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Saturday Racing Coverage - Malcolm - 16-05-2015
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10:00 - The weather this morning has been preventing the GO for this mornings racing.
10:15 - Still Raining
10:30 - Sun has now burst through, and hopefully the Superstock will get away pretty soon.
10:35 - Riders are going out onto the Start Grid
10:45 - Riders are out on a Sighting Lap
10:55 - Comments are that it is wet in many places around the circuit.
11:00 - Rain shower has moved in and it looks like it aint going to move on very quickly.
11:10 - Rain has stopped, riders out on the grid, and hopefully there will be a go shortly.
11:10 - Superstock has been reduced to a 5 lap race.
11:15 - Away they go on a Sighting Lap.
11:28 - And it's GO
Dark Horse "Hutchy" is right up there in the top 4
End of Lap 1 it is - Seeley, Hutchy, L Johnston and M Dunlop (all close together).
11:35 - Red Flag Incident
Red Flag due to Dean Harrison being Highsided off and it looks like he has injured his shoulder.
Dean has been checked out by the Medics and has been given the all clear.
Others involved are - Steven Thompson and Horst Saiger.
Also involved is a female spectator who has been airlifted to hospital.
12:00 - Racing delayed until 12:30 (at least).
12:40 - It is "Bucketing Down", so an even longer delay envisaged.
12:50 - Rain has passed over (again) and the sun is trying to come out.
13:10 - Riders back out on the Grid for yet another attempt at running the Superstock Race.
13:20 - Off they go on another Sighting lap.
13:26 - Riders back to the Start line and now some are changing tyres.
13:32 - And the Superstock race is a GO once again. (For 4 Laps).
13:36 - End of Lap 1 - L Johnston, Hutchy, A Seeley, M Dunlop, B Anstey
RED FLAG YET AGAIN.
2 separate incidents and both involve riders coming off at different chicanes. (No one injured).
Superstock Race has now been abandoned and will NOT be re-run.
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Supersport13:55 - Supersport Riders are now out on a sighting lap.
14:00 - Riders back to the Start Line making final adjustments.
14:09 - Supersport is GO.
14:12 - Half way round and Glen Irwin has been in front since the flag dropped. He is leading Lee Johnston by 1 second, then it's Seeley, followed by Anstey and M Dunlop.
End of Lap 1 - Irwin, Seeley, Johnston, Dunlop
End of Lap 2 - Irwin, Seeley, Johnston, W Dunlop (M Dunlop Retired).
End of Lap 3 - Irwin, Johnston, Seeley and 4 secs back to W Dunlop
Rain out on the back of the circuit
End of Lap 4 - Seeley, Irwin and Johnston
End of Lap 5 - Johnston, Seeley, Irwin
End of Lap 6 and Finish. - Seeley, Irwin and Johnston (however it looks like Johnston will get a penalty)
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Superbike (7 laps)
15:05 - Riders out on their Sighting Lap
Looks like Dan Kneen is out due to clutch failure of the bike at the start of the Sighting lap.
15:20 - Superbike is GO
15:21+ - RED FLAG (Already ?????)
15:57 - Riders Out on another Sighting lap. - (Dan Kneen is on the grid and ready to go).
16:08 - Superbike is GO (again) - 5 laps.
End of Lap 1 - Hutchy, L Johnston, B Anstey, A Seeley, M Rutter, J McGuinness, C Cummins.
End of Lap 2 - Hutchy, Anstey, Rutter, Seeley, L Johnston,
At University, Hutchy is making a break at the front.
Rutter clocked at 204 mph
End of Lap 3 - Hutchy, Seeley, Anstey, L Johnston, M Rutter, J McGuinness
G Johnson pulls into the pits.C Cummins into the pits
D Harrison into the pits
Hutchy, Anstey and Seeley all swopping around out on the back of the circuit.
End of Lap 4 - Hutchy, L Johnstone, A Seeley, B Anstey (but L Johnstone may have a 10 sec penalty).
End of Lap 5 and Finish Line - A Seeley, Hutchy, B Anstey, L Johnstone, M Rutter, J McGuinness
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Supertwins - (4 laps).
16:45 - Riders are out on the grid
Martin Jessop retires on the grid (Clutch trouble ??)
16:50 - Riders away on a Sighting lap.
17:02 - Supertwin is GO
End of Lap 2 - McWilliams, Farquhar, Hamilton
End of Lap 3 - McWilliams, Farquhar, Hamilton (About 12 secs back to Elkin).
End of Lap 4 and Finish Line - McWilliams, Farquhar and Hamilton
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Intermittent BBC signalSuperstock
17:45 - As the Superstock riders get away on a Sighting Lap, it starts to rain.
Superstock race reduced to - 5 Laps.
Lee Johnstone leads A Seeley, then M Dunlop
End of Lap 2 - Johnstone, A Seeley, M Dunlop & Hutchy
Out on the back of the circuit the top three are swapping around regularly.
End of Lap 3 - Johnstone, Dunlop, Seeley and Hutchy now starts to close up.
At University it's Johnstone, Seeley, Dunlop and on his tail comes Hutchy.
End of Lap 4 and onto the Last Lap - Johnstone, Seeley, Dunlop and Hutchy all close together
Seeley now in front
At Metropole it's Seeley and Johnstone close together then a short gap back to Hutchy and Dunlop in that order.
Finish Line - Johnstone, Seeley and Hutchy all close and then followed by M Dunlop.
Fastest Lap and Lap Record goes to Hutchy.
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Superbike & Feature Race
19:02 - The rain starts again.
A decision will be made after the Sighting Lap as to whether the race will be shortened.
19:18 - That's it folks, the last race of the meeting has been cancelled, due to high winds.