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Northern Ireland's biggest, fastest and most speck stack Lahr sporting | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :00:42. | :01:35. | |
events. Welcome to this year's What was that? Oh he's off! We have | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
had some thrilling action so far and we have got three more races | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
for you coming upment starting with the Superstock class. Look who I | :01:45. | :01:52. | |
have found? Not racing, but back for the first time in 19 years, the | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
former champion, Carl Fogarty. How much are you enjoying this. | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
loving it. To be back here with the sun out and watching great racing, | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
it feels special. You probably wish you were out there. I have been out | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
there. I'd love to be racing. I had some great times here. Eleven times | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
North West 200 winner Phillip McCallen joins me. Who do you fancy | :02:21. | :02:30. | |
in this race. Ryan Farquar will give them a good run. Because of | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
the qualifying on Tuesday, we'd better not forget Michael Rutter. | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
The lace was red flagged early on and the restart was over the full | :02:42. | :02:51. | |
race distance. The grid as they qualified. They qualified in damp | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
qualified. They qualified in damp conditions. So Phillip McCallen was | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
talking about Michael Rutter. He starts with a clear road and the 30 | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
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seconds he waits will be taken away at the end of the race. Two notable | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
absentees, Guy Martin and William Dunn lop. That could open a door | :03:20. | :03:29. | |
for Cameron Donald to come up into contention. Guy Martin is pitting. | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
You can see the empty space and it is go at the North West 200. | :03:37. | :03:46. | |
Farquar and Seeley dive to the side. McGuinness slips back. A good start | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
for Farquar. We're on board with braus Anstey. He loves a good start. | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
At the Ulster Grand Prix last year he started from the second wave and | :03:57. | :04:06. | |
went on to win. We have got those guys to factor in. It is Ryan | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
Farquar in front. Seeley is in second and Anstey in third. | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
McGuinness is fourth. Here is that second wave of the grid with John | :04:18. | :04:26. | |
Burrows on pole. Look back to Michael Rutter. James Hillier with | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
Cameron Donald behind him. We're on board with Bruce Anstey. A great | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
start. But look at the way Seeley is pulling away. It is full | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
throttle. Farquar and then Seeley. Seeley won this race the other | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
night. He scored the fastest lap. Will he wait for Anstey? Bruce | :04:54. | :05:02. | |
looking to pull him back. Watch Seeley fly past. Farquar may be on | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
the brakes. They are almost three aBrest. Seeley had a nose in front. | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
Farquar is so late on the brakes. Seeley's tucked him up like a good | :05:14. | :05:20. | |
one. Hillier is in fourth. And Farquar hard on the power. | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
didn't like that much, did he? is the run in to Ballysally. | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
round about for the first time. Seeley from Farquar and Anstey. | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
They're so close together. Hillier, a good move from him. Seeley goes | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
through, past Farquar. We're on board with Bruce Anstey who, may | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
look to do the same. That front is shake, I'm sure he will be pushing | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
back on the pedals, trying to get that thing steady, but it isn't | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
working. That shows how bumpy the surface is. Just in the slip stream | :06:01. | :06:09. | |
up to 200mph. Oh Hillier, where has he come from? He leads Farquar and | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
Seeley and Anstey. Through under the railway. Up on to the Coast | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
Road. James Hillier at the front. What about that? What a move that | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
could have been from Hillier. He came from row... Oh somebody's gone. | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
Anstey has gone straight on. He will have to wait his turn and he | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
will rejoin. But that what -- but that has probably cost him the race. | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
Anstey didn't finish the first one and now he has lost touch with this | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
one. John McGuinness is on the tail end of this group. He was 15th on | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
Thursday with tyre problems. He has had a better Saturday. Paul Owen. | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
