7:37:52 > 7:37:57Welcome to Cookstown for the start of a big summer of bikes on the BBC.
7:37:57 > 7:37:59COMMENTATOR: And it's go!
7:37:59 > 7:38:01Ooh! Peter Hickman!
7:38:01 > 7:38:03# I can't let go I'm waiting for it
7:38:03 > 7:38:04# That green light, I want it... #
7:38:04 > 7:38:06Michael Dunlop.
7:38:06 > 7:38:09# Could get my things and just let go
7:38:09 > 7:38:12# I'm waiting for it that green light, I want it. #
7:38:12 > 7:38:13There's nothing between them.
7:38:18 > 7:38:21There's plenty of action to look forward to and we get underway
7:38:21 > 7:38:24here at the famous Orritor Circuit.
7:38:24 > 7:38:27The Cookstown 100 is Ireland's longest-running road race
7:38:27 > 7:38:30and, as ever, it's attracted a top-class field.
7:38:33 > 7:38:36William Dunlop needs little introduction
7:38:36 > 7:38:37and is a multiple winner here.
7:38:41 > 7:38:44Guy Martin is back racing on Irish soil on the new Honda.
7:38:47 > 7:38:51Derek Sheils, riding for the local Cookstown Burrows Engineering team,
7:38:51 > 7:38:54won both of the Superbike races here last year.
7:38:56 > 7:38:59And Englishman James Cowton is aboard the Gortreagh Printing
7:38:59 > 7:39:01Machine of Winston McAdoo.
7:39:11 > 7:39:13William, it's been dramatic enough off the track.
7:39:13 > 7:39:16You finally got some machinery sorted out.
7:39:16 > 7:39:18Yeah, I know, it's been really, really bad, thankfully,
7:39:18 > 7:39:23until Martin came to the rescue and lent us his bike.
7:39:23 > 7:39:27It's not the ideal situation to be riding a bike this time of year,
7:39:27 > 7:39:29but I'm so grateful just to at least have a bike now
7:39:29 > 7:39:32so we're trying to make steps forward now.
7:39:32 > 7:39:34Despite all the shenanigans in the build-up,
7:39:34 > 7:39:36how good is it just to be out racing now?
7:39:36 > 7:39:38It's good just to get back on a bike.
7:39:38 > 7:39:40That's what I want to do and I need to be at it.
7:39:40 > 7:39:43Sitting at home doesn't help us go to the Northwestern TT.
7:39:45 > 7:39:47COMMENTATOR: Sheils takes the win.
7:39:47 > 7:39:50Derek, what a great year you had last year. Can you follow it up?
7:39:50 > 7:39:52- Can you match it?- We will see.
7:39:52 > 7:39:56You can never sort of foresee what way things are going to go but I was
7:39:56 > 7:39:57on pole here yesterday.
7:39:57 > 7:40:00Sure, we'll give it a shot and see where we end up.
7:40:00 > 7:40:03When I get on the bike, I do my own thing. I don't race for anyone,
7:40:03 > 7:40:06I race for myself, so, you know, the only one putting pressure on me is me.
7:40:06 > 7:40:09Do you enjoy this circuit? It is short, it is tight, it is quick.
7:40:09 > 7:40:12It is, yeah. Once you leave your brake, get down the corners,
7:40:12 > 7:40:16you're going to have a good lap time. You know, yeah, I do enjoy it,
7:40:16 > 7:40:17it is one of my better circuits.
7:40:19 > 7:40:21John, home event, you put on a great show last year,
7:40:21 > 7:40:23can you expect more of the same this?
7:40:23 > 7:40:25Showing strong.
7:40:25 > 7:40:27He is going to be there or thereabouts
7:40:27 > 7:40:29but William is right there, also.
7:40:29 > 7:40:31And McGee's there and you have Cowton, as well.
7:40:31 > 7:40:33So it's going to be difficult
7:40:33 > 7:40:35but Derek definitely will be in the thick of it.
7:40:47 > 7:40:49They've had so much success over the years,
7:40:49 > 7:40:53it's great to see these famous colours back on the roads.
7:40:53 > 7:40:56But the team have some pretty stiff competition today,
7:40:56 > 7:40:58not least from pole sitter, Derek Sheils.
7:40:58 > 7:41:01He was fastest in practice, he's a great record round here.
7:41:01 > 7:41:05Your commentators are Dave Moore and Richard Nichols.
7:41:05 > 7:41:08- COMMENTATOR:- And I would say that Derek Sheils has got to be the man
7:41:08 > 7:41:10you're going to put your money on for this one.
7:41:10 > 7:41:13He is absolutely on form.
7:41:13 > 7:41:15This circuit suits him, suits the bike.
7:41:15 > 7:41:18John Burrows prepares them immaculately.
7:41:18 > 7:41:21And he has got to be the man of the moment
7:41:21 > 7:41:24as the first race of the weekend gets underway, and he indeed,
7:41:24 > 7:41:26streets away from pole position.
7:41:26 > 7:41:29It's just like any other road circuit, really, this,
7:41:29 > 7:41:32straight off the line, straight up into top gear.
7:41:32 > 7:41:35They're into Gortin, hit the brake markers. It's Sheils who leads.
7:41:37 > 7:41:39Nice and steady away.
7:41:40 > 7:41:43And up towards McAdoo, here comes wave two, Davey Morgan on the
7:41:43 > 7:41:47nearside, nearest the camera as Derek Sheils still looking
7:41:47 > 7:41:50over his shoulder a little bit there, defending a lead.
7:41:50 > 7:41:52He is looking fairly comfortable, fairly confident.
7:41:54 > 7:41:56Oh, problem, 47, Alastair Kirk. I think it is
7:41:56 > 7:41:59Alistair Kirk, some kind of issue so he's just pulled off.
7:41:59 > 7:42:02No issues here for this leading duo.
7:42:02 > 7:42:05Are they starting to make the break here,
7:42:05 > 7:42:07Dave, as they make that right turn?
7:42:07 > 7:42:10I thought they were when they came out of McAdoo, but certainly,
7:42:10 > 7:42:13the front two not pulling away, not just yet anyway.
7:42:13 > 7:42:17Oh, there's a rider down in the background, there is a rider down.
7:42:18 > 7:42:21I'm not sure who it is, we will have to wait for confirmation.
7:42:21 > 7:42:25- There it is.- Oh, now, that's James Cowton, 52.
7:42:25 > 7:42:30Well, red flag and a restart. All to do again.
7:42:30 > 7:42:34Derek Sheils nearest the camera gets away best for the second
7:42:34 > 7:42:35time in a row.
7:42:35 > 7:42:38No James Cowton this time of course after that little spill.
7:42:38 > 7:42:40Happy to say that he is up and on his feet...
7:42:40 > 7:42:42Oh. Oh!
7:42:42 > 7:42:46Now then, Derek McGee leads this time, so it's McGee from Sheils.
7:42:46 > 7:42:48So he's made the most of the restart.
7:42:48 > 7:42:51Made that work to his advantage as the second wave gets away.
7:42:51 > 7:42:54Guy Martin - number eight - just ahead of Davey Morgan.
7:42:54 > 7:42:56What will we see from Guy Martin in this course?
7:42:56 > 7:43:01I think Guy Martin is here to be here, rather than to make a show.
