Dunlop Takes Nw200 Supersport And Superstock Double

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Michael Dunlop secured a triumph double successful nan Supersport and Superstock classes successful Thursday night's racing astatine nan North West 200.

The victories were nan Northern Ireland rider's first astatine nan arena since 2016 and took his wide profession tally of North West successes to seven.

Dunlop clinched a melodramatic triumph successful nan opening Supersport title by blasting past eventual runner-up Richard Cooper connected nan tally to Mather's Cross connected nan last thigh and went connected to triumph by a separator of conscionable 0.378 seconds.

For nan 36-year-old, it was only his 2nd triumph successful nan people astatine nan North West, though he has dominated nan middleweight class astatine nan Isle of Man TT, wherever he has won a grounds 13 Supersport races.

The Northern Ireland rider was having his first outing astatine an world roadworthy title connected a V2 Ducati, having antecedently campaigned Yamaha machinery successful nan category.

Dunlop group a caller thigh grounds connected his last circuit astatine 118.65mph, pinch Davey Todd taking 3rd down Cooper, and Dean Harrison, Peter Hickman and Jamie Coward making up nan apical six leaderboard.

The apical 5 had been progressive successful a thrilling conflict throughout, pinch conscionable tenths of a 2nd separating them during nan four-lap race.

Dunlop was 5th aft thigh one, 4th aft nan 2nd thigh and 3rd aft thigh three, earlier making up crushed and executing his decisive move.

"It's bully to triumph backmost successful Northern Ireland, particularly astatine world level," a delighted Dunlop told BBC Sport NI aft nan race.

"I sewage myself into nan correct spot astatine nan correct clip and thought that it was clip to get my digit out.

"I really enjoyed it and knew I ever had it successful maine to thrust good here."

The Ballymoney man made ray of suffering nan after-effects of a spill successful Superstock qualifying earlier connected Thursday by occupying nan apical spot connected nan podium.

"I damaged nan enarthrosis a wee spot and struggled to brake a bit. It's not 100% but I can't complain. I'll support nan caput down."

Dunlop claimed his 2nd triumph of nan nighttime by sealing his 2nd NW200 Superstock triumph of his career.

The region Antrim man was backmost successful 4th aft nan opening circuit, pinch polesitter Todd establishing a important advantage of 2.1 seconds complete Ian Hutchinson and Harrison.

A second-lap complaint by Dunlop moved him up to second, wrong 0.58 seconds of nan leader, and by nan extremity of thigh 3 he led Harrison by 0.8 seconds.

The BMW rider had deed nan beforehand connected nan accelerated tally to University arsenic his rival Todd mislaid important crushed erstwhile he went consecutive connected astatine nan aforesaid conception of nan course.

Dunlop put successful nan fastest thigh of nan title connected his last circuit for bully measure, his velocity of 124.392mph marginally extracurricular Hickman's two-year-old Supersport benchmark.

"I've proved I'm still fast. I knew nan Superstock title was going to beryllium basking and heavy," Dunlop told BBC Sport NI afterwards.

"It's been a agelong clip since I came present afloat fresh and aft my spill earlier connected Thursday I thought 'here we spell again' but I've flooded it and won 2 races."

1 Michael Dunlop (NI, Ducati)

2 Richard Cooper (Eng, Yamaha)

3 Davey Todd (Eng, Honda)

4 Dean Harrison (Eng, Honda)

5 Peter Hickman (Eng, Triumph)

6 Jamie Coward (Eng, Triumph)

7 Mike Browne (RoI, Yamaha)

8 Adam McLean (NI, Yamaha)

1 Michael Dunlop (NI, BMW)

2 Dean Harrison (Eng, Honda)

3 Ian Hutchinson (Eng, BMW)

4 Davey Todd (Eng, BMW)