Davey Todd completed a hat-trick of wins at this year’s North West 200 when he took victory in the feature Superbike race which rounded out the action over the Triangle circuit on Saturday.
Richard Cooper secure a supertwin and supersport double while Michael Dunlop picked up his third NW200 win of the event in controversial circumstances in the superbike opener today.
Having won the opening Superbike outing on Thursday night and Saturday’s Superstock race, the Yorkshireman now has seven career wins at the event.
Todd was involved in a thrilling dice for the lead with Dean Harrison when the red flags went out to halt the race following an incident involving a rider who was close to completing lap five.
Dunlop took a controversial win in the first Superbike race of the day at the North West 200 on Saturday to complete a treble at this year’s event.
Dunlop was one of a bunch of riders contesting the lead on the opening lap when he and Peter Hickman missed the entry to the Mather’s Cross chicane and went straight on.
Hickman pulled off to the left to take his 10-second penalty in the ‘stop box’ while Dunlop proceeded and was given a 10-second penalty for his alleged infringement during the race and the official timings adjusted accordingly.
Davey Todd, winner of Thursday’s Superbike race, had built up a seemingly unassailable 10-second advantage at the front but despite losing significant ground as a result of the first-lap incident Dunlop remarkably battled his way to the front on his BMW and ended up crossing the line first.
Dunlop’s 10-second penalty was then rescinded after the race and the Ballymoney man awarded the victory, much to the dismay of Todd and his 8TEN Racing team-mate, third-place finisher Hickman.
Todd would redeem himself however later in the day as he was the winner of a hotly contested Superstock race.
The Yorkshireman crossed the finishing line with just over half a second to spare from Dean Harrison, with Peter Hickman a further two-tenths of a second behind in completing the rostrum spots.
Richard Cooper edged out Adam McLean on the final lap of four to take victory in Saturday’s opening Supertwins race at the North West 200.
It was a fifth Supertwins success at the event for the 42-year-old three-time British champion.
In race one, McLean led the field across the line after lap one after Cooper went onto the grass as he entered the start-finish chicane, before Cooper assumed the lead by the end of the second circuit.
McLean set the fastest lap of the race at 110.927mph to take over at the front next time but Cooper made his move on the dash to Metropole on lap four and held onto his advantage.
Richard Cooper made it North West 200 win number seven by coming out on top in a thrilling Supersport battle over a shortened distance of four laps.
A thrilling battle ensued as the Yorkshireman came under threat from challengers Cooper, Michael Dunlop, Davey Todd and Peter Hickman.
By the final lap it was left to Cooper, Harrison and Dunlop to dispute the lead, that trio having shaken off their pursuers.
Cooper and Harrison both mounted the grass section at the final chicane as the leading three battled for supremacy, with the 42-year-old three-time British champion somehow staying on board his machine and ultimately prevailing by 0.4 seconds on his BPE by Russell Engineering Yamaha.