7:43:01 > 7:43:04We are on board with Derek Sheils.
7:43:04 > 7:43:07You get a real sense of movement between the hedges with that
7:43:07 > 7:43:10camera as he chases after the race leader.
7:43:10 > 7:43:13Oh, here we go, Michael Sweeney going up into fourth position.
7:43:13 > 7:43:16That's William Dunlop just ahead in third.
7:43:16 > 7:43:19William Dunlop has caught right up on the back of these two, hasn't he?
7:43:19 > 7:43:21- He was left behind at the start, wasn't he?- Yeah.
7:43:21 > 7:43:24- Wasn't really in it, but...- We've seen before from William Dunlop.
7:43:24 > 7:43:26His brother Michael who's at Oulton Park today in preparation
7:43:26 > 7:43:28for the North West 200, he has always been a bit...
7:43:28 > 7:43:30Oh! Whoa!
7:43:30 > 7:43:32THEY LAUGH Oh, dear!
7:43:32 > 7:43:35- He was nearly out of the seat of that one forever, wasn't he?- He was.
7:43:35 > 7:43:38We've seen before with William, he's been slow to get away
7:43:38 > 7:43:41but once he gets away, he starts picking them off and he is not close
7:43:41 > 7:43:43enough to pick him off at Gortin.
7:43:43 > 7:43:46No, William Dunlop thought he had a chance there, after that little moment.
7:43:47 > 7:43:49Let's see if we can watch that again,
7:43:49 > 7:43:51through the Crossroads, past the Braeside and just...
7:43:51 > 7:43:53- It doesn't look anything, does it, there?- Wow.
7:43:55 > 7:43:57- Here we go. As they come round... - Whoa, from here.
7:43:57 > 7:43:59Tries to high side him.
7:43:59 > 7:44:02- He is lucky.- He gets the power back on and pulls away.
7:44:03 > 7:44:06So, a hint perhaps? No, I think William Dunlop is still there...
7:44:06 > 7:44:08Very much still there in third place.
7:44:11 > 7:44:13So, we've got three men broken away in the front.
7:44:13 > 7:44:18Look behind William Dunlop, there is a bit of a gap back to fourth place.
7:44:18 > 7:44:22So I think that Derek Sheils may well be setting himself up for
7:44:22 > 7:44:26a move at Gortin... Oh, I'm wrong! I'm wrong, he's gone through.
7:44:26 > 7:44:29Just a little bit of hedge trimming of the way through there!
7:44:29 > 7:44:32Yes, so he's taken them at Craigmount. Wow.
7:44:34 > 7:44:36So, McGee back the second, then.
7:44:36 > 7:44:38William Dunlop watching it all unfold in front of him in third
7:44:38 > 7:44:41as they cross the line and begin another lap.
7:44:41 > 7:44:46Dunlop tucked in behind the bowl of this Yamaha.
7:44:46 > 7:44:48Another one of the deals that are coming together,
7:44:48 > 7:44:51almost as the season starts and Derek Sheils coming under
7:44:51 > 7:44:54a lot of pressure, at the brakes again,
7:44:54 > 7:44:56but that didn't happen this time and he stays first.
7:44:56 > 7:44:59Dunlop is still behind him in third place.
7:44:59 > 7:45:03So, I think Derek Sheils has got himself back under control now.
7:45:05 > 7:45:06So then...
7:45:07 > 7:45:10Ooh, a little bit of movement from McGee.
7:45:10 > 7:45:13William Dunlop still in third and look who is coming to join
7:45:13 > 7:45:14the party in fourth place.
7:45:16 > 7:45:18Michael Sweeney closing in.
7:45:18 > 7:45:24Michael Sweeney, of course, knows this circuit as well as most people.
7:45:24 > 7:45:27Let's say this group all very well experienced around here.
7:45:27 > 7:45:29Michael Sweeney has been here enough times in the past to know
7:45:29 > 7:45:32where he can and where he can't, but he is, as you say,
7:45:32 > 7:45:34he is reeling in William Dunlop, isn't he?
7:45:36 > 7:45:39We can't forget of course that Guy Martin is in the second wave
7:45:39 > 7:45:41and it's a time trial.
7:45:41 > 7:45:43You can be in the second wave and win the race but I think he's
7:45:43 > 7:45:46down in about fifth place on the leaderboard at the moment.
7:45:48 > 7:45:52Guy Martin making a comeback to road racing and having to do
7:45:52 > 7:45:54everything the hard way - get the signatures,
7:45:54 > 7:45:59turn up at the racetracks and meanwhile, up front, the guys who
7:45:59 > 7:46:06are bike fit and race ready because they have never stopped doing it...
7:46:06 > 7:46:07William Dunlop, a mistake there.
7:46:07 > 7:46:10You could see, he just came in a bit too hot, his back wheel just
7:46:10 > 7:46:13spun round from him and he lost a bit of momentum into the turn.
7:46:15 > 7:46:16Sweeney is right behind him now.
7:46:16 > 7:46:19Is he going to get the drive out of the corner and go past him?
7:46:19 > 7:46:20I think William Dunlop's got that covered.
7:46:20 > 7:46:23It certainly worked better for Sweeney than it did for Dunlop, didn't it?
7:46:25 > 7:46:29- Both still really...- Dunlop still has it in him to catch the two
7:46:29 > 7:46:31guys in front of him and drag Michael Sweeney along.
7:46:31 > 7:46:34It could be some finish to this race. It is far from over.
7:46:37 > 7:46:40Sheils, McGee, Dunlop and Sweeney.
7:46:42 > 7:46:47Fantastic race action to start the day here at Cookstown
7:46:47 > 7:46:48for the spectators.
7:46:48 > 7:46:52You can hear the wind, you can see the track, it's damp but not wet.
7:46:52 > 7:46:54It's grey but not sunny.
7:46:56 > 7:46:59So then, I think Sheils has pulled the pin on this one.
7:46:59 > 7:47:00He is trying to break McGee.
7:47:00 > 7:47:03We are on board with Derek Sheils now. This is the rundown to Gortin.
7:47:03 > 7:47:05You'll see the white lines on the road, perhaps.
7:47:05 > 7:47:08That is the braking markers where they slow for this turn.
7:47:08 > 7:47:11Will you see the whites of Derek McGee's eyes?
7:47:11 > 7:47:13No, he's a long way back, isn't he?
7:47:13 > 7:47:15McGee, I think, has just messed that up, as well.
7:47:16 > 7:47:21So, Derek Sheils is looking third favourite for this one now
7:47:21 > 7:47:23as they come out of McAdoo.
7:47:24 > 7:47:28I thought my 50p was at risk a couple of times in this race
7:47:28 > 7:47:30but it's all looking a lot safer now.
7:47:30 > 7:47:33- And in fact, he has made the break, hasn't he?- He has.
7:47:33 > 7:47:35He has got this one sorted. Oh, how close can you get?
7:47:35 > 7:47:38I suggested it might be a four-way fight, but Derek Sheils
7:47:38 > 7:47:40has mocked that, really, hasn't he?
7:47:40 > 7:47:43- Yes.- Sweeney is looking for a podium, though.- He is, isn't he?
7:47:43 > 7:47:46He's going to get it. Running out of laps, though.
