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Jun 05

by darren in The Feed 0 comments tags: Ducati, Dunlop, IOMTT

Dunlop continues Supersport dominance with 32nd TT win

Michael Dunlop continued his dominance of the Supersport category at the Isle of Man TT by taking victory in Wednesday’s delayed race two in the class for his third win of the week. The success in the four-lapper took the Northern Ireland rider’s overall tally of career wins at the event to an all-time record-extending 32. Dunlop finished 26.1 seconds ahead of Dean Harrison, with Davey Todd a further 15.8 seconds adrift in third. The 36-year-old has now won 15 Supersport TT races, including the past eight in a row, courtesy of four consecutive doubles between 2022 and 2025. The county Antrim rider had given Italian marque Ducati their first TT win for 30 years when he was first in Monday’s opening Supersport outing, a triumph which was also notable for being the seventh different manufacturer on which Dunlop had achieved success over the 37.73-mile Mountain Course. “The wee bike [Ducati Panigale V2] is mint and it never missed a beat,” a delighted Dunlop told Radio TT after the race. “We buy our own bikes and choose our own manufacturers and winning races is what I’m here to do so I’m happy. To be in the 30s bracket is great. “It’s nice […]

Jun 04

by darren in The Feed 0 comments tags: Harrison, Honda, IOMTT

Harrison ends Isle of Man TT win drought

Honda Racing rider Dean Harrison is no longer the bridesmaid at the 2025 Isle of Man TT after backing up third and second in the opening two races of this year’s event with a stunning victory over Davey Todd and Michael Dunlop in the shortened two-lap opening superstock race of this year’s event. It was Todd, not usual early charger Harrison, who led to the first timing point at Glen Helen on the opening lap of the race and looked to be in control of the race across the first lap – but as they crossed Glencrutchery Road his small two-second gap from across the Mountain had dropped to only 0.4s. And by the time they got to Glen Helen for the second time round, it was Harrison who was into the lead by a slender margin – a gap that he was then just able to extend and extend out to the chequered flag, where he took his fourth win and first since 2019, and Honda Racing’s first since John McGuinness won the Senior TT for it in 2015. Harrison went into race week as perhaps more of a favourite for race wins than he has in recent seasons, […]

Jun 03

by darren in The Feed 0 comments tags: 8Ten Racing, IOMTT, Todd

Todd holds off charging Dunlop to take Superbike TT win

Davey Todd held off a sustained charge from Michael Dunlop to take a start-to-finish victory in a thrilling Isle of Man TT Superbike race, which was reduced from six laps to four. The 29-year-old had an advantage of just 1.2 seconds over Dunlop by the end of the race, with the fastest lap of the race of 135.327mph on his final circuit helping the 8TEN Racing BMW rider secure the win. For Todd, it is the third TT win of his career, the Yorkshireman having won the Superstock and Senior races at the event in 2024. The two-time British Superstock 1000cc champion built up a 7.9-second lead after lap one and his advantage after the second lap was just marginally less at 7.1 seconds. However, Todd lost six seconds to his rival in the pits and the gap was reduced to 0.2 seconds after the riders went through Glen Helen on the final lap but the eventual victor rallied to secure the success, with Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison a further 43.5 seconds behind in third. “I’m over the moon, this feels sweet. The boys have done a fantastic job,” Todd told Radio TT after the race. “I was more nervous […]

May 31

by darren in The Feed 0 comments tags: 8Ten Racing, Hickman, IOMTT

Hickman injured in Isle of Man TT qualifying crash

Fourteen-time Isle of Man TT winner Peter Hickman has been injured in a crash during Friday night’s practice for the race. The 8Ten Racing BMW rider was reported by the TT organisers to be ‘conscious and stable’ following a fall at Kerrowmoar that brought out red flags during the second session of the day. Honda Racing rider Dean Harrison led the practice session away, with Hickman second on his superstock machine. He crashed at Kerrowmoar, a fast left hand corner directly after Ginger Hall, where he fell in last year’s Senior TT while leading the race. He was transported by air ambulance (a standard procedure at the TT) to Noble’s hospital on the Isle of Man, where organisers described his condition as conscious and stable. Hickman’s BMW was smoking slightly when he left the start line on Glencrutchery Road, and initial reports suggest that it continued to emit smoke as he lapped, and his lower fairing looked visibly loose on the TT’s live TV coverage, although it’s unknown at this time if that was a contributing factor to his fall. The fall brought out the red flags in the session immediately, with riders stopped on track before being escorted back […]

Apr 03

by darren in The Feed 0 comments tags: Hillier, IOMTT

James Hillier on OMG Racing withdrawal

OMG Racing’s withdrawal from racing has had knock-on effects on WTF Racing. James Hiller has discussed the ‘shock’ he felt when it was announced that OMG Racing and WTF Racing have both withdrawn from racing. Hillier has ridden for Alan Gardner’s OMG Team on the roads since 2022, when he first piloted a Yamaha R1. However, since then, the road racing team has been named ‘WTF Racing’ after OMG Racing became the official Yamaha UK BSB team. The one-time TT race winner was set to return with WTF Racing for the 2025 road racing season. This year, Hillier was set to pilot a Honda CBR1000RR-R, but the recent announcement means that he is now ride-less only weeks ahead of the season. “My phone’s been pretty crazy since [Tuesday] afternoon when the news was released,” Hillier said in a video posted to his Instagram account. “That was honestly a big shock, I really didn’t see that coming; it’s not great timing, especially on April Fools’ Day. “I wished it was a joke but unfortunately it isn’t. “I also want to say a big thank you to Alan Gardner for all the effort and time he’s put into racing; with OMG and WTF – the whole […]

Mar 03

by darren in Track 0 comments tags: Hickman, IOMTT, Superstock

Fastest ever Lap of the IOMTT

Welcome onboard the outright lap record record for the IOMTT Mountain Course at 16 minutes and 36.115 seconds at an average speed of 136.358 mph (219.447 km/h). This was set by Peter Hickman on a BMW M1000RR Superstock bike during the 2023 Superstock TT Race Two.

Jun 19

by darren in Track 0 comments tags: IOMTT, Norton

Davo on the Norton 2017 TT

Davo Johnson on-board video riding the Norton SG6 during the 2017 Isle of Man TT