2018 Isle of Man TT: Monster Energy Supersport TT 2 Results

Press Release
by Press Release

Dean Harrison shattered the Supersport TT record books, besting the preivous record by 8.749 seconds to win his second career TT.

The Silicone Engineering Kawasaki rider led from the start and for a while, the only rider who looked like he had a shot to catch him was Michael Dunlop. A 30-second penalty for exceeding the speed limit in pit lane, however, curtailed any chance Dunlop had of beating Harrison.

The penalty also helped bump Peter Hickman into second and James Hillier into third.

Peter Hickman, Dean Harrison, James Hillier Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2. Photo by Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press Intl.

2018 Isle of Man TT: Supersport TT Race 2 Top Six Results

Pos.

RiderMachine/TeamTimeSpeed

1

Dean HarrisonKawasaki/Silicone Engineering1:11:28.059126.703 mph

2

Peter HickmanTriumph/Trooper Triumph by Smiths Racing1:11:46.730126.154 mph

3

James HillierKawasaki/Quattro Plant JG Speedfit1:11:58.508125.810 mph

4

Conor CumminsHonda/PadgettsMotorcycles.com1:12:08.333125.525 mph

5

Michael DunlopHonda/MD Racing1:12:14.160125.356 mph

6

Joshua BrookesYamaha/McAMS Yamaha1:12:51.195124.294 mph

Begin Press Release:

Harrison tears up the records books in Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2

Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) took his first win of the week with an 18.6s victory over Peter Hickman in the Monster Energy Supersport Race 2 at today’s Isle of Man TT Races. The Bradford rider broke the race record by 8.749s in the process.

Harrison led from the start and continued to pull away from Michael Dunlop with the latter picking up a thirty second penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit at his pit stop. That gave Harrison the breathing space he needed and he followed up his 2014 Lightweight victory with a second TT win as Hickman (Trooper Triumph by Smiths Racing) and Hillier (Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki) joined him on the rostrum.

Peter Hickman Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2. Photo by Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press Intl.

As he has done for most of this week, Harrison led through Glen Helen on the opening lap – his lead over Dunlop 1.8s but Hillier was certainly in touch, only 0.4s behind Dunlop. Hickman was a further 1.8s back with Conor Cummins and Gary Johnson holding on to fifth and sixth.

By Ramsey Hairpin, Harrison had increased his lead over Dunlop to 2.7s and whilst Hillier was still in third, he was now 4.3s adrift of Dunlop. Hickman had closed to within 0.1s of Hillier as Cummins and Johnson held station.

An opening lap of 128.188mph gave Harrison a 3.6s lead over Dunlop and Hickman had now moved to third albeit by the tiny margin of 0.197s. Cummins was still in fifth but team-mate Lee Johnston had moved up to sixth with Josh Brookes in seventh thus relegating Johnson to eighth. Derek McGee was again going great guns in ninth with James Cowton tenth.

As they swept through Glen Helen on the second lap, Harrison’s advantage had stretched to 4.5s over Dunlop and Hickman had edged away from Hillier too, the gap between the riders now one second. The two Padgetts Honda’s of Cummins and Johnston continued to occupy fifth and sixth.

Harrison continued to pull away from Dunlop through lap two and with a lap speed of 129.099mph, just outside Dunlop’s lap record from Monday’s race, he’d extended his lead to 8.3s as he came into the pits. The battle for third was still raging though with Hickman still only two seconds ahead of Hillier, who was now leading on the road having overtaken Cummins who was now enjoying a healthy 20s advantage over Johnston. Brookes, Johnson, McGee and Cowton was now the order for seventh to tenth.

Michael Dunlop was penalized 30 seconds for exceeding the speed limit in pit lane. Photo by Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press Intl.

Dunlop changed his rear tyre but there was drama as he was given a 30s penalty for exceeding the speed limit in pit lane at 60.2km/h and that meant Harrison’s lead had shot up to 18.3s over Hickman as he rounded Glen Helen for the third time. Hillier was still well in touch, the deficit now 1.4s with Cummins up to fourth as Dunlop slipped back to fifth.

Through Ramsey, Harrison was continuing to pull away over Hickman and he was doing the same over Hillier. Dunlop was closing in on Cummins though and Brookes had now moved up to sixth.

Going into the fourth and final lap, Harrison had a comfortable lead of 19.5s over Hickman who was now looking more secure in second, Hillier now 7.9s in arrears and Cummins had edged away from Dunlop also.

James Hillier (Kawasaki/Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki) at the Creg ny Baa during the Monster Energy Supersport TT Race two. Photo by Dave Kneen/Pacemaker Press Intl.

There was little change in the running order and Harrison, who was now leading on the road, duly crossed the line for his second TT win with Hickman and Hillier back on the podium once more in second and third.

Cummins, Dunlop and Brookes completed the top six with Johnston, Johnson, Cowton and Ivan Lintin rounded out the top ten as McGee’s excellent run came to an unfortunate end on the final lap with a retirement at Sarah’s Cottage.

Dunlop (81) continues to lead the Joey Dunlop TT Championship from Hickman and Harrison (both 61) whilst Sam West continues to lead the TT Privateer’s Championship after finishing in 13th. He leads Davey Todd by just two points with the newcomer again having a great ride in 12th.

Press Release
Press Release

More by Press Release

Comments
Join the conversation
Next