7:47:46 > 7:47:48This opening race of the day. Five laps.
7:47:50 > 7:47:53That's it, that's how the top four will finish for the final time,
7:47:53 > 7:47:56then, through the Orritor Crossroads.
7:47:56 > 7:48:00- Sheils wins, back wheel... Front wheel up.- And so does McGee.
7:48:00 > 7:48:04Second. The four bikes on the back wheel, there.
7:48:04 > 7:48:06- Derek Sheils deserved that, didn't he?- He did.
7:48:06 > 7:48:09Guy Martin did indeed finish in fifth behind Michael Sweeney.
7:48:09 > 7:48:12William Dunlop third, McGee second and Derek Sheils the winner.
7:48:12 > 7:48:15Derek, congratulations. You are getting used to this.
7:48:15 > 7:48:19Yeah, I like this track, you know, it sort of suits my style.
7:48:19 > 7:48:21Yeah, got away there.
7:48:21 > 7:48:25Derek led, Derek McGee, on the first lap and just got by him there,
7:48:25 > 7:48:26up on road end.
7:48:28 > 7:48:31And just played all the way and just kept it smooth and safe.
7:48:39 > 7:48:45125, time. This is Moto3 really so it is open to other offers.
7:48:45 > 7:48:48But all the fans really have come to smell the two-stroke.
7:48:49 > 7:48:53- 56, Adam McLean alongside Sam Wilson...- Oh!
7:48:53 > 7:48:56- ..and they nearly take themselves out.- Right alongside!
7:48:56 > 7:48:59- It's a bit early for that sort of thing, isn't it?- It is a little bit.
7:48:59 > 7:49:01Sam Wilson on the 250 Moto3 machine.
7:49:02 > 7:49:04The 125 just squeezed through ahead.
7:49:04 > 7:49:07It's seven who leads, though, that's Justin Waring.
7:49:07 > 7:49:10He is through again, Sam Wilson.
7:49:10 > 7:49:13Number two bikes, Sam Wilson has had a very busy opening lap.
7:49:13 > 7:49:15Well, they all have, haven't they?
7:49:15 > 7:49:18That is one of the pleasures of 125 racing.
7:49:18 > 7:49:20Paul Robinson
7:49:20 > 7:49:24in third position. 56 just behind him. That's Adam McLean.
7:49:26 > 7:49:28We were talking about Justin Waring and, of course,
7:49:28 > 7:49:29that's one of the 250s in this.
7:49:29 > 7:49:32Oh, Sam Wilson showing power through...past the farm.
7:49:34 > 7:49:38It's seriously bumpy here and you've just got to hang on and keep
7:49:38 > 7:49:40that thing pinned if you can.
7:49:40 > 7:49:42Is Sam Wilson trying to make a break for it?
7:49:42 > 7:49:44Paul Robinson is up into second place.
7:49:44 > 7:49:47Back in third is Justin Waring. 56 is Adam McLean.
7:49:47 > 7:49:5186 of course is Nigel Moore. This is that pass again, I think.
7:49:51 > 7:49:52It is.
7:49:54 > 7:49:59Just nice and easy on the 250 from the Joey's Bar.
7:49:59 > 7:50:04- Sam Wilson now under attack.- Yes, Adam McLean...- Through this time.
7:50:04 > 7:50:06Can he turn in time? He can.
7:50:06 > 7:50:09Less elbowing and more whizz
7:50:09 > 7:50:10got the job done.
7:50:11 > 7:50:13Gary Dunlop of course, number three.
7:50:15 > 7:50:17- Gets it turned in time. - It is so nostalgic, isn't it?
7:50:17 > 7:50:21That number plate and that yellow crash helmet.
7:50:21 > 7:50:24The fans on their feet all around this circuit.
7:50:24 > 7:50:26Sam Wilson again inside Adam McLean.
7:50:26 > 7:50:28Who is that being led away?
7:50:30 > 7:50:33That is 109, that is Neil Kernaghan.
7:50:33 > 7:50:37So, then, Sam Wilson on his own out front.
7:50:38 > 7:50:41All the way to the chequered flag, made it look easy.
7:50:41 > 7:50:446.9 seconds is a big enough gap for anybody,
7:50:44 > 7:50:47especially on these bikes around this circuit.
7:50:49 > 7:50:52Sam, a shortened race but you must be delighted to get the win.
7:50:52 > 7:50:54It didn't feel that quick, really.
7:50:54 > 7:50:56The winners. Better off staying...
7:50:56 > 7:50:58End up running wide, or end up running me and Adam McLean that
7:50:58 > 7:51:00wide in the first corner.
7:51:00 > 7:51:04But he came back and did the same to myself so it was pretty even, so...
7:51:04 > 7:51:05I'm not sure.
7:51:13 > 7:51:16Much has been made of his return to road racing after
7:51:16 > 7:51:18a year away from the sport and Guy Martin is
7:51:18 > 7:51:21a welcome addition to the entry list this weekend.
7:51:22 > 7:51:25Yeah, came back to Cookstown. I was at Tanabe last weekend.
7:51:25 > 7:51:28Educational, you could say. And then that's what we're here for really.
7:51:28 > 7:51:32We're here, we're here, but I don't really think we're racing yet.
7:51:32 > 7:51:34We still have a bit of work to do. It is a new bike.
7:51:34 > 7:51:36Just got a bit of tinkering to get it right.
7:51:36 > 7:51:39Hopefully by the end of the day we'll be racing but as it is now,
7:51:39 > 7:51:42we're just riding and learning and making notes.
7:51:42 > 7:51:44You've been away for a while. The fans have missed you.
7:51:44 > 7:51:47- What have you made of the reaction? - I struggle with it a bit.
7:51:47 > 7:51:49I don't know why, I always have done.
7:51:49 > 7:51:51But I appreciate it, I appreciate it, yeah.
7:51:51 > 7:51:54Everyone is dead polite over here, it's great. No-one is rude.
7:51:54 > 7:51:55I like it.
7:51:55 > 7:51:58That's where the whole racing thing for me started, in Northern Ireland,
7:51:58 > 7:52:02really, it's where it all started, so I love it over here. I love it.
7:52:06 > 7:52:09Well, the favourite in the Supersport class is William Dunlop.
7:52:09 > 7:52:11He is sitting pretty on pole.
7:52:12 > 7:52:16And alongside him, he's got some company from two local lads -
7:52:16 > 7:52:19Adam McLean and Paul Jordan.
7:52:19 > 7:52:23And then of course, Guy Martin, one of the great characters,
7:52:23 > 7:52:24is right in the mix.
7:52:26 > 7:52:28COMMENTATOR: Guy Martin, a last-minute addition
7:52:28 > 7:52:33to this 600 grid. Courtesy of Wilson Craig, how will he go on the 600?
7:52:33 > 7:52:36It's William Dunlop who gets his head down and gets away.
7:52:37 > 7:52:41Close together on the rundown, James Cowton on this 52 machine,
7:52:41 > 7:52:43right behind the leading trio.
7:52:43 > 7:52:46Look at that, Rich, three abreast as they go down towards Gortin,
7:52:46 > 7:52:50- but it is 86 Derek McGee, is it, who is going to make the break?- It is.
