IoM TT Results
Ian Hutchinson’s dominance of the 2010 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy continued on Monday afternoon when he took a nail biting victory in the 4-lap royal London 360 Superstock race, his third win in as many races, to join a select band of racers who have won three in a week.
With two races still to come he could even threaten the visiting Phillip McCallen’s four in a week on the Isle of Man.
The Padgetts Honda rider came in to the final lap 5.54s adrift of long time race leader Ryan Farquhar but a record breaking lap of 130.741mph saw him edge out the KMR Kawasaki rider by the tiny margin of 1.32s. The Northern Irishman just missed out on a 130mph+ lap but was comfortably clear of third placed Conor Cummins, who made it two Kawasaki’s in the top three.
With the Island basking in warm sunshine once more, conditions were absolutely ideal around the Mountain Course and it was Farquhar who set off quickest, the Dungannon rider holding on to a slender 0.24s lead from Michael Dunlop with Keith Amor in third and Hutchinson, Cummins and Cameron Donald completing the top six. It was incredibly close though with 1.5s covering the top 5 and only 4.5s between the top ten!
Farquhar was flying on the opening lap, extending his advantage at all the timing points, and a first lap speed of 129.648mph gave him a 6.78s lead over Dunlop with Hutchinson now up to third ahead of Cummins and Amor, John McGuinness holding on to sixth. Leading contenders Dan Stewart and Carl Rennie were both out of luck though, the duo retiring at the end of the first lap.
Farquhar and Hutchinson were pulling away from the chasing pack on the second lap and the Kawasaki rider was the first to break the old lap record with a brilliant lap of 129.816mph and this saw him edge further away from Hutchinson, the gap 8.8s as they came into refuel. Dunlop had been relegated to fourth though and he lost further time as he changed his rear tyre at the pit stop, dropping him all the way down to 11th.
Hutchinson had the quickest pit stop and led the race for the first time as the riders left the pits but by Glen Helen, 34-year old Farquhar was back in front to the tune of 1.4s and it was going to be a straight fight over the final two laps. Cummins was only eight seconds further back in third with McGuinness, Amor and Guy Martin now occupying the top six positions. Dunlop was fighting his way back and was gradually inching his way up the leaderboard.
By Ramsey Hairpin, Farquhar was over four seconds clear and this became 5.54s as the pair went into their final lap – and it was here when Hutchinson made his charge. The gap stayed the same at Glen Helen but Hutchinson had halved this by the time they jumped Ballaugh Bridge, and at Ramsey Hairpin for the final time it was only 1.82s. In all three races held so far, Hutchinson has been the quickest rider over the Mountain but Farquhar was up for the fight and rode harder than he’d ever done before only to fall short by the smallest margin.
Hutchinson’s final lap of 130.741mph was the first 130mph lap recorded by a Superstock machine and, despite Farquhar setting his best ever lap of the Mountain Course at 129.883mph, he fell short by an agonising 1.32s. Nevertheless, it was his first podium finish at the TT since 2008 and there was further celebration for Kawasaki with Cummins coming home in a strong third and going some way to make up for his disappointment on Saturday, when he retired whilst leading the Superbike race.
Behind, McGuinness maintained his fourth place all the way to the chequered flag whilst Martin got the better of Amor for fifth, albeit by just two tenths of a second. Ian Lougher took a fine seventh with a determined Michael Dunlop fighting his way back up to 8th and Michael Rutter and Adrian Archibald completing the top ten.
James McBride was the best of the Privateers in 14th place, three places ahead of Portuguese star Luis Carreira with Stefano Bonetti the next highest placed in 19th.
McBride has now jumped up to the top of the table, the Kettering rider having 49pts and holding onto a 13-point lead over Stephen Oates and Davy Morgan, the pair sharing second on 36 points.
In the battle for the best Newcomer, David Johnson was again the highest placed in 28th place, lapping at 122.312mph, with Hudson Kennaugh, Brian McCormack and Stephen Thompson in 33rd, 34th and 35th – all three also breaking the 120mph barrier for the first time.
Meanwhile, Jenny Tinmouth again set a new personal best lap and a speed of 116.993mph firmly cements her place as the fastest female to have lapped the Mountain Course.
