Michael Dunlop matches uncle Joey's record 26 Isle of Man TT wins
Michael Dunlop equals record in Supersport Race 1 at 20ও24 Isl🌄e of Man TT
Michael Dunlop has equalled his late uncle Joey's all-time record 26 wins at the Isle of Man TT𝐆.
Dunlop won the Supersport Race 1 on Saturday, the first race of 2024, to match the incrediꦚble feat.
Davey Todd😼 was second, Dean Harrison third, James Hillier fourth, James Hind fifth.
But the true significance of the race was the emotional history-making by 𓆏its winner.
Dunlop has famously lost his father and u⭕ncl൩e to motorcycle racing.
Now 35, and after winning his 25th ꩲTT race last year, he has returned to immediately draw level with thꦜe record set by his uncle, before his death.
"It's fantastic," he told the BBC.
⭕"To equal Joey's record is something that has been playing on my mind all week,ꦐ and everyone else's.
"Everyone wanted to get to that record and now I've done 💮it, so it is something special."
Dunlop🤡 will have seven chances to w𝓀in a 27th TT race this year, as he competes in all of the remaining solo races.
Dunlop was made to fight for his record-equalling 26🌄th win, though.
He🧜 only t⭕ook the lead at Ballaugh Bridge on Lap 2 of 4.
"I knew it was going to be tight and it took me a couple of laps 𝔍to bed in," said𓄧 Dunlop.
"We made a few changes and it was tough going. To beat Da🌃vey [Todd] in the form he is in at present is special."
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports fo📖r a decade covering everything from American sports, t🐓o football, to F1.