7:52:50 > 7:52:53Michael Sweeney gives us a bird's-eye view
7:52:53 > 7:52:55of the action in that corner.
7:52:55 > 7:52:57Three abreast going round it, Dave.
7:52:57 > 7:53:01Next wave away led by 82 Derek Sheils.
7:53:01 > 7:53:04We're on board with Sheils, just behind him, number five,
7:53:04 > 7:53:06that's Thomas Maxwell.
7:53:06 > 7:53:08Now, remember, you can win this race from the second wave.
7:53:08 > 7:53:10It's unlikely, but it's possible.
7:53:10 > 7:53:13Yeah, it has happened in the past. Doesn't happen too often.
7:53:13 > 7:53:15We are back on board with Michael Sweeney.
7:53:15 > 7:53:17He has got a bit of traffic ahead of him
7:53:17 > 7:53:19if he is going to be on the podium for this one.
7:53:21 > 7:53:22Strung out in a line.
7:53:22 > 7:53:27William Dunlop, a little bit off his normal best, would you say?
7:53:27 > 7:53:30And you can say the same with Guy Martin bringing up the rear
7:53:30 > 7:53:32of the leading pack.
7:53:32 > 7:53:33But again, Guy Martin...
7:53:33 > 7:53:36You heard him - "We are here to ride, not to race."
7:53:37 > 7:53:43So a 65, then, just ahead of Martin. But over the line they go.
7:53:43 > 7:53:45- Of course, we will have to wait for Derek Sheils...- Oh!
7:53:45 > 7:53:47- Bikes down.- Two bikes down.
7:53:48 > 7:53:51- Oh, dear. - We've lost at least two there.- Yeah.
7:53:51 > 7:53:55It is a little bit greasy up there. There's going to be red flags.
7:53:55 > 7:53:56There is a red flag.
7:53:59 > 7:54:01So, the restart.
7:54:02 > 7:54:04Dunlop again with everything to do.
7:54:04 > 7:54:07Adam McLean it is on bike 56... Oh!
7:54:07 > 7:54:10Someone in the turn as they went over to the other side.
7:54:10 > 7:54:11I think it might have been McGee.
7:54:13 > 7:54:17So, it's Adam McLean looking good. Derek McGee behind him.
7:54:17 > 7:54:19William Dunlop in third place.
7:54:19 > 7:54:22- Fourth, that was Paul Jordan, wasn't it?- Yeah.
7:54:23 > 7:54:26I actually had my fingers over my eyes, then, Rich,
7:54:26 > 7:54:29I couldn't tell you, it was that close going into Gortin.
7:54:29 > 7:54:32So second wave again, Derek Sheils could win this.
7:54:32 > 7:54:34Yeah, and also, the great thing with Derek Sheils,
7:54:34 > 7:54:36he's got nothing in front of him.
7:54:36 > 7:54:39So if lap times is what makes racing,
7:54:39 > 7:54:42then Derek Sheils could win this from Row 2.
7:54:42 > 7:54:44But normally, you'd say that it's this cut and thrust
7:54:44 > 7:54:46that carries you forward.
7:54:46 > 7:54:48These are the people that are making all the running
7:54:48 > 7:54:50and you want the people there to dice with them.
7:54:50 > 7:54:53Michael Sweeney at the back of this pack now, behind Guy Martin.
7:54:53 > 7:54:55It's almost as you were except, I think, for those two.
7:54:57 > 7:54:59And we're back with Sweeney. That's Guy Martin we're looking at.
7:54:59 > 7:55:02That's where the front wheel lifts. Very popular with the fans.
7:55:02 > 7:55:04And safely round.
7:55:06 > 7:55:08And you've got to say, this is looking very good.
7:55:08 > 7:55:11We gave Adam McLean a big-up on the grid
7:55:11 > 7:55:13and he is definitely living up to that, isn't he?
7:55:13 > 7:55:16Yeah, James Cowton also in the picture, back in fourth place
7:55:16 > 7:55:18behind William Dunlop.
7:55:18 > 7:55:21We start another lap, we are back on board with Michael Sweeney.
7:55:21 > 7:55:23We will have to wait for Derek Sheils to cross the line
7:55:23 > 7:55:25to filter him into the leaderboard.
7:55:25 > 7:55:28- Slipstream!- He has got him.- Brakes!
7:55:28 > 7:55:30Welcome back to the roads, Guy Martin!
7:55:30 > 7:55:32LAUGHTER
7:55:32 > 7:55:35- Yes. He knew what to expect, didn't he?- He did.
7:55:35 > 7:55:38So, Guy Martin shuffled through the back of the back.
7:55:38 > 7:55:39There is Derek Sheils.
7:55:39 > 7:55:42I have got him in around fifth place at the moment. That's unofficial.
7:55:42 > 7:55:43This is Sheils into Gortin.
7:55:45 > 7:55:47Looking nice and steady.
7:55:47 > 7:55:49Certainly not leading,
7:55:49 > 7:55:54that's still Adam McLean who leads on the timing screens and on the road.
7:55:54 > 7:55:58Derek McGee in second place and we're back on board with Sheils.
7:55:58 > 7:56:01The Irish Superbike champion, but also so good on a 600.
7:56:02 > 7:56:07McLean leads it, McGee, Dunlop is now battling for third.
7:56:07 > 7:56:08James Cowton...
7:56:08 > 7:56:11James Cowton is closer to Dunlop than he has been in any other part
7:56:11 > 7:56:14of this race but they're still all so joined together.
7:56:14 > 7:56:20Out of the Orritor crossroads. Down to the chicane. It is a right-left.
7:56:23 > 7:56:26They are so close. James Cowton's front wheel
7:56:26 > 7:56:28almost on William Dunlop's back wheel,
7:56:28 > 7:56:32- as they go over the line. Can he get a toe down here?- Possibly.
7:56:32 > 7:56:34This is close. We might even see a move into Gortin.
7:56:34 > 7:56:37Someone'll use the slipstream. Oh, it's Dunlop that's going...
7:56:37 > 7:56:38I don't think he is close enough.
7:56:38 > 7:56:40He is on the wrong side, as well, unless
7:56:40 > 7:56:42he is going to try and dive at the inside. He won't.
7:56:42 > 7:56:47- He won't get in there.- James Cowton keeping up. He has done it. On it.
7:56:47 > 7:56:51- Oh.- It's all about... It's all about the power out of the turn, as well.
7:56:51 > 7:56:54- Keeping the speed up.- James Cowton has capitalised on that, has he?
7:56:54 > 7:56:55- BOTH:- Yes, he has.
7:56:55 > 7:56:59He has. So Dunlop threw the dice but they didn't work in his favour.
7:56:59 > 7:57:04Oh, that was racing as it is raced, wasn't it? And here he goes again.
7:57:04 > 7:57:08- James Cowton... Oh... - That's close. That is so close.- Oh.
7:57:10 > 7:57:11It's brave stuff.
7:57:13 > 7:57:14McGee is his target.
7:57:15 > 7:57:18He's got William Dunlop behind him, safely dispatched,
7:57:18 > 7:57:21fingers crossed, and now Derek McGee is next.
7:57:22 > 7:57:24There he is... Oh!
7:57:24 > 7:57:26No, no, no, no, no! LAUGHTER
7:57:26 > 7:57:3098, Michael Wheldon. That was at McAdoo.