TT Race Updates: TT HM Plant SBK | Keith Amor Results | Sidecar Results | Electric TT Practice | TT Superbike Recap Video | Superbike Results | SBK Race Day Updates | TAS Suzuki Superbike | Supersport 1 Results | 360 Superstock Results | TAS Supersport Report
Royal London 360 Superstock Race TT 2010 – Final Results
Pos No. Rider Lap Time Lap Speed Machine/Entrant Grow Time Avg Speed
1 4 Ian Hutchinson 1000cc Honda / Padgetts Motorcycles 17 18.91 130.741 01 10 41.31 128.100
2 12 Ryan Farquhar 1000cc Kawasaki / KMR Kawasaki 17 25.77 129.883 01 10 42.63 128.060
3 10 Conor Cummins 1000cc Kawasaki / McAdoo Kawasaki Racing 17 38.94 128.268 01 11 14.12 127.117
4 2 John McGuinness 1000cc Honda / Padgetts Motorcycles 17 41.96 127.903 01 11 35.92 126.472
5 8 Guy Martin 1000cc Honda / Wilson Craig Racing 17 43.86 127.675 01 11 50.06 126.057
6 5 Keith Amor 1000cc BMW / W A Corless/Jackson Racing 17 41.34 127.978 01 11 50.25 126.051
7 3 Ian Lougher 1000cc Kawasaki / Blackhorse Kawasaki 17 43.67 127.697 01 12 10.97 125.448
8 14 Michael Dunlop 1000cc Honda / Hunts Motorcycles/Marlow 17 36.43 128.573 01 12 28.63 124.939
Construction
9 7 Michael Rutter 1000cc Honda / HM Plant Honda 17 55.42 126.302 01 12 32.78 124.819
10 9 Adrian Archibald 1000cc Suzuki / AMA Racing Team 17 52.33 126.666 01 12 43.08 124.525
11 6 Cameron Donald 1000cc Suzuki / Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing 18 19.73 123.511 01 13 17.09 123.562
12 19 James Hillier 1000cc Kawasaki / Bournemouth Kawasaki 18 06.32 125.036 01 13 20.45 123.467
13 11 Gary Johnson 1000cc Suzuki / AIM Racing 18 13.86 124.173 01 13 28.43 123.244
14 27 James McBride 1000cc Yamaha / Downview Finance / Pazzo Racing 18 00.62 125.695 01 13 31.47 123.159
15 18 Dan Kneen 1000cc Suzuki / Marks Bloom Racing/West London 18 04.56 125.238 01 13 35.76 123.039
Suzuki
16 22 William Dunlop 1000cc Suzuki / CD Racing 18 10.24 124.586 01 13 41.31 122.885
17 37 Luis Carreira 1000cc Suzuki / Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem 18 12.48 124.330 01 13 47.22 122.721
18 24 Ian Mackman 1000cc Suzuki / 2 MACHS 18 16.99 123.818 01 14 10.79 122.071
19 32 Stefano Bonetti 1000cc Honda 18 14.16 124.139 01 14 24.15 121.706
20 33 Jimmy Moore 1000cc Suzuki / East Coast Racing 18 07.41 124.910 01 14 28.15 121.597
21 17 Mark Miller 1000cc BMW / Penz13/SK Support 18 14.35 124.118 01 14 39.63 121.285
22 28 Davy Morgan 1000cc Yamaha / CSC Branson Racing 18 21.13 123.353 01 15 02.42 120.671
23 34 Stephen Oates 1000cc Suzuki / Hallett Aviation/Road & Racing 18 18.83 123.612 01 15 04.56 120.614
Motorcycles
24 26 Paul Dobbs 1000cc Yamaha / Dave East Engineering 18 57.49 119.410 01 15 11.18 120.437
25 38 Antonio Maeso 1000cc Yamaha 18 29.57 122.415 01 15 15.90 120.311
26 47 Kiaran Hankin 1000cc Honda / Slingshot Racing/KH Tool & Plant 18 22.24 123.229 01 15 18.95 120.230
Hire
27 53 Paul Shoesmith 1000cc BMW / Speedfreak Ice Valley 18 25.91 122.820 01 15 22.51 120.135
28 58 David Johnson* 1000cc Honda / DP Coldplaning 18 30.50 122.312 01 15 25.83 120.047
29 44 David Hewson 1000cc Kawasaki / The Other Bike Shop 18 32.23 122.122 01 15 28.91 119.965
30 25 Ian Pattinson 1000cc Yamaha / Phase One Endurance 18 35.19 121.798 01 15 30.65 119.919
31 29 Sergio Romero 1000cc Suzuki / Sondel Sport Racing 18 32.67 122.074 01 15 30.73 119.917
32 23 Derek Brien 1000cc Kawasaki / Hunky Dory Racing 18 44.64 120.774 01 15 34.27 119.823
33 54 Hudson Kennaugh* 1000cc BMW / Longshot Kawasaki 19 01.71 118.968 01 16 40.58 118.096
34 66 Brian McCormack* 1000cc Honda / TAG Racing/VTL Transport 18 49.32 120.274 01 17 14.41 117.234
35 51 Stephen Thompson* 1000cc Suzuki / thepeoplesbike.com 18 51.36 120.057 01 17 19.65 117.102
36 71 Chris Petty 1000cc Suzuki / Dave Milling Motorcycles 18 58.58 119.296 01 17 25.02 116.967
37 59 James McCullagh 1000cc Yamaha / C & C Limited 18 49.43 120.263 01 17 25.25 116.961
38 42 Michal Dokoupil 1000cc Kawasaki / AIR Kawasaki 19 45.60 114.565 01 17 34.31 116.733
39 49 George Spence 999cc Aprillia 18 58.55 119.300 01 17 42.00 116.541
40 56 David Madsen-Mygdal 1000cc Yamaha / Quayside Tyres & Exhausts 19 12.63 117.842 01 18 19.00 115.623
