Tyco Suzuki’s William Dunlop and Guy Martin finished one-two in tonight’s Supersport race at the Armoy Road Races in Northern Ireland.

The GSX-R600-mounted duo pulled away from third placed man Keith Amor at half distance, crossing the line some five seconds ahead of the Scottish rider at the end of the six-lap encounter.

Dunlop held off his team-mate by just 0.8sec at the chequered flag, posting the fastest lap of the race on the sixth and final circuit. Such was the pace, fourth-placed Michael Dunlop was eight seconds adrift of the Tyco Suzuki pair, with Dan Kneen, also Suzuki, mounted fifth.


William Dunlop:

“I really enjoyed that race with Guy. It was fair and honest and the wee 600s were really flying. A one-two shows the strength of the GSX-R600. Let’s hope we can do something similar tomorrow in both the 600 and Superbike classes.”

Guy Martin:

“Second is first loser as they say, but yes a good race with William and fair play to him. There wasn’t much in it at the end but tomorrow is another day and we’ll give it a good go around this ‘mint’ little circuit.”

Philip Neill – Team Manager:

“What a great start to Armoy for us and a one-two is always a special way to end races and reminds me of years gone by with a number of our previous riders. Well done to the organisers for getting a Supersport race in tonight after practice. Both boys are well in the ballpark in the Superbike class also, so let’s hope for a good safe day’s racing tomorrow.”


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