Yes he has a problem. Welshman's pulling it in and he | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
will be following Anstey into the pit. We're looking down at Ryan | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
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Farquar, Seeley along side Hillier. They're into the Mather's Cross | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
chicane and they have to slam on the anchor to get around in time. | :07:18. | :07:28. | |
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Look who is on McGuinness's tail, the distinctive helmet of McDonned | :07:28. | :07:36. | |
a. How many times have we seen that over the years. Hillier around the | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
outside as they go into Magherabuoy. You can can see the way Farquar was | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
almost pulled back. McGuinness trying to get involved. James | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
Hillier, where has he come from? has come right from row four. He | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
started there on Thursday and finished sixth. Look at this at the | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
Metropole. Farquar gets mugged. This is the battle for second, the | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
guy who is leading is Rutter. Look at Farquar! He leaving it so late, | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
trying to go around Hillier. Farquar had all the corner speed | :08:18. | :08:25. | |
and the momentum. Maybe we may see Seeley hit back. Farquar was | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
immense into Metropole. He was feathering the braking into the | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
turn. That was the best I have seen into Metropole this week. It has | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
all been good. We have had a fantastic week of racing here. And | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
today in the sunshine of course we're seeing the best of the best. | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
But James Hillier cannot get away from Ryan Farquar. He is taking | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
Seeley with him. This is Seeley's chicane. This is Seeley's home town. | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
He is throwing it up the inside. Rutter with the lead just under | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
three seconds at the end of lap one. I think Anstey will call this a day. | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
That thing doesn't look happy. But he is getting more miles in. Seeley | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
from Farquar from Hillier. There is McGuinness getting attention from | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
Donald. I wonder if they know they're racing Michael Rutter. He | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
is just in the lead of the race. He is riding laps as fast as he can. | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
He is not getting anyone behind him and no one pulling him back. These | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
guys are mugging each other all of the time and it's costing them time | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
and they will come up with something, maybe if Rutter gets | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
slowed up with someone from the first wave. But Rutter's on his own. | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
He said before the race that he thought he could get into the top | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
half dozen, but he didn't think he could run at the front. You have to | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
be with the guys to race them. That is proving to either have been a | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
red herring or a surprise for him. There is Seeley getting a surprise | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
as well. He should be used to those surprises. They skip into here and | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
they apply all the pressure on the front. McGuinness can't shake off | :10:12. | :10:21. | |
Cameron donned a. Anstey's still going. -- Cameron Donald. Here it | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
is again. Hillier throwing himself up into the lead. Is he? Farquar's | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
closing. They nearly touched. Hillier must be thinking what can I | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
do. Oh they have. Must have been contact there. Get the power down | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
and was that Farquar waving at James Hillier there? I think it | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
might have been a gesture. I don't think he was going for a tear off. | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
I think he was waving. Maybe he was trying to cool himself down! Look | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
for Seeley up the inside. No Farquar's got Metropole. Or maybe | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
he hasn't. Maybe Seeley is thinking, I'd better keep clear. | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
Entertainment from these guys, but it is the battle for second place. | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
Rutter leads it. Clear and free and very comfortable. But these three | :11:16. | :11:23. | |
are locked in a Titanic struggle. That is all the entertainment the | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
people have come to see. They're watching it on that big screen. | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
They must be loving this. It is and I think a runaway express train is | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
