Glenn Irwin had a day to remember as the Bri🦂tish Sup🃏erbike rider dominated both feature races at the North West 200.

Irwin clinched his maiden win at the event in 20☂17 after edging out Alastair Seeley in ꧂the main Superbike race in a breathless finish.

However, he was in a class of 𝐆his own on Saturday at the international road race in Northern Ireland, where he led all the way in both races on the PBM Be Wiser Ducati.

The 28-year-old had a lea🐎d of 3.7 seconds after the fir෴st lap in race one and maintained his advantage until a false neutral caused him to run on at the Juniper chicane on the fourth lap.

As💛 Irwin paused in the stop-box, his lead was whittled down to less than one second by Dean Harrison on the Silicone E♏ngineering Kawasaki, but he soon powered clear again.

He won by one second from Harrison as he slowed 𝓰on the last lap, with Michael Rutter taking third on the Bathams BMW.

A jubilant Irwin said he hoped his win lifted the spirits in Pa𓆏ul Bird’s team after BSB champion Shane Byrne was injured in a crash during the Snetterto🔯n test.

“The sun shone all day and the crowd was huge so with it bei♉ng a hard week for the team after Shakey’s accident, hopefully today’s wins have lifted everyone’s spi💦rits,” he said.

“It’s just been an awesome day. I managed to get the holeshot in both races and just got my head down whichꦅ allowed me to break the🏅 tow of the other riders.

“💖With clear road, you can ride almost the perfect lap and the support I was getting from the crowd was unꦇreal – I didn’t need a pit-board as the crowd were giving me all the signals I needed.”

Irwin repeated the trick ꧅in the feature Superbike race, leading all the way to complete his double by almost 10 seconds from Michael Dunlop, who was a retirement in race one on the Tyco BMW.

Lee Johnston was third on the Honda Racing Fireblade followed by Mart༺in Jessopp, Conor Cumm𒁃ins and Dean Harrison.

Alastair Seeley could only finish 10th after a dreadful start on the Tyco BMW. The 24-time winner also suffered misfortune🤡 in the firs💟t race, when he received a five-second penalty for jumping the start.

Seeley won the Supersport and Superstock races to complete a treble, coming after his Supersport victory on the EH🦂A Racing Yamaha in Thursday’s opening race.

The two-time British champion has no🌃w increased his record to 24 wins since his maiden triumph at the North West 200 in 2008.