Dunlop and Moore double up at the Cookstown 100

MICHAEL Dunlop sealed victory in the Bear Competitions Cookstown 100 feature race on Saturday.

The Ballymoney man set a new lap record of 91.773mph on his BMW en route to a 5.6 second success over Michael Sweeney, who finished well ahead of third placed Derek McKee’s Yamaha.

Organisers of the event had their plans upset on Friday as heavy rain led to qualifying being turned into free practice for all riders.

But all involved were rewarded on Saturday with a day of fine weather that allowed the racing to take place in perfect conditions as Dunlop impressed with a race-win double, while local man Nigel Moore achieved a similar feat on his Classic machinery.

As well as Dunlop’s new lap record in the feature superbike race, Derek McGee did likewise in the Supertwin race, while Darryl Tweed set the mark to beat in the first ever Classic Superbike race at the event.

In the day’s first race, Caomhan Canny won the Super Seal Windows Senior Support A on his 750 Suzuki, beating Sean Brolly into second by over 7.5 seconds, while Blackwatertown’s Kevin Lavery, enjoyed his debut at the event with third place.

In the next race, Derek McGee claimed victory in the Moto3 opener from Dan Sayle, while Nigel Moore was third and in the Supersport 300 race, Lee Osprey won from Mark Johnson, with William Grant third.

Daryl Tweed won the Lightweight Supersport/250cc GP race from Chris Meyer’s Honda and Tim Walsh.

In the Mid Ulster District Council Supersport A race, Dunlop won by four seconds from McGee, with Michael Sweeney third, while Aran Sadler claimed the Supersport B victory from Andy McAllister and Shaun Buckle.

The Ability Energy Junior Classic was won by Richard Ford ahead of Brian McAteer, with Philip Shaw third.

Derek McGee won the Supertwin opener onboard the KMR-prepared Jack Reid Cars Kawasaki, while Michael Sweeney was second and Tweed was third.

There was local success in the Junior Classic 350cc race, with Nigel Moore the victor from Mark Johnson and Kyle Parkes in third.

Sean Brolly was the winner of the second Junior Support A race ahead of Caomhan Canny in second and third placed Lee Osprey, while Lee McGavock was winner of the Junior Support B race from Stuart McCann, while Roy Werst was third.

The first Classic Superbike race at the event was won by Daryl Tweed from Paul Williams with Andy Hornby third, and Hornby won the Classic 1000cc race, with Nigel Moore the 500cc winner.

The Cookstown 100 B race was won by Dean McMaster from Richard McLoughlin in second and Aran Sadler in third.