what we could call this. Here is Seeleys a big moment of the lap. I | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
wonder what we will see. Who would have expected this from James | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
Hillier. He is a quality rider, but he doesn't have the track time at | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
North West 200 that these guys have. It could be the weather being a | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
factor. But he only finished fourth on Thursday and he is determined to | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
redress that. He won his Supertwin. He can concentrate on racing. | :12:08. | :12:16. | |
Seeley. That was tight. That's cost him. He had to shut off, Alastair | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
sealy. McGuinness is trying to catch up. Ryan Farquar has seen | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
that all before and he is thinking, you're not doing that to me, | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
sunshine. Rutter is continuing to extend his advantage and it is his | :12:30. | :12:40. | |
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race to lose. Oh Ryan Farquar, into York, that is almost motor cross. | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
They haven't a clue that rutter is doing another, another of these | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
rutter rides to fame. Who would have thought that Michael rutter | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
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it is looking that way. Here is nice and smooth and dialled end. | :13:10. | :13:19. | |
Absolutely perfect. He thinks this is for the lead. They have been | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
going at it hammer and tongs. The front goes up in their era. They | :13:25. | :13:32. | |
have a way to go. If you have not brood on the brakes by the | :13:32. | :13:38. | |
crossroads, you are in lots of trouble. Four here comes James | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
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Hillier as well. Alastair Seeley with the brakes. He is so perfect. | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
He is very sharp on the brakes. James Hillier is going up there. He | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
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had to get out of it. That went all wrong for Ryan Farquar. Very close. | :14:10. | :14:19. | |
He nearly went inside James Hillier, but he did not know he was there. | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
This has given Alastair sealing all the room he needs. -- Alastair | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
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Seeley. He probably thinks this one is in the bag, or not. Sue Bird | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
From James Hillier. He managed to slow it down in time without losing | :14:46. | :14:56. | |
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momentum. This is the view on top of James Hillier in second place. | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
James Hillier and Ryan Farquar know they have to be in front of | :15:10. | :15:20. | |
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Alastair Seeley by the time they get to Metropole. James Hillier is | :15:25. | :15:32. | |
going the long way round. The right hand approach is much bumpier. | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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Alastair Seeley is very tidy. That was ever so tidy. People normally | :15:42. | :15:51. | |
parked their cars in these little bays. This is looking like the best | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
one. The view from up here is fantastic. It must look great from | :15:56. | :16:06. | |
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down on the ground. Here we go. Michael Rutter is on for a win. | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
Alastair Seeley looks as though he will get yet another second place. | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
Yet another winner at the North West 200. We spoke of Alastair | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
Seeley winning every race and it has not happened. What a feeling | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
for Michael Rutter to see thousands of people packed around this | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
circuit, waving programmes and greeting him home. The man with the | :16:35. | :16:45. | |
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chequered flag waits for Alastair Seeley. Here comes Michael Rutter. | :16:49. | :16:57. | |
It will be seven seconds, I think. Who would have thought to John | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
McGuinness and Michael Rutter would win again. 13 again for Michael | :17:03. | :17:12. | |
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Rutter. The man who said it could not be done has just done it. | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
Michael Rutter perhaps didn't believe it, but I am not sure that | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
James Hillier believes he is in third place and in this kind of | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
company. Your first victory here since 2008 and in very different | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
circumstances. It was awful. I was catching people and hoping to be in | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
the right place. I was very lucky. I got helped once or twice. I got | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
my head down every lap. I felt like I was racing again. You are are the | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
second most successful rider at the North West 200, joined with Joey | :18:01. | :18:11. | |
