DEAN HARRISON AT THE VAUXHALL NORTH WEST 200
The first practice session has taken place for the
prestigious Vauxhall North West 200 road races in Colerain Northern Ireland. First
off was the Supersport 600, followed by the Superbikes, Super lightweights and
the Superstock 1000 bikes. A beautiful afternoon greeted the riders for the
first practice session of the meeting. A stark change from last year. When torrential
rain caused the cancellation of most of the meeting.
William Dunlop topped the leader board after the first
session on his 1000cc Tyco Suzuki with a time of 4.41.401at an average speed of
114.754mph, followed by Michael Rutter, Alastair Seeley, Lee Johnston, Gary Johnson
and Guy Martin. Dean Harrison on his Mar-Train Yamaha R6 qualified 14th
ahead of Keith Amor on a Honda. A good position for Dean as it is a couple of
years since he has done some dry laps of the circuit.
Superbike practice was headed by Michael Rutter on his Bathams
prize winning ales BMW with a time of 4.26.643 averaging 121.106mph. Rutter was
followed home by Alastair Seeley, Guy Martin, William Dunlop, Martin Jessop and
Josh Brookes. Dean’s RC Express Racing Kawasaki managed 16th place
with a time of 4.35.166.
In the Supertwin qualifying Keith Amor was top of the class
on his KMR/SGS International Kawasaki 650 with a time of 5.02.933 an average
speed of 106.598mph. Keith led a closely bunched pack with the top eleven separated
by just eight seconds. Ryan Farquhar was second followed by Connor Behan, Ivan
Lintin and in his best qualification of the day Dean Harrison on his RC Express
Racing Kawasaki 650 with a time of 5.06.805 an average speed of 105.253.
The final practice of the day saw Austrian Horst Saiger top
of the board in the Superstock qualifying, on his saiger-racing.com Kawasaki
with a time of 4.32.427 an average of 118.535mph. Horst was followed by Michael
Rutter, Stephen Thompson, Martin Jessop and Simon Andrews all on BMW’s Dean
managed eighth place on his RC Express Racing Kawasaki with a time of 4.34.997
an average of 117.427mph. The session was halted four minutes from the end due
to a rider crashing at Primrose Corner. With the course under re d flag
conditions some of the top riders were unable to complete a fast lap with Martin,
Dunlop and Johnson out of position. With James Hillier, Connor Cummings and Alastair
Seeley failing to qualify.
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