7:57:30 > 7:57:32A big shake of the head there, going, "What was that about?"
7:57:32 > 7:57:35Just too late on the brakes.
7:57:35 > 7:57:39McLean leads it, McGee is in second place. James Cowton is third.
7:57:39 > 7:57:43- William Dunlop is still fourth. - But losing touch, you have to say.
7:57:43 > 7:57:45Cowton is really looking menacing, isn't he?
7:57:45 > 7:57:48He looks really threatening. We're on board with James Cowton.
7:57:48 > 7:57:51The long, long run down to this right-hand turn at Gortin.
7:57:51 > 7:57:53He's not close enough, is he, for a move?
7:57:53 > 7:57:56He's closer than the camera makes it look, so he might do it.
7:57:56 > 7:57:59It is the last lap. As you can see, Derek McGee has a go at McLean,
7:57:59 > 7:58:01but that isn't going to work.
7:58:01 > 7:58:03Here comes James Cowton round the outside.
7:58:03 > 7:58:04Switches to the inside, gases it up.
7:58:04 > 7:58:07Still in third place, going away up the hill.
7:58:07 > 7:58:09That's the way that you would like to do it -
7:58:09 > 7:58:13is come in wide and try and tuck up the inside and keep the speed up.
7:58:13 > 7:58:16- It's between these three. - What about this, McLean?
7:58:16 > 7:58:18This is looking very good indeed, isn't it?
7:58:18 > 7:58:19Halfway round the final lap.
7:58:19 > 7:58:22James Cowton is using up every inch of the road, though.
7:58:22 > 7:58:24My goodness, he was out into the ditch then.
7:58:24 > 7:58:27James Cowton will think he's won if he gets this second place.
7:58:27 > 7:58:30Derek McGee will think he's won if he keeps it.
7:58:30 > 7:58:33And meanwhile, McLean is running away with it.
7:58:33 > 7:58:35And as long as he doesn't make any more mistakes in these last
7:58:35 > 7:58:39couple of corners, this one is going to fall to Adam McLean.
7:58:39 > 7:58:41Here comes Cowton again.
7:58:41 > 7:58:44The 600s yet again providing plenty of entertainment on the Irish roads.
7:58:44 > 7:58:48This is why. Those hedges are packed with spectators.
7:58:50 > 7:58:53William Dunlop is at the back, and Guy Martin, as he said,
7:58:53 > 7:58:56"We've come here to ride, not to race."
7:58:56 > 7:58:58He's got a lot to learn, he knows that.
7:58:58 > 7:59:02But, oh, yes, this is going to be Adam McLean's day, isn't it?
7:59:02 > 7:59:03Yeah, there's nothing...
7:59:03 > 7:59:06James Cowton surely won't make a move through here.
7:59:06 > 7:59:08Unless one of them gets it a bit wrong.
7:59:08 > 7:59:12No, that's how they're going to be. One, two, three, Derek Sheils will not be close enough
7:59:12 > 7:59:15to disrupt that podium.
7:59:15 > 7:59:18See that fist pump going over the line? He worked for that.
7:59:18 > 7:59:19And he's earned it.
7:59:19 > 7:59:25So, Adam McLean, ahead of Derek McGee by 0.2 of a second.
7:59:25 > 7:59:27James Cowton with a battling third.
7:59:27 > 7:59:29William Dunlop at fourth, and Derek Sheils in fifth.
7:59:29 > 7:59:32Well, Adam, massive win, what does it mean?
7:59:32 > 7:59:33It hasn't really sunk in yet.
7:59:33 > 7:59:37I wasn't expecting to be anywhere near the front coming here this weekend.
7:59:37 > 7:59:40I've never rode a 600 here before, and I got
7:59:40 > 7:59:41a good start and into a rhythm.
7:59:41 > 7:59:43It all worked out well. So, over the moon.
7:59:43 > 7:59:46And a great battle among some big names around you?
7:59:46 > 7:59:48Aye, it's a bit surreal.
7:59:48 > 7:59:52Being up there at the front with the big boys, but I'll keep at it.
7:59:55 > 7:59:57A place on the podium, too, for James Cowton.
7:59:57 > 8:00:00This season, he's riding for McAdoo Racing, who've made
8:00:00 > 8:00:04a full return to roads competition for the first time in six years.
8:00:04 > 8:00:08James is looking forward to what should be a promising season.
8:00:08 > 8:00:11James, the bikes look the part, how are you feeling today?
8:00:11 > 8:00:15Yeah, spot-on, we had a good run yesterday.
8:00:15 > 8:00:17Just sorting my first meeting on the new bikes,
8:00:17 > 8:00:19which are going really well. You know,
8:00:19 > 8:00:24McAdoo have done us really proud, got us some good machinery.
8:00:24 > 8:00:28Sort of just down to me now, but, you know, we have a good craic in the camp and...
8:00:28 > 8:00:33we just... I like this circuit, so we just put everything together and
8:00:33 > 8:00:36hopefully we can have a good day and hopefully the weather stays good, as well.
8:00:36 > 8:00:40- How close is it going to be at the front?- Very.
8:00:40 > 8:00:43You know, we've just been speaking to Michael Sweeney about
8:00:43 > 8:00:47the 650 race, because, I mean, we had a good race last year at Armoy,
8:00:47 > 8:00:49there was about six or seven of us in a freight train.
8:00:49 > 8:00:53I can see today just being something similar, so... I mean,
8:00:53 > 8:00:57every race is good and tight, but that will be especially quite
8:00:57 > 8:00:59exciting, so we'll see how it happens.
8:01:03 > 8:01:08Next up, it's the Super Twins, which always guarantees tight racing.
8:01:08 > 8:01:11And the man hoping to take the top step of the podium is
8:01:11 > 8:01:15Derek McGee, who's already had two second-place finishes today.
8:01:15 > 8:01:17Third time lucky for Derek McGee.
8:01:17 > 8:01:21We're about to find out as the Super Twins get the light to
8:01:21 > 8:01:23start this race. Front wheel off the ground,
8:01:23 > 8:01:26and McGee fires it away down the racetrack.
8:01:26 > 8:01:27Great start from Derek McGee.
8:01:27 > 8:01:30Not such a good one, though, from Michael Sweeney.
8:01:30 > 8:01:32He's struggled to get away off the line.
8:01:32 > 8:01:34But here they come into Gortin.
8:01:36 > 8:01:38Braking hard, up the inside for Derek Sheils,
8:01:38 > 8:01:40he's up into third place.
8:01:41 > 8:01:44So, Cowton back to fourth, a little hand comes out from Sheils.
8:01:44 > 8:01:48Next wave goes away, bouncing around. He's 47, Alistair Kirk.
8:01:50 > 8:01:52Dan Cooper carries us down this long straight,
8:01:52 > 8:01:54bidding to be the first in the second wave.
8:01:54 > 8:01:58We've seen them finish well, but nobody's won from there yet today.
8:01:58 > 8:02:01But speaking of finishing well and winning, Adam McLean...
8:02:01 > 8:02:04Yes, Adam McLean has passed Derek McGee somewhere between
8:02:04 > 8:02:08Gortin and McAdoo. So, McGee back in second place.