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confirmed that the red flag incident at the beginning had | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
claimed the life of Mark Buckley. The Scottish rider was well-known | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
and well-liked. He will be missed by the entire paddock as well as | :18:33. | :18:42. | |
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Joey Dunlop won 13 times round this circuit. Robert Dunlop is the | :18:47. | :18:57. | |
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record holder with 15 wins. William Dunlop has put on this display in | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
Ballymoney. We managed to track down a replica of a unique piece of | :19:05. | :19:13. | |
Joey Dunlop history. Joey Dunlop used many famous racing | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
transporters through the years, but a replica of his most iconic than | :19:17. | :19:27. | |
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his back on the road. He was a hero of mine. Not Just for his racing, | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
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but also his charity work. I saw the van on film. The paddock was | :19:39. | :19:48. | |
full of transit vans. I thought it would be great to recreate Joey | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
Dunlop's than from the film. painting has been done by the | :19:53. | :20:03. | |
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original sign rider. It is nice just to get on with it. This was a | :20:09. | :20:15. | |
surveillance van from the 1970s. There was a lot of radio listings - | :20:15. | :20:25. | |
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- listening equipment inside. William Dunlop is on the second | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
role for the supersport race. Can he make it a double? He is hanged - | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
- carrying an injury from an earlier crash. Getting his visor | :20:38. | :20:48. | |
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cleaned. How are you feeling? too bad. We will see what happens. | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
The first one went so well for you. I don't know if I can sustain that | :20:54. | :21:01. | |
piece, but I hope to get a half- decent result out of it. We know | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
from the first supersport race that the bike was 100%, but what about | :21:05. | :21:13. | |
the bike was 100%, but what about the rider? He had at Humboldt -- he | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
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did have a crash, but he seems in All the usual suspects we're | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
expecting to do well are in the first wave. I don't think we will | :21:52. | :21:59. | |
see Guy Martin again. They are off. William Dunlop has struggled to get | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
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off. Alastair Seeley Leeds. -- is in the lead. Followed by Gary | :22:10. | :22:20. | |
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Johnstone. William Pam Loch is eight places back. -- William | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
Dunlop. Hopefully it the adrenalin will kick in soon. Someone got left | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
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behind in the second wave. Am Alastair Seeley and McGuinness are | :22:47. | :22:57. | |
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in front. We're not sure about William Dunlop's fitness. Will John | :23:03. | :23:10. | |
McGuinness go through? He was on at the money when we saw them from the | :23:10. | :23:20. | |
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helicopter. Gary Johnson did not quite get it. Talk about grips | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
bunching at the front. It is the first time we have seen this in the | :23:33. | :23:43. | |
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helicopter as they stretch their lead. Alastair Seeley will perhaps | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
watch them go through. The look at Cameron Donald. Straight up the | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
inside. On a straight line, that bike has the edge over the rest of | :24:12. | :24:21. | |
the field. That was brave work from Cameron Donald. That was breaking | :24:21. | :24:30. | |
as late as anyone has ever dared it to tiptoe through there. Look at | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
the power of that machine again. William Dunlop did this in the | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
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first race. Now it is Cameron Donald's turn. Now they come to | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
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Metropole. William Dunlop was right on the tail of this group. William | :25:03. | :25:10. | |
is now passing. Look at Alastair Seeley on the brakes! Absolutely | :25:10. | :25:18. | |
fantastic. You could see he was determined 150 yards before that | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
term. He is now in second place. Fantastic. William Dunlop did not | :25:25. | :25:32. | |
get past Gary Johnson. He is not as poorly as we thought he might have | :25:33. | :25:42. | |
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been. William Dunlop has just gone past Gary Johnson. Blink and | :25:51. | :25:56. | |
something happens. It is that kind of race. Can we keep this up for | :25:56. | :26:06. | |
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six laps? Dunlop is in fourth place behind at Bruce Anstey. We saw | :26:11. | :26:18. | |
