The Cookstown 100 was held last weekend, as the first of the big road races. It is held traditionally on the 2.1 mile long Orritor-circuit, where Sandor also raced in 2011. He then finished second on the Superbike B race. It was a big happiness to see Michal Dokoupil returning to racing, as two years ago he suffered on this track seroius injuries.
The biggest winner of the event is the very popular Michael Dunlop. He won not only two superbike races, but also broke the lap record. Guy Martin could enrich his collection with the Supersport trophy.
Superbike A race:
Michel Dunlop started from pole position, and despite Derek Sheils from third on the grid took the lead in the first lap, Dunlop took the lead back, and kept it until the chequered flag. Second was the also popular Guy Martin, Derek Sheils stepped as third to the rostrum.
Results:
Name | Bike | Laps | Race time | Gap | Best lap | ||
1 | Michael | DUNLOP | Honda | 8 | 11:19.012 | 1:23.305 | |
2 | Guy | MARTIN | Suzuki | 8 | 11:22.916 | 3.904 | 1:23.459 |
3 | Derek | SHEILS | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:27.731 | 8.719 | 1:24.622 |
4 | Michael | PEARSON | BMW | 8 | 11:29.415 | 10.403 | 1:24.817 |
5 | Dean | HARRISON | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:41.659 | 22.647 | 1:26.435 |
6 | Jamie | HAMILTON | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:49.215 | 30.203 | 1:27.419 |
7 | Michael | SWEENEY | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:50.720 | 31.708 | 1:27.354 |
8 | Shaun | ANDERSON | Suzuki | 8 | 11:59.416 | 40.404 | 1:28.812 |
9 | Derek | McGEE | Yamaha | 8 | 11:59.506 | 40.494 | 1:28.834 |
10 | Davy | MORGAN | Suzuki | 8 | 12:01.532 | 42.520 | 1:27.634 |
11 | Rob | BARBER | BMW | 8 | 12:02.802 | 43.790 | 1:28.787 |
12 | Wayne | KIRWAN | Honda | 8 | 12:04.112 | 45.100 | 1:28.068 |
13 | Ivan | SHANLEY | Suzuki | 8 | 12:08.381 | 49.369 | 1:29.463 |
14 | Stephen | THOMPSON | Suzuki | 8 | 12:09.851 | 50.839 | 1:29.425 |
15 | Alan | CONNOR | Suzuki | 8 | 12:12.188 | 53.176 | 1:29.341 |
16 | Paul | CRANSTON | Honda | 8 | 12:12.776 | 53.764 | 1:30.345 |
17 | Andy | FARRELL | Yamaha | 8 | 12:13.867 | 54.855 | 1:29.276 |
18 | Robert | WILSON | Kawasaki | 8 | 12:15.130 | 56.118 | 1:30.667 |
19 | Michal | DOKOUPIL | Honda | 7 | 11:01.267 | 1lap | 1:31.913 |
Alan Bonner, Brian McCormack, and Stephen McKnight did not finish.
Superbike, feature race:
The first four lap saw the battle between Michael Dunlop, Michael Pearson and Guy Martin, they were all within one second! In the fifth lap Pearson lost the pace, who was overtook by Derek Sheils in the sixth lap. Martin and Dunlop remained in the fight for the victory, which went to the latter, creating a same podium as on the Superbike A race.
