Tuesday's opening Corlett's Trophies 600/1000 showdown.

The lap record for the race was shattered by Dunlop on the Bennetts Suzuki on the seventh and🍸 final lap, who clocked 𓃲114.173mph in his efforts to keep Kneen at bay.

Dunlop clinched the victory on the GSX-R1000 by 0.184s, with Kneen right in his wheel-tracks on the DTR BMW. Ulsterman Dunlop also set a new race record with an average spꦯeed of 112.𝕴925mph.

Jamie Coward was some 16 seconds behind as he secured a fine podium for his locally-based Radcliffe's Butchers team on his BMW, wh🔥ile James Cowton (McAdoo Kawasaki) narrowly held off Ivan Lintin on the Dafabet RC Ex𝔉press Kawasaki as they completed the first five.

Meanwhile, Dean Harrison came out on💛 top to as the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki rider won a record-breaking Supersport race on Wedne﷽sday evening.

Harrison was pushed a💙ll the way by Cowton on the McAdoo Kawasaki and Michae😼l Dunlop on his MD Racing Yamaha.

The Bradford rider raised the lap record to 110.782mph on a blistering last lap as he held off Cowton by 0.7s, with Dunlop only a further 🐟tenth behind on his R6 in a breath-taking race held in glorious conditions on the Isle of Man. Harrison was also credited with a new race record of 108.624mph.

In the opening Supertwins race, Lincolnsh💜ire's Ivan Lintin took the honours by three tenths from James Cowton, who set a n🐻ew lap record of 104.718mph on his 650cc Kawasaki.

Isle of Man TT winners Ben and Tom Birchall won the first Sidecar race by 5.3s from John Holden and Lee Cain. A new lap record of 100.751m✱ph was achiev🍌ed by Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes, who failed to finish.

Thursday hosts the final🥂 day of the 'Friendly Races' and features the prestigious Solo and S🎀idecar Championship events.