Alastair Seeley call from 14th to take second place. This could be | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
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even better. If Dunlop gets close to the front, it will send and the | :26:28. | :26:38. | |
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locals are wild. Alastair Seeley is still looking for that first win. | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
This is the race for Alastair Seeley. Look at William Dunlop. He | :26:47. | :26:55. | |
is caught right up on the back end of Bruce Anstey. Whether he can | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
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fight the pain... I think the adrenalin has kicked in. I think | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
his foot came off there. recomposed ourselves and catch our | :27:12. | :27:21. | |
breath once again. Cameron Donald leads and Alastair Seeley is in | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
second. Dunlop is trying to take Bruce and say on the inside. You | :27:31. | :27:41. | |
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could see he was building up to that -- Bruce Anstey. Bruce Anstey | :27:44. | :27:52. | |
is making a bid for second place now. I think Cameron Donald should | :27:52. | :27:58. | |
pull out ahead of William Donald. - - William Dunlop. He wants some of | :27:59. | :28:08. | |
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the action. Was that only half a lap? I bet they don't keep these | :28:11. | :28:21. | |
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the sliders as they cross and get sucked into that gutter. You have | :28:27. | :28:35. | |
got to stay with the bunch, if they're riding like this. William | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
Dunlop leading, who would have bet on that before the race? Well he is | :28:40. | :28:45. | |
trying to pull away. That is what he did in the first race. This | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
could be good for William Dunlop. If he can break from the three | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
behind him. It will be what we saw in the earlier race. The only thing | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
that could beat him then is himself and whether he has the stamina to | :28:59. | :29:05. | |
keep it up for six laps. He has had a tumble today. He had already had | :29:05. | :29:12. | |
a hand injury. But he won't be feeling that now. It is all about | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
adrenaline. Alastair Seeley doesn't watt to be involved. He wants to | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
get on the gas and get up the front. William straight through chicane. | :29:22. | :29:31. | |
Power on early. Cameron Donald, you can see the body language. We have | :29:31. | :29:35. | |
seen some fairy tale Dunlop rides over the years. This could be added | :29:35. | :29:45. | |
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to the list. The Dunlops still have a grape on this race. Anstey will | :29:46. | :29:51. | |
not tuck inside Cameron Donald and Seeley is into second and chasing | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
William Dunlop as we saw earlier. He was catching them then. If that | :29:56. | :30:03. | |
race hadn't stopped early and it was flagged, I'm sure Seeley | :30:03. | :30:12. | |
thought he would win. That was Calum Laidlaw. Oh yes, straight on: | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
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He is all right. But I bet he feels a bit silly. He looks OK. Unhurt by | :30:22. | :30:30. | |
that one. Dunlop leads from Seeley and then Donald. That is Bruce | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
Anstey still behind in fourth. They haven't quite made the break. | :30:34. | :30:43. | |
Behind there is a bit of tarmac, but not a lot. Yes going back to | :30:43. | :30:49. | |
McGuinness. Cameron Donald and he has had his first win, Wilson Craig. | :30:49. | :30:55. | |
He could be on for his second one. Seeley inside of Dunlop. He wasn't | :30:55. | :31:01. | |
waiting for York this time. Not like last time. Seeley leads, short | :31:01. | :31:09. | |
circuit racing. We have seen that from Seeley so many times. Down | :31:09. | :31:16. | |
Primrose Hill into the York turn. Has Dunlop got the strength to get | :31:16. | :31:21. | |
back Seeley? The back end is just moving around. He is still late on | :31:21. | :31:27. | |
the brakes. Can he get the drive down hard. He knows if he leet lets | :31:27. | :31:32. | |
Seeley go, there will be no tow and no race. We're back at the start of | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
the second wave of bikes. I don't think we will see a winner off that | :31:37. | :31:42. | |
second wave. Seeley from Dunlop. It is between these two. Battle for | :31:42. | :31:47. | |
third has dropped back, Donald and Anstey are not going to win, unless | :31:47. | :31:54. | |
something happens between these two, as Dunlop like a rocket flies past | :31:54. | :32:00. | |
Alastair Seeley. Just nailed it. Seeley won't be too concerned. He | :32:00. | :32:06. | |
can do it after Ballysally down to Mather's Cross and if he has got a | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
plan, it is to make sure he is close enough to pass William Dunlop | :32:11. | :32:21. | |
:32:21. | :32:26. | ||
by the time they get to Metropole. They're working it now. I can't See | :32:26. | :32:34. | |
believe we're saying this. Here is William Dunlop on for win No 2. | :32:34. | :32:39. | |
bet that Alastair Seeley can't believe he is having to race that | :32:39. | :32:46. | |
bike so hard. They lacked surprised by the strength of the red machines. | :32:46. | :32:52. | |
-- looked surprised. And now Alastair Seeley is in the draft, | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
