Pre-injection
Ian Prendergast won all 3 pre-injection races this weekend sharing
the podium with Ivan Oxley who claimed 3 2nd places. The third place
trophies went to Colin Murphy and Darryl Sharkey over the 3 10 lap races.
Prendergast was also on pole position with a 58s lap time.
Junior Cup and Young Guns
Jamie Lyons was on top of his game all season and this
weekend was no different. Nathan McGauran and Scott McCrory kept him honest as
they both battled for podiums. There was consistency across the 3 races and the
podiums were the same for all with Nathan McGauran bringing home three 2nd
places and McCrory three 3rd places. Lyons was also the pole sitter
with a time of 1.03.
In the Young Guns category, it was between Alex Duncan and
Karl Lynch on the Aprilia for the weekend. Duncan won the 3 races but, Karl
Lynch closed the gap and was a deserved 2nd place rival.
Supertwins
Derek Wilson took a hat trick of wins in the Supertwins
classes after some competition. The other trophies went to David Halligan,
Jason Cassells and Ross Irwin. David Halligan was 2nd in Race 1 and
Jason Cassells was 3rd. An identical podium was formed in Race 2 with
Wilson, Halligan and Cassells taking the honours. Wilson and Halligan again
took the first two places of Race 3 both Mondello newcomer Ross Irwin, brother
of BSB racers Glenn and Andrew, was 3rd. Derek Wilson was also the
Pole sitter with as he dipped into the 59’s.
Production twins
Kevin Dempsey took all 3 wins in the Production class to
compliment his championship title. In Race 1 Jamie Collins was 2nd
from Brendan Glover. In Race 2 it was Shane O’Donovan in 2nd and
Mark Quilligan 3rd. Race 3’s podium comprised of Dempsey, John Ward
and Jamie Collins. Kevin Dempsey took Pole Position on Saturday with a time of 59.9s.
Superbike Pro
Richie Ryan had the championship title secured but, still
turned up to fight for the 3 remaining races. He won all three despite the best
efforts of Peter Moloney who collected two 2nd places and a 3rd.
Other podiums went Luke Johnston and James Kelly. Richie Ryan was fastest in
qualifying with a 54.5 second lap.
Superbike Cup
Keelim Ryan had the use of Frank Doherty’s R1 for the
weekend and put it to good use taking 2 wins in the Cup class. Chris Campbell
was 2nd in Race 1 and Michael Prendergast was 3rd. Chris
Campbell won Race 2 from Ryan and Michael Prendergast in 3rd. In Race 3 Chris
Campbell was 2nd and Michael Prendergast 3rd. Gary O’Brien
qualified in Pole Position with a 56.5s lap.
Supersport Pro
Emmett O’Grady won the Supersport title with 3rd
place in Race 1 which Aaron Wright would go ahead and win from Caolán Irwin.
Irwin went one place better to win Race 2 from Keelim Ryan and O’Grady in 3rd.
After an error in Race 2, Aaron was back in winning form for Race 3 with
another win from O’Grady and Keelim Ryan in 3rd. Aaron Wright also
qualified on Pole Position with a 54.5s lap.
Supersport Cup
Keelim Ryan dominated the Cup class with 3 wins. In Race 1
Eoin Collins was 2nd from Kevin Baker. In Race 2 Tyrone’s Michael Owens
picked up his first 600 podium from 3rd place Eoin Collins. He
repeated the result for Race 3 where John Kavanagh was 3rd.
Sidecars
Although Sidecar championship was already sewn up by Dylan
Lynch and Mark Gash, still 9 outfits lined up on the grid. Derek Lynch and Anthony
McDonnell did the treble over the weekend winning Race 1 from Mark Codd/Liam Gordon
and Philip McNally/Dave Butler in 3rd. Codd and Gordon were also 2nd
in Race 2 and 3rd place went to Darren O’Dwyer and Ciaran Gordon. Race
3 was a repeat of Race 1 with 1st place going to Lynch\McDonnell, 2nd
Mark Codd/Liam Gordon and Philip McNally/Dave Butler in 3rd. Lynch
and McDonnell were also quickest in qualifying with a 59.9 lap.
Moto 400
Race 1 in the Moto400 class went to Damien Horgan from Alan Smyth
and Slane Maguire in 3rd which was enough for Maguire to secure the
Championship. Maguire’s celebrations continued with a win in Race 2 from
Horgan. Alan Smyth was 3rd. Smyth was the quickest in qualifying
however with a lap time of 1.02.
Classic Superbikes
In the Classic Superbikes, Chris Campbell won both races
from Robin Heathcote on the 750 Yamaha. 3rd place in Race 1 went to Conor
Mulally and in Race 2, Cork’s Sean Griffin put his 750 Yamaha on the podium 3rd.
Chris Campbell wins the CSBK Championship.
‘B’ Races
Race 1 was won by Shane Connolly from John Cahill and Robert
Toner 3rd on the Superbike. The Supersport Race was won by Dara
Crean from James Cottrell and 3rd place went to John Rock. Connolly won
Race 2 from Cahill and Noel Carroll. Richard Walsh won the Supersport race from
David Kelly. Noel Carroll took the race 3 win from Shane Connolly and Cahill
sealed another 3rd place. In the last Supersport race Richard Walsh
won again from David Kelly.
Words - Andy Quinn
Images Johnny Sweeney\Andy Quinn
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