8:02:08 > 8:02:11Well, is it going to be three second places in a row for Derek McGee?
8:02:11 > 8:02:14Or is he coming up the outside? Yes, he is.
8:02:14 > 8:02:18Look at Adam McLean go very slowly into this corner, then.
8:02:18 > 8:02:20McGee, yeah, into Mackney.
8:02:20 > 8:02:23Just now slips up to the inside, so he's got the advantage.
8:02:24 > 8:02:26Well, I'm not sure. Did Adam McLean miss a gear, or something?
8:02:26 > 8:02:28Because McGee got past very easily,
8:02:28 > 8:02:31although he was coming from a long way back.
8:02:31 > 8:02:34Meanwhile, Sheils has gone from third back to fifth.
8:02:34 > 8:02:37James Cowton is up to third. Or is he up to second?
8:02:37 > 8:02:39Second. Second.
8:02:39 > 8:02:43- Here comes James Cowton.- A little look from behind from Derek McGee.
8:02:43 > 8:02:46James Cowton is there in second. Adam McLean third.
8:02:46 > 8:02:47Cowton very hard on the brakes,
8:02:47 > 8:02:50McLean trying to dive down the inside there as they go
8:02:50 > 8:02:53through this little flick-flack and then past
8:02:53 > 8:02:55the brake side, and away down the hill.
8:02:56 > 8:02:58So, we're on board there with James Cowton.
8:02:58 > 8:03:00That is the number one rider in front of him.
8:03:00 > 8:03:04- Is he going to be alongside him now? - Yes.- It's on the brakes, into Gortin.
8:03:04 > 8:03:05He's on the outside.
8:03:05 > 8:03:09Who's the bravest, who's going to hold their nerve the longest?
8:03:09 > 8:03:13Cowton tries to dive up the inside. But McGee defends his line.
8:03:13 > 8:03:16We're on board with Michael Sweeney, we're getting a grandstand
8:03:16 > 8:03:19view of this battle between the two leading riders on the racetrack.
8:03:19 > 8:03:22Poor Michael Sweeney, he didn't know what to do. He thought he was going to get second.
8:03:22 > 8:03:25These two were scrapping, he didn't know which side to go on.
8:03:25 > 8:03:27In the end, he thought, "I'll watch this and see how they get on."
8:03:27 > 8:03:30- Michael Sweeney has recovered very well.- Oh, he looked the wrong way!
8:03:30 > 8:03:34And James Cowton has passed Derek McGee.
8:03:34 > 8:03:37That's maybe where Adam McLean... Oh, no, he hasn't.
8:03:37 > 8:03:39He may do, it's all on the brakes into Mackney.
8:03:39 > 8:03:40They'll go to the right in a moment,
8:03:40 > 8:03:43and it's still McGee from Cowton, what a race this is.
8:03:45 > 8:03:48We suggested at the start of the Super Twins it was going to be
8:03:48 > 8:03:52close and tight, and that is exactly what we have on our hands.
8:03:52 > 8:03:54Very close to the hedges there.
8:03:54 > 8:03:57Here comes your race leader with Cowton right behind him.
8:03:57 > 8:04:00Sweeney behind that. Adam McLean. Has he got a bit of a problem?
8:04:00 > 8:04:02Because he was passed very easily and he's gone right to
8:04:02 > 8:04:06- the back of this group now.- Oh! - Valentino Rossi approach.
8:04:06 > 8:04:09Well, I think because of the yellow flag, he had to really slow down.
8:04:09 > 8:04:13No overtaking, remember, when the yellow flag is out.
8:04:13 > 8:04:16So it's as you were as they start this next lap.
8:04:16 > 8:04:18A little bit of rain on that camera lens there,
8:04:18 > 8:04:22it could be an issue there. Fingers crossed for the weather.
8:04:22 > 8:04:27Michael Sweeney at the tail end of this little trio, with McLean
8:04:27 > 8:04:28still there.
8:04:28 > 8:04:33McLean, yeah, he could easily swoop through from fourth to first
8:04:33 > 8:04:36in the space of a couple of corners.
8:04:36 > 8:04:38Here goes Cowton.
8:04:38 > 8:04:40- Now then.- That's done.
8:04:40 > 8:04:42We said that last time, and there he goes again.
8:04:42 > 8:04:46There goes Michael Sweeney again, slaps us across the face.
8:04:46 > 8:04:48Right.
8:04:48 > 8:04:52First, second, third, fourth, they are very close together still.
8:04:52 > 8:04:56On board with Sweeney. James Cowton ahead of us.
8:04:56 > 8:05:00Will we see Adam McLean in the picture? Here we are into Mackney.
8:05:00 > 8:05:01Oh, Cowton, a little bit sideways.
8:05:01 > 8:05:04It is wet, isn't it? Or damp, I should say.
8:05:04 > 8:05:06There was a little bit of dampness in the air.
8:05:06 > 8:05:08A little bit of dampness on the road.
8:05:08 > 8:05:10They do have treaded tyres, of course.
8:05:15 > 8:05:17So, we're on board, then, with Michael Sweeney.
8:05:17 > 8:05:21- That's the battle for first place. - So bumpy here.- Yeah.
8:05:21 > 8:05:25Well, that is arguably one of the most spectacular spots on the
8:05:25 > 8:05:27Cookstown circuit.
8:05:27 > 8:05:29It's a great place if you're a spectator,
8:05:29 > 8:05:31but you're trapped there all the time the racing is happening.
8:05:31 > 8:05:34They do let you move around. You can't get in and out
8:05:34 > 8:05:36very easily, but it's worth the trip.
8:05:36 > 8:05:39So, then, we begin this last lap.
8:05:39 > 8:05:43- One more lap to go. - Howton, now.- Yes.- Surely.
8:05:43 > 8:05:46Yes, he is. But it's all about the brakes, isn't it?
8:05:46 > 8:05:48Into Gortin, he's on the outside.
8:05:48 > 8:05:52- McGee is very fierce on the brakes, and he's got...- Cowton inside.
8:05:52 > 8:05:56Cowton inside. Maybe. He's alongside, and he has.
8:05:56 > 8:05:59He's timed it to perfection. He kept the speed up into Gortin.
8:05:59 > 8:06:00And he tucked it in.
8:06:00 > 8:06:05Inch perfect, managed to keep the speed on the exit. And he leads.
8:06:05 > 8:06:08Derek McGee did it all on the way in, compromised his exit,
8:06:08 > 8:06:10and Cowton was ready for it.
8:06:10 > 8:06:12And that... This is the last time of asking,
8:06:12 > 8:06:13so that's not going to happen again.
8:06:13 > 8:06:16James Cowton timed that perfectly in lots of ways, didn't he?
8:06:16 > 8:06:20- Still overtaking opportunities, of course.- Slightly backing it in here.
8:06:20 > 8:06:23- Underneath the hedge. - We've lost Michael Sweeney, as well.
8:06:23 > 8:06:25Adam McLean is now up into third place,
8:06:25 > 8:06:28so we'll have to find out what happened to Michael Sweeney.
8:06:28 > 8:06:31So, then... I think Cowton has got this.
8:06:31 > 8:06:33I think James Cowton has got it.
8:06:33 > 8:06:36He's had an issue, he's overshot somewhere.