where is he going to launch his attack? Because he is going the | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
launch one. Shouldn't be a problem here. They will go up the inside. | :33:01. | :33:07. | |
Seeley, yeah that is fine from Seeley. Whoever that was went | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
straight in. Here come the quick boys. They have got the Magherabuoy | :33:13. | :33:18. | |
chicane. Seeley won't be concerned about it yet. There is the battle | :33:18. | :33:24. | |
for third. That is Anstey behind Donald as they scream down to | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
Magherabuoy. Tight on the wire. Last lap, a lot to work for. But | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
the slip stream isn't working there. So William Dunlop with Seeley | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
behind him. Back markers behind them. And getting in the way of | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
Dunlop. I'm sure they touched there. We could do with that back marker | :33:47. | :33:54. | |
not moving left or right. Good boy skphram Breathe in! Dunlop has to | :33:54. | :34:02. | |
stay ahead of Seeley into Metropole. He will get the fright of his life. | :34:02. | :34:08. | |
That is good for Dunlop. And Seeley shaping up for pass. He is using | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
the back marker. He goes through on the inside. Dup lon is forced wide. | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
That is it from Dunlop. He has one more perhaps chance to get in. But | :34:18. | :34:25. | |
I don't think he is close enough. Seeley has gone for it. William | :34:25. | :34:30. | |
Dunlop right off his stroke. That has done and dusted it. But Cameron | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
Donald's getting a taste of the same from Anstey. First and third | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
has become second and fourth as we look down at Seeley from done lon. | :34:39. | :34:47. | |
I don't think done lon will be too happy. -- Dunlop. It has worked for | :34:48. | :34:54. | |
sealy. Here comes win No 2 at the North West 200. He is on his way to | :34:55. | :35:02. | |
a checkered flag. He has to stay up. It is Seeley's race. Dunlop will be | :35:02. | :35:07. | |
second. Seeley then takes the flag for the first time today. It has | :35:08. | :35:15. | |
taken him three races. Cameron and Donald and Anstey still battling | :35:15. | :35:21. | |
for third. Cameron Donald's down, Bruce is through. I tell you what, | :35:21. | :35:25. | |
Alastair Seeley nearly crossed himself up through that last | :35:25. | :35:35. | |
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chicane. Was that close and you can see the gap. Look at that, in the | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
winners' enclousure. He put his hand out to congratulate William | :35:40. | :35:46. | |
Dunlop and he refused. He is still not happy with that result. It may | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
have been that move at Church corner. It was in the church. | :35:53. | :35:59. | |
William turned in and I Dutched his handlebar. We didn't go down. So it | :35:59. | :36:04. | |
is not too bad. -- touched his handlebar. That is why he wouldn't | :36:04. | :36:10. | |
shake wrour hand. He is annoyed about something. He should be used | :36:10. | :36:18. | |
that kind of stuff. Fair dos. It's racing. I don't mind hard riding, | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
but dirty riding. He was riding better than me, but there is no | :36:22. | :36:27. | |
need for that. He nearly put me into the wall. The front was | :36:27. | :36:37. | |
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rolling all the time. I'm just happy to get finished. One man | :36:42. | :36:52. | |
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making his return is Englishman Ian Hutchinson. But he is now back on a | :37:06. | :37:16. | |
:37:16. | :37:33. | ||
bike. I'm still trying to get over the injury. Things have move on | :37:33. | :37:43. | |
:37:43. | :38:04. | ||
since the metalwork has got taken out. Eight wins at the TT and five | :38:04. | :38:10. | |
at the Ulster Grand Prix and a couple at the north-west. Is there | :38:10. | :38:13. | |
some unfinished business? Yes it is a strange place. The amount of | :38:13. | :38:21. | |
times you can be leading and then lose it in 2010 I led the 600 race | :38:21. | :38:27. | |
until the last chicane and then finished second. Look at that, | :38:27. | :38:31. | |
outside Alastair Seeley. And gets him on the brakes and does him as | :38:31. | :38:36. | |
well. Anything can happen. There is nothing you can prepare yourself | :38:36. | :38:41. | |
for, because of the slip stream situation. Come Saturday we will be | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
there or thereabouts. Hutchinson is on the second row of | :38:46. | :38:51. | |
the grid for the North West 200. But it is Alastair Seeley in pole | :38:51. | :38:57. | |
and he is making sure he is ready. What are you putting him through? | :38:57. | :39:07. | |
:39:07. | :39:10. | ||
We're giving him a wee loosener. Irt -- it gets him fresh again. | :39:10. | :39:17. | |
have seen how important it is for Alastair Seeley to turn those | :39:17. | :39:23. | |
second places into the stop steps on the podium. Now here is the big | :39:23. | :39:32. | |
race of the day. A couple of absentees from the front two rows, | :39:32. | :39:39. | |
one being Guy Martin and the other is William Dunlop. Gary Johnson and | :39:39. | :39:47. | |
Ryan Farquar on row four. And then James Hillier on row five. It is | :39:47. | :39:54. | |
game on. It is the big one. And not only the last race of the day. | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
is the one everyone wants to win and put their name on it. They get | :39:59. | :40:08. | |
six laps to do that. Alastair Seeley alongside John McGuinness. | :40:08. | :40:15. | |
