Harrison and Dunlop top NW200 practice leaderboards
Dean Harrison sets the fastest time in Thursday's Superbike qualifying, with Michael Dunlop best of the Superstocks, Alastair Seeley top of the Supersports and Peter Hickman leading the Supertwin leaderboard.
Dean Harrison set the fastest Superbike time in Thursday's delayed qualifying session at the North West 200. Michael Dunlop was best of the Superstocks, Peter Hickman topped the Supertwins timesheets and Alastair Seeley was fastest in the Supersport session. The qualifying run was rescheduled for Thursday evening after the session scheduled for earlier in the day was halted as a result of an incident which claimed the life of a rider following an accident at Station Corner.
The family of the rider involved did not wish for them to be named but gave their approval for the event to continue. Three races had been set to take place on Thursday night but instead the riders were given further practice time. Honda rider Harrison was the quickest Superbike at an average speed of 124.
60mph, 2. 3 seconds faster than 11-time winner Glenn Irwin, who posted 123. 491 on his Ducati.
BMW rider Richard Cooper was next on the practice leaderboard at 122. 640mph, with Josh Brookes, Michael Dunlop and high-profile newcomer Storm Stacey completing the top six. Dunlop took his MD Racing BMW to pole position in the Superstocks with a speed of 122.