8:06:36 > 8:06:39So, then, coming down for the final time,
8:06:39 > 8:06:41there's no way James Cowton is going to be caught,
8:06:41 > 8:06:44he'd have to make a mistake to throw this one away.
8:06:44 > 8:06:46Through the right-hand, then into the left-hand,
8:06:46 > 8:06:50the chequered flag awaiting, greets James Cowton.
8:06:50 > 8:06:52Couldn't happen to a nicer chap, could it?
8:06:52 > 8:06:55James Cowton gets a great win on the McAdoo Kawasaki.
8:06:55 > 8:06:56Ahead of Derek McGee,
8:06:56 > 8:06:59Adam McLean. Michael Sweeney, still in fourth place.
8:07:03 > 8:07:07James, after that early off, earlier this morning,
8:07:07 > 8:07:11- how pleasing is it to get that win? - Yeah, spot-on. You know,
8:07:11 > 8:07:14home circuit for McAdoo Racing.
8:07:15 > 8:07:18You know, it just feels absolutely mega.
8:07:18 > 8:07:23I've been trying for three or four years to win round here,
8:07:23 > 8:07:26because I really enjoy up here, I've got the lap record.
8:07:26 > 8:07:29Just to come back and, you know, a home circuit for these,
8:07:29 > 8:07:31it's just absolutely mega.
8:07:38 > 8:07:43The final race of the day is the main event, the Cookstown 100.
8:07:43 > 8:07:44Through the years,
8:07:44 > 8:07:47the winners' roll of honour is like a who's who of road racing.
8:07:47 > 8:07:51It's safe to say, this is the one they all want.
8:07:51 > 8:07:54This is the headliner, of course.
8:07:54 > 8:07:58Derek Sheils has had some good rides here today. Poor qualifying.
8:07:58 > 8:08:01held him back. We saw him start from the second wave in a couple
8:08:01 > 8:08:03of races, can he do it this time off pole position?
8:08:03 > 8:08:07What a start by Derek Sheils. Fantastic, he leads.
8:08:10 > 8:08:12Just overtaking, someone else.
8:08:12 > 8:08:15- And...- Oh, Derek McGee so close to his back wheel.
8:08:15 > 8:08:18William Dunlop, a last-minute addition, he's on the
8:08:18 > 8:08:21ex-Mar-Train Yamaha.
8:08:21 > 8:08:23We're on board with James Cowton, I think it was James that got
8:08:23 > 8:08:26a pole start, it's the second wave away. Led by Davy Morgan.
8:08:26 > 8:08:29Alistair Kirk is there as well on 47.
8:08:29 > 8:08:31Here comes your race leader, though, Derek Sheils.
8:08:31 > 8:08:33Swooping between the hedges.
8:08:33 > 8:08:37All he needs to do is just keep doing that and ignore the
8:08:37 > 8:08:39rest of them and he'll be fine.
8:08:39 > 8:08:42- Honest.- Easier said than done, Rich. - McGee, behind him.
8:08:42 > 8:08:45Oh! Oh!
8:08:45 > 8:08:48We're on board with Derek Sheils.
8:08:49 > 8:08:52Yes, these are the big bikes, in case you hadn't noticed.
8:08:55 > 8:08:58Tends to be super stop machinery.
8:08:58 > 8:09:01And already a little gap between second and third place.
8:09:01 > 8:09:04- Michael Sweeney, was it, still in third?- Yes, it was.
8:09:04 > 8:09:06With William Dunlop just behind him.
8:09:06 > 8:09:09So, over the line goes Derek Sheils. Followed by Derek McGee.
8:09:09 > 8:09:12I think we've got two battles here, haven't we? That's what's developing.
8:09:12 > 8:09:15James Cowton, this is a third battle, of course.
8:09:15 > 8:09:17James Cowton battling for fifth place alongside
8:09:17 > 8:09:22- Alistair Kirk and Brian McCormack. - But still these two at the front.
8:09:22 > 8:09:25And you said two words then. It was nice to hear in Irish
8:09:25 > 8:09:27road racing. And they were "Mar-Train Yamaha".
8:09:27 > 8:09:29- Yes.- Three words.
8:09:29 > 8:09:32Well, Tim Martin's bikes were sitting around doing nothing.
8:09:32 > 8:09:34William Dunlop didn't have a ride.
8:09:34 > 8:09:38And so common sense prevailed, the two came together for this weekend.
8:09:38 > 8:09:42Great stuff. Nice to see that team back in the paddock.
8:09:42 > 8:09:45It would be nice to see William Dunlop get a result as well.
8:09:45 > 8:09:49But at the moment, it's Sheils, from McGee, Sweeney and then William.
8:09:49 > 8:09:53Yes, that bike will be available to buy after the Ulster Grand Prix.
8:09:53 > 8:09:56William Dunlop's committed to the...
8:09:56 > 8:10:00summer for the Mar-Train Yamaha machine.
8:10:02 > 8:10:05There is a gap, isn't there, between second and third place now?
8:10:05 > 8:10:06So we've got two battles of two.
8:10:06 > 8:10:09We have a battle going on in the second wave,
8:10:09 > 8:10:12it is Davy Morgan still leading the second trio.
8:10:12 > 8:10:14Yes, we're on board with Paul Jordan.
8:10:17 > 8:10:19Finding the gap away.
8:10:19 > 8:10:22But here is the leading pair.
8:10:22 > 8:10:24Count the seconds, it's going to be three seconds, isn't it?
8:10:24 > 8:10:26William Dunlop is looking menacing.
8:10:26 > 8:10:28This could be a move, a slip-shimmy move.
8:10:28 > 8:10:31He's not in a slip-shimmy at the moment, as they go down to Gortin.
8:10:31 > 8:10:33Sweeney keeping the inside line,
8:10:33 > 8:10:34Dunlop trying to go around the outside.
8:10:34 > 8:10:36Meanwhile, Sheils and McGee are already there,
8:10:36 > 8:10:40- no chase between those two.- Who comes through this one first?- Oh!
8:10:40 > 8:10:44- Well, William Dunlop is in front. - Yes.- Dunlop up to third.
8:10:44 > 8:10:47And pulling away, I think. Didn't see them come round the corner.
8:10:47 > 8:10:51Got the view on board with Sweeney. Here's the leading pair, then.
8:10:52 > 8:10:56And William is definitely pulling away from Sweeney a little bit.
8:10:56 > 8:10:59I think he just pounced on him in that corner and duffed him up
8:10:59 > 8:11:01a little bit.
8:11:01 > 8:11:05Into Mackney. Sheils from McGee, it's between those two.
8:11:07 > 8:11:09Derek Sheils, the Irish Superbike champion.
8:11:12 > 8:11:14Just a little bit of hedge cutting there.
8:11:14 > 8:11:16Yes, those rear cameras, where you get a good look at
8:11:16 > 8:11:19a rival's bum, were never much fun until they started moving around.
8:11:19 > 8:11:21And now all of a sudden,
8:11:21 > 8:11:24you can see what this racing between the hedges is really all about.
8:11:25 > 8:11:30So, then, out of the Orritor Crossroads is Derek Sheils.
8:11:30 > 8:11:32And Derek McGee.
8:11:32 > 8:11:35One of the Dereks is going to win, but which one?
