A sensational Bennetts Lightweight Race result for Derek
McGee this afternoon left the Mullingar man gazing down on fans from 2nd
place on the podium.
Having stunned the field by leading early on at Glen Helen,
McGee kept the pace up and in the end was only beaten by a highly motivated
Michael Dunlop. Leaving Bray Hill 15th on the road meant an
agonizing wait for positional changes in the race for supporters. When race
leader Ivan Lintin retired, Derek lead again until Dunlop responded with
another record Lightweight lap time.
With the scheduled stop at the end of lap 2, the McGee
machine fought back with an immaculate pit stop from his crew and left gasoline
alley with a 1.5s lead over Dunlop. Dunlop dropped the hammer and again advanced.
Leaving Ramsey for the last time with a huge margin between 2nd
and 3rd Derek rode a sensible race across the mountain and finished
the race behind current form TT rider Dunlop. The IEG\KMR Ryan Farquhar built
650 behaved impeccably over the 4 lap race leaving Derek extremely relaxed when
interviewed after the race.
Next up for McGee will be the Senior TT race on Friday
afternoon where we hope his fine run of form will continue.
Words Andy Quinn
Image IOMTT.com
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