Results:
Name | Bike | Laps | Race time | Gap | Best lap | ||
1 | Michael | DUNLOP | Honda | 10 | 14:07.729 | 1:22.641 | |
2 | Guy | MARTIN | Suzuki | 10 | 14:10.232 | 2.503 | 1:23.028 |
3 | Derek | SHEILS | Honda | 10 | 14:14.592 | 6.863 | 1:23.605 |
4 | Michael | PEARSON | BMW | 10 | 14:24.128 | 16.399 | 1:25.099 |
5 | Jamie | HAMILTON | Kawasaki | 10 | 14:28.653 | 20.924 | 1:24.891 |
6 | Dean | HARRISON | Kawasaki | 10 | 14:42.538 | 34.809 | 1:26.539 |
7 | Shaun | ANDERSON | Suzuki | 10 | 14:44.650 | 36.921 | 1:26.843 |
8 | Brian | McCORMACK | Kawasaki | 10 | 14:46.360 | 38.631 | 1:27.185 |
9 | Derek | McGEE | Yamaha | 10 | 14:47.384 | 39.655 | 1:26.994 |
10 | Michael | SWEENEY | Kawasaki | 10 | 14:48.975 | 41.246 | 1:27.812 |
11 | Davy | MORGAN | Suzuki | 10 | 14:50.364 | 42.635 | 1:27.165 |
12 | Ivan | SHANLEY | Suzuki | 10 | 14:58.556 | 50.827 | 1:28.215 |
13 | Paul | CRANSTON | Honda | 10 | 15:07.283 | 59.554 | 1:29.391 |
14 | Alan | CONNOR | Suzuki | 9 | 13:43.831 | 1 lap | 1:30.289 |
Wayne Kirwan, Alan Bonner, Stephen McKnight and Stephen 'Hong Kong' Thompson did not finish.
Supersport:
Though Michael Dunlop started from pole, and Guy Martin from the fourth, the end of the first lap saw this positions switched: Guy Martin was leading, and Dunlop was fourth. Between them were Michael Pearson and Robert Wilson. Dunlop progressed into third in the second lap, and into second in the third lap. Despite he reduced the gap between him and Martin, he could not overtook him, so the order remained until the chequered flag. Martin won, Dunlop second, Dean Harrison finished third. The bronze man from the two superbike races, Derek Sheils missed the podium this time, finishing fourth.
Results:
Name | Bike | Laps | Race time | Gap | Best lap | ||
1 | Guy | MARTIN | Suzuki | 8 | 11:37.371 | 1:25.692 | |
2 | Michael | DUNLOP | Honda | 8 | 11:37.490 | 0.119 | 1:24.862 |
3 | Dean | HARRISON | Yamaha | 8 | 11:47.460 | 10.089 | 1:26.262 |
4 | Derek | SHEILS | Honda | 8 | 11:47.599 | 10.228 | 1:26.476 |
5 | Michael | PEARSON | Suzuki | 8 | 11:50.607 | 13.236 | 1:27.256 |
6 | Derek | McGEE | Yamaha | 8 | 11:55.873 | 18.502 | 1:27.340 |
7 | Wayne | KIRWAN | Yamaha | 8 | 11:56.383 | 19.012 | 1:27.931 |
8 | Jamie | HAMILTON | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:56.754 | 19.383 | 1:28.269 |
9 | Robert | WILSON | Kawasaki | 8 | 11:57.457 | 20.086 | 1:28.641 |
10 | William | DAVISON | Honda | 8 | 12:03.999 | 26.628 | 1:28.922 |
11 | Michael | SWEENEY | Yamaha | 8 | 12:07.743 | 30.372 | 1:28.687 |
12 | Alan | KENNY | Honda | 8 | 12:09.875 | 32.504 | 1:29.499 |
13 | Rob | BARBER | Honda | 8 | 12:12.828 | 35.457 | 1:29.762 |
14 | Andy | FARRELL | Yamaha | 8 | 12:12.960 | 35.589 | 1:30.550 |
15 | Shaun | ANDERSON | Suzuki | 8 | 12:13.002 | 35.631 | 1:29.757 |
16 | Paul | CRANSTON | Honda | 8 | 12:13.029 | 35.658 | 1:30.214 |
17 | Stephen | McKNIGHT | Yamaha | 8 | 12:13.274 | 35.903 | 1:29.643 |
18 | Davy | MORGAN | Yamaha | 8 | 12:17.894 | 40.523 | 1:30.725 |
19 | Seamus | ELLIOTT | Yamaha | 8 | 12:18.254 | 40.883 | 1:30.285 |
20 | William | MONIE | Yamaha | 8 | 12:29.330 | 51.959 | 1:31.277 |
21 | Stephen | McILVENNA | Yamaha | 8 | 12:37.964 | 1:00.593 | 1:31.426 |
22 | Dennis | BOOTH | Yamaha | 8 | 12:47.766 | 1:10.395 | 1:34.481 |
All riders finished this race.
The next road race will be this weekend's Tandragee 100.