8:11:36 > 8:11:40It's Derek one, I think, as opposed to Derek McGee.
8:11:40 > 8:11:41No Guy Martin in this one,
8:11:41 > 8:11:44of course - he's elected to sit this one out,
8:11:44 > 8:11:46so his next action will be the North West 200,
8:11:46 > 8:11:48just a couple of weeks away.
8:11:50 > 8:11:52James Cowton, then, on the 600.
8:11:52 > 8:11:54Losing out on straight-line speed to the big 1,000
8:11:54 > 8:11:58of Brian McCormack. But closing up on the brakes into Gortin.
8:11:58 > 8:12:00Sixth place for Cowton.
8:12:00 > 8:12:03Round the corner, and what's that? It's a bigger bike pull away.
8:12:03 > 8:12:05- This is Jordan. - With Davy Morgan, yes.
8:12:05 > 8:12:07Paul Jordan past Davy Morgan.
8:12:09 > 8:12:14Or is he? No, he will turn in time. He's got it. He has it.
8:12:14 > 8:12:17Great dice further back in the second wave.
8:12:17 > 8:12:20We're back with the first wave. Oh!
8:12:20 > 8:12:24- That was the hedge, wasn't it? - It was. Courtesy of Michael Sweeney.
8:12:24 > 8:12:27And here is Derek Sheils, well in control of this race, if you want my opinion.
8:12:27 > 8:12:30Yes. He's lapping now faster than Derek McGee as well.
8:12:31 > 8:12:34- Oh, mistake from McGee, that's it.- Yes.
8:12:34 > 8:12:37It's Derek Sheils' race now, isn't it?
8:12:37 > 8:12:40Derek McGee trying so hard on the brakes, as we see him do everywhere.
8:12:40 > 8:12:43- As Cowton nips past. - Yes, but for how long?
8:12:43 > 8:12:47Because once that 1,000 gets up to speed again, he'll surely...
8:12:47 > 8:12:50McCormack will go past James Cowton.
8:12:50 > 8:12:53Running down after the Braeside,
8:12:53 > 8:12:55you will see the power of the bigger bike.
8:12:55 > 8:12:58William Dunlop ahead of Michael Sweeney.
8:12:58 > 8:13:00Third-place still to be settled, then.
8:13:00 > 8:13:02I'd say Derek McGee is going to be second,
8:13:02 > 8:13:06Derek Sheils should win it. This is Alistair Kirk up the inside...
8:13:06 > 8:13:11- of Jordan, yeah.- Oh, almost run him out into the hedge.
8:13:11 > 8:13:13And that gets away so quickly, doesn't it?
8:13:13 > 8:13:17Well, certainly Kirk does, Jordan doesn't, does the wrong gear.
8:13:18 > 8:13:22Derek Sheils. Swooping past the tail-enders now.
8:13:22 > 8:13:25That was Paul Cranston in his 39th year of racing, by the way.
8:13:26 > 8:13:30- He's older than you.- Yes, he is. And he's on the 600, of course.
8:13:30 > 8:13:33- Here's the battle for third. - And it is a battle, isn't it?
8:13:33 > 8:13:35Michael Sweeney would like this podium,
8:13:35 > 8:13:37William Dunlop would love this podium.
8:13:37 > 8:13:41We have a Suzuki in the lead, Kawasaki in second, Yamaha in third,
8:13:41 > 8:13:43and BMW fourth.
8:13:43 > 8:13:46Oh, William Dunlop really on it, but then
8:13:46 > 8:13:48so is Michael Sweeney. Slipstream away.
8:13:48 > 8:13:51What's happening when they get to the end of the straight?
8:13:51 > 8:13:54On the brakes. Cut to the external camera and see what happens.
8:13:54 > 8:13:57Oh, he moved then. I think he's on the inside.
8:13:57 > 8:13:59Or maybe not, we'll have to wait and see.
8:13:59 > 8:14:01Oh, I wanted to see that from the outside.
8:14:01 > 8:14:04Where was Michael Sweeney in all of that?
8:14:04 > 8:14:08Derek McGee in second place. On his last lap.
8:14:08 > 8:14:14It is definitely, barring mishaps, in the bag for Derek Sheils.
8:14:14 > 8:14:18- And still... Oh, there's Michael Sweeney.- Yes, oh!
8:14:18 > 8:14:21He hops, skips and jumps his way past William Dunlop.
8:14:21 > 8:14:23Into Mackney.
8:14:23 > 8:14:26Oh, Dunlop. That was a bit of a strange line from him.
8:14:26 > 8:14:29Alistair Kirk, meanwhile, with Paul Jordan. Oh, dear.
8:14:29 > 8:14:31That was a strange line, as well.
8:14:31 > 8:14:33Yes, he did something similar before, Paul Jordan, as well,
8:14:33 > 8:14:37didn't he? So he's not quite got Gortin right on the big bike.
8:14:37 > 8:14:39- Meanwhile...- Chequered flag waits.
8:14:39 > 8:14:42Derek Sheils is going to win at Cookstown yet again.
8:14:42 > 8:14:45He's won the big one at the Cookstown 100.
8:14:45 > 8:14:49Big cheers for Derek Sheils. Another win.
8:14:49 > 8:14:52Great, great race for Derek Sheils.
8:14:52 > 8:14:54And for John Burrows and the rest of the team.
8:14:54 > 8:14:56McGee in second place, ahead of Michael Sweeney,
8:14:56 > 8:15:00who snatched third place from William Dunlop on that final lap.
8:15:03 > 8:15:06Derek, the double double. How special?
8:15:06 > 8:15:07Yeah, it was good, you know,
8:15:07 > 8:15:10just plugged away in that race from the start.
8:15:10 > 8:15:13Just kept an eye on the bar, just round the corner.
8:15:13 > 8:15:15The double here, you know, Cookstown, sponsorship with
8:15:15 > 8:15:18John B Engineering,
8:15:18 > 8:15:21they're only down the road, it's good for them, too.
8:15:21 > 8:15:24- So close to that lap record. - Yeah, that's it.
8:15:24 > 8:15:26I'd say if I had to go a bit quicker there, I could have.
8:15:26 > 8:15:29But ifs, coulds and buts, like, I done what I had to do.
8:15:33 > 8:15:36So, another memorable day at Cookstown for the local
8:15:36 > 8:15:40John Burrows team. And what a day's racing we've had.
8:15:40 > 8:15:43Next up is the International North West 200.
8:15:43 > 8:15:47Every practice session and race is live on the BBC Sport website,
8:15:47 > 8:15:49and BBC Radio Ulster.
8:15:51 > 8:15:55And we've got the best of the action in three television specials.
8:15:55 > 8:15:58At 9:30 on Friday the 12th of May,
8:15:58 > 8:16:0310:45 on Sunday the 14th, and 10:40 on Monday the 15th.
8:16:05 > 8:16:09So, lots to look forward to, we will see you on the north coast,
8:16:09 > 8:16:11but from all the team here at Cookstown, it's bye-bye.
8:16:11 > 8:16:15# Cos, honey, I'll come get my things
8:16:15 > 8:16:16# But I can't let go
8:16:16 > 8:16:19# I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
8:16:19 > 8:16:23# Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go
8:16:23 > 8:16:27# I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it... #