But look at Hutchinson go. McGuinness will take them down | :40:15. | :40:21. | |
Primrose Hill. They go down to York for the first time. We're on board | :40:21. | :40:26. | |
with James Hillier. Another good start for James Hillier and for | :40:26. | :40:35. | |
Michael Rutter. Up into fourth. Ryan Farquar in fifth. Where has he | :40:35. | :40:44. | |
come from? On board with Martin Jessop. Farquar came from row five | :40:44. | :40:50. | |
as the second waver get under way. Andrews will be second into | :40:50. | :40:59. | |
Primrose Hill. We get a face full of James Hillier and a face full of | :40:59. | :41:05. | |
No 10. Cummins almost ran into the back of us there. Paul Owen had | :41:05. | :41:14. | |
some bad luck earlier on. Fingers crossed for him in this race. | :41:14. | :41:21. | |
Hutchinson, Rutter, far quar and Michael Dunlop appears from behind | :41:21. | :41:29. | |
Ian Hutchinson. It is going to be another scorcher. That is Connor | :41:29. | :41:38. | |
Cummins. And Martin Jessop recorded 208mph and it wasn't just once. He | :41:38. | :41:48. | |
:41:48. | :41:48. | ||
did it twice. This is the Ducati and that is 200mph. 201, wow! | :41:48. | :41:55. | |
that is how fast it is. John McGuinness. Another great start. It | :41:55. | :42:05. | |
:42:05. | :42:05. | ||
is that 34 of Alastair Seeley out in front. And Bruce Anstey is on | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
the Padgetts Honda. He got another good start and we're seeing a lot | :42:10. | :42:20. | |
:42:20. | :42:21. | ||
of the old brigade coming through. Ballysally looking back at the | :42:21. | :42:29. | |
Padgetts Honda. He is on a big high now. He will be full of himself. | :42:29. | :42:37. | |
Alastair Seeley tucked in with McGuinness behind him. That is an | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
amazing shot. 200 horsepower at work. And set against the blue | :42:43. | :42:53. | |
:42:53. | :43:04. | ||
skies that have surrounded the area road racing. Is Alastair Seeley | :43:05. | :43:14. | |
:43:15. | :43:15. | ||
making a break now? Look at the slipstream. Big shout out for | :43:15. | :43:25. | |
:43:25. | :43:27. | ||
Hutchinson. We have come to know and love Michael Dunlop. Three | :43:27. | :43:37. | |
:43:37. | :43:39. | ||
bikes are down. Gary Johnson has gone down. We will have to see who | :43:39. | :43:49. | |
:43:49. | :43:51. | ||
the others are later. Michael Rutter as well. There is some grass | :43:51. | :43:59. | |
on the track. They are all walking away. Michael Dunlop did that very | :43:59. | :44:09. | |
:44:09. | :44:11. | ||
nicely. He has been very unlucky this weekend. Ryan Farquar at the | :44:11. | :44:20. | |
back of this bunch. Can be Ian Hutchinson keep up over the | :44:20. | :44:26. | |
duration of six laps around the triangle? Can and James Hillier | :44:26. | :44:35. | |
pull off another astounding performance here? Straight up the | :44:35. | :44:45. | |
:44:45. | :44:47. | ||
inside and he did not stand a chance. Far too late on the brakes. | :44:48. | :44:52. | |
That was very sudden and luckily it was at one of the slow parts of the | :44:52. | :45:00. | |
circuit. Johnson was too hot in there. Poor Conor Cummins it didn't | :45:00. | :45:10. | |
:45:10. | :45:24. | ||
stand a chance. Fantastic by Hutchinson. No room for manoeuvre. | :45:24. | :45:34. | |
:45:34. | :45:40. | ||
Hutchins and it is being chased. -- Al Hutchinson is being chased. | :45:40. | :45:44. | |
the full fitness is not there with Al Hutchinson, but his craft on the | :45:44. | :45:54. | |
:45:54. | :45:57. | ||
bike is looking like it did in the old days. I don't think he has the | :45:57. | :46:07. | |
:46:07. | :46:09. | ||
strength. Cameron Donald goes past him now. Not such a good start from | :46:09. | :46:14. | |
Ryan Farquar. He went like that clappers in at the first race. | :46:14. | :46:23. | |
Still some distance to go. Ryan Farquar might be feeling the pace | :46:23. | :46:33. | |
:46:33. | :46:34. | ||
of this week. So is our helicopter! Hutchins and might be struggling. | :46:34. | :46:40. | |
Four or goes inside him. Bruce Anstey has overdone it. He looks to | :46:40. | :46:50. | |
:46:50. | :46:54. | ||
have a problem. Cameron Donald has gone off as well. It looks like | :46:54. | :47:04. | |
:47:04. | :47:04. | ||
Bruce Anstey is going to rejoin. Not a lot of urgency about him. | :47:04. | :47:12. | |
Let's look down on Alastair Seeley. Could this be an hat-trick? | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
could well be. He has John Mcguinness and Michael Rutter close | :47:17. | :47:24. | |
behind him. It won't be easy. Alastair Seeley has used up on his | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
:47:34. | :47:39. | ||
side, but also his level of fitness. -- he has got age on his side. | :47:39. | :47:47. | |
Conor Cummins just want to have known what that crash was all about. | :47:47. | :47:52. | |
I don't think he had a choice. He had committed himself in the | :47:52. | :48:00. | |
slipstream and was passed is taking part -- past his breaking point. | :48:00. | :48:07. | |
is not really a passing place there. This week, everywhere is a passing | :48:07. | :48:17. | |
:48:17. | :48:18. | ||
place! Fantastic by Michael Rutter. McGuinness in front of him. Michael | :48:18. | :48:23. | |
Rutter came 4th earlier and was delighted. What will he be thinking | :48:23. | :48:33. | |
:48:33. | :48:38. | ||
now in third? Hutchinson moving not quite so fluidly any more. He is | :48:38. | :48:46. | |
not 100% fit. For a man who broke his leg three months ago, it is | :48:46. | :48:55. | |
amazing. Simon Andrews is in fourth place. He nearly lost his leg in an | :48:55. | :49:01. | |
awful accident. Simon Andrews is looking really good on that machine. | :49:01. | :49:07. | |
He had just as bad a problem as Ian Hutchinson. As you say, looking | :49:07. | :49:15. | |
strong and riding well. He had a pin removed from his leg a few days | :49:15. | :49:25. | |
:49:25. | :49:29. | ||
ago. McGuinness is getting closer. I think Michael Rutter is staying | :49:29. | :49:38. | |
