Editorial Be aware: The American husband-and-wife duo of Cory West and Patricia Fernandez-West are competing with JMoC Roofing Racing on the North West 200. Fernandez-West certified P41 in Superbike and P38 in Superstock on her Kawasaki ZX-10R and P40 in Supersport on a Yamaha YZF-R6. West, in the meantime, certified P16 in Supertwins on a Kawasaki ER6 (a.okay.a. Ninja 650).
MICHAEL DUNLOP FASTEST IN OPENING SUPERBIKE QUALIFYING SESSION AT 2023 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200
Native favorite Michael Dunlop topped the qualifying occasions within the Superbike class on his Hawk Racing Honda through the opening apply session for the 2023 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 at the moment.
Dunlop, who has switched from BMW to Honda energy within the large bike class this season, posted a lap of 122.943mph to complete 1.92 seconds faster than Alastair Seeley. The 27-times NW200 winner topped the velocity lure figures with an exceptional 207.2mph on his Milwaukee BMW.
Lee Johnston was third quickest on his Ashcourt Racing Honda, 6.229 seconds slower than Dunlop as gentle rain started to fall through the ultimate minutes of the session. Outright lap document holder across the 8.9-mile circuit, Peter Hickman, was fourth-quickest on the FHO Racing BMW with John McGuinness posting a powerful fifth-quickest lap on the Honda Racing Fireblade.
Nevertheless it was a disappointing session for Glenn Irwin who struggled with the dealing with of his Beer Monster/PBM Ducati, ending 8.14 seconds slower than Dunlop with the 8th quickest velocity.
“All the time pleasant on the north coast however not a lot when you may’t go in a straight line,” Irwin, the pissed off winner of the final six NW200 Superbike races, posted on social media. “Roll on Thursday for FP2. The boys will digest the information and we go once more.”
Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki), Milenco Padgetts Honda teammates, Davey Todd and Conor Cummins plus newcomer Mike Browne (RK Racing/Burrows BMW) accomplished the highest ten within the class on day one. Josh Brookes suffered a troublesome opening session although as his FHO Racing BMW floor to a untimely halt, stopping the Australian from posting a qualifying velocity.
The day’s motion had begun in shiny sunshine because the newcomers took to the observe within the opening qualifying session. Amongst the brand new recruits was David Datzer, a rostrum finisher in final yr’s Macau Grand Prix, nevertheless it was Cork’s Mike Browne who topped the time sheets on the RK Racing/Burrows BMW.
Following a brief delay to permit oil to be cleaned from the observe at Magherabouy, the Supersport session adopted with Alastair Seeley dominating proceedings on the Powertoolmate V2 Ducati forward of BPE/Russell Racing Yamaha teammates, Richard Cooper and Dean Harrison. Michael Dunlop was fourth quickest on his MD Racing Yamaha forward of Peter Hickman (Trooper Beer Triumph) and Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Yamaha).
The spectacular Mike Browne (RK Racing/Burrows Yamaha) was eighth quickest behind Davey Todd (Milenco Padgetts Honda) with Paul Jordan (Prez Racing Yamaha) and Adam McLean (JMC Roofing Yamaha) finishing the highest ten. Veteran Jeremy McWilliams was 12th quickest on the Wilson Craig Honda.
After a machine change from a Bathams-backed R7 Yamaha to a KMR Kawasaki on the eve of qualifying, Richard Cooper posted a quickest velocity within the Supertwins class 3.4 seconds faster than Jeremy McWilliams (Bayview Paton). Cooper gained each Twins races on the seaside occasion final yr on a Farquhar-built Kawasaki ER6 earlier than being disqualified due to a machine infringement.
Paul Jordan was third-fastest on a Prez Racing Kawasaki with Adam McLean (JMC Roofing Kawasaki), Michael Dunlop McAdoo Kawasaki) and Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Aprilia) finishing the highest six. Final yr’s prime NW200 newcomer, Gary McCoy did not qualify as did Maria Costello.
Rain fell as the ultimate Superstock qualifying session started with Alastair Seeley (Synetiq BMW) ultimately posting the quickest time, 1.96 seconds forward of Michael Dunlop on his MD Racing Honda. Peter Hickman was over a second additional adrift.
Hickman’s FHO Racing BMW teammate, Josh Brookes was seventh-quickest as John McGuinness outqualified his younger Honda Racing teammate, Nathan Harrison, ending 9th quickest to the Manxman’s 11th quickest velocity.
Dominic Herbertson, Brian McCormack and Michael Rutter all did not qualify.
After an incident-free opening session, the motion resumes on Thursday morning when roads shut at 9.15am for ultimate qualifying.
Roads will re-open at 3.15pm earlier than closing once more between 5pm and 9pm on Thursday night when the opening Pressure Engineering Supersport, Briggs Tools Superstock and Milltown Service Station Supertwins races all happen.
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