in touch with this pair. McGuinness seems to have upped the ante | :49:38. | :49:48. | |
:49:48. | :49:49. | ||
somewhat. Come on, John McGuinness. Five races in one day is at big ask, | :49:49. | :49:54. | |
especially when you are the wrong side of 40. There is no wrong side | :49:54. | :50:04. | |
:50:04. | :50:09. | ||
of 40, but there is a wrong side of some high he's! -- some up Heidis - | :50:09. | :50:19. | |
:50:19. | :50:24. | ||
his momentum going and getting a better drive it from the chicane. | :50:24. | :50:33. | |
You can see the gap getting smaller. It is the next chicane where you | :50:33. | :50:40. | |
have to worry. That is where Alastair Seeley can use his young | :50:40. | :50:50. | |
:50:50. | :50:51. | ||
age and move that bike around. was put there to show people down | :50:51. | :51:00. | |
and I am not sure that they are slowing down. That is how to ride a | :51:00. | :51:07. | |
chicane! They will all take the same line and we will not see a | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
change in position. I don't think we will see anyone gain or lose | :51:12. | :51:18. | |
anything at Metropole. This is a lesson in experience you. The fact | :51:18. | :51:23. | |
we have had such a disjointed practice may well have been part of | :51:23. | :51:29. | |
the factor which has helped McGuinness and Rutter and the most | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
experience -- the most experienced riders make the most of their trap | :51:35. | :51:43. | |
time -- track time. Two it is still Simon Andrews in the second wave in | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
fourth place. He was here last year, but he did not get to race. This is | :51:49. | :51:59. | |
effectively his debut. You could see how for over James Hillier's | :51:59. | :52:09. | |
:52:09. | :52:11. | ||
back wheel was going over there. He has when it left over from Thursday | :52:11. | :52:20. | |
night. This is on course for a hat- trick. Can you cross your fingers | :52:20. | :52:28. | |
in gloves or horse-riding a bike? I don't think so. -- while riding a | :52:28. | :52:38. | |
:52:38. | :52:43. | ||
bike. His podium place might be under threat. What does McGuinness | :52:43. | :52:52. | |
have to say? Here comes Simon Andrews, the man in fourth position. | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
He was held up at the start of the final lap and that will not please | :52:56. | :53:06. | |
:53:06. | :53:07. | ||
him more help him get a podium finish. Four of place is still good. | :53:07. | :53:15. | |
Simon Andrews is born at the tail end of the first wave. -- is on at | :53:15. | :53:23. | |
the tail end. John McGuinness has some defensive riding to do. There | :53:23. | :53:32. | |
is no defence against the slipstream. I don't think we will | :53:32. | :53:41. | |
see a change in positions year. Rutter might try to get passed on | :53:41. | :53:51. | |
:53:51. | :53:55. | ||
the inside. Very late on the brakes. Michael Rutter in second place. | :53:55. | :54:02. | |
John McGuinness will not be too disappointed with third place. | :54:02. | :54:09. | |
McGuinness did not come here expecting to win a race. Look how | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
far ahead they have broken away from everyone else. Bruce Anstey | :54:14. | :54:20. | |
will have to wait another year for another victory. Michael Rutter has | :54:20. | :54:30. | |
just added to his tally earlier on today. The first since 2008. | :54:30. | :54:34. | |
Alastair Seeley on-course to make it a hat-trick at the North West | :54:34. | :54:41. | |
200 this year. Michael Rutter and John McGuinness are beating each | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
other up for second place. That leaves this man free to concentrate | :54:46. | :54:54. | |
on doing what he needs to do. Alastair Seeley will feel that all | :54:54. | :55:04. | |
the hype before the event was justified if he gets the hat-trick. | :55:04. | :55:10. | |
Ryan Farquar is missing from that trio. He has been scrapping it out | :55:10. | :55:20. | |
:55:20. | :55:21. | ||
with Hutchins and this race. -- Al Hutchinson. He has nothing to worry | :55:21. | :55:31. | |
:55:31. | :55:39. | ||
about. Very neat and tidy. They are waving him on. Another local winner. | :55:39. | :55:48. | |
Another win for Northern Ireland. There was all that talk about 5am | :55:49. | :55:58. | |
:55:59. | :55:59. | ||
one day. What a performance this has been. We spoke of William | :55:59. | :56:04. | |
Dunlop being the best ride of the day, but I think Alastair Seeley | :56:04. | :56:11. | |
has taken over as the man of the North West 200. He has, but the old | :56:11. | :56:19. | |
boys have socked it to him as well. He will have to pick his way | :56:19. | :56:26. | |
carefully through the back markers. He is so close to his third | :56:26. | :56:32. | |
chequered flag. It has been a great day of racing. Alastair Seeley | :56:32. | :56:39. | |
shows us how to ride as Superbike. Excellent work by Alastair Seeley. | :56:39. | :56:45. | |
He looks very calm and comfortable about that. We're expecting a | :56:45. | :56:48. | |
Michael Rutter to cross the line in second with John Mcguinness third. | :56:48. | :56:58. | |
:56:58. | :57:12. | ||
That is how we last saw them. The pace we had in the first race, | :57:12. | :57:19. | |
we knew we could pull away from them. I was able to catch them and | :57:19. | :57:26. | |
I just it every race and made sure I stayed in second without changing | :57:26. | :57:36. | |
:57:36. | :57:51. | ||
gear. I did my homework. Dreams A famous North West 200 hat-trick | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
for Alastair Seeley. We have had seven races, five winners, doesn't | :57:55. | :58:02. | |
get much better than that. What a superb week. The racing on Saturday | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
was a great success. Alastair Seeley with three victories was | :58:06. | :58:13. |