NW200 2025 Highlights Part 3

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Part 3 of highlights of the 2025 North West 200 taking place from 7th-10th May 2025.  05:15 - Superstock Race 2 23:35 - Supertwin Race 2 37:50 - Superbike Race 3

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00:30Sunshine on the north coast of Northern Ireland.

00:46Add in some unparalleled scenery and the deep blue Atlantic Ocean

00:51and you have the perfect setting for Ireland's biggest outdoor sporting event.

00:56Oh, and he's going to drive past Richard Cooper.

00:58That's not just slipstream, you know, that's raw power.

01:00Wow.

01:01Welcome to our third and final highlights programme

01:05from this year's Briggs Equipment Northwest 200.

01:08An event steeped in history and heritage stretching back almost a century.

01:14Now this is more than just a motorcycle race.

01:17It's a celebration of speed and skill.

01:20A showdown between the world's best riders

01:22on closed public roads between three seaside towns.

01:27And already the Northwest 200 has lived up to its reputation

01:31as one of the best bike events in the world.

01:34Here's what's happened so far.

01:36What a start from Davey Todd.

01:43Oh, smoke.

01:45Well, that's not good.

01:45It's the end of Sealy's race.

01:47Going to be Davey Todd on a brand new team,

01:50the brand new motorbike.

01:51He takes his first ever Superbike win.

01:55Super Sport, what a great class this is.

01:57Wow, look at that shot.

02:00Where the hell do you get that?

02:01Oh, there's five of them in it now.

02:03Well, number six takes six Northwest 200 wins.

02:07Look at that.

02:08What a vista.

02:08Oh, that's not so good.

02:10Hello, Michael Dunlop.

02:12Oh, that's a disaster at university.

02:14Did he miss it here?

02:16Michael Dunlop does it again.

02:21Lights out and it's away we go.

02:27Three abreast.

02:29Cooper wins from McCain.

02:35Oh, hang on.

02:36Dunlop has gone down there.

02:37And Hickman.

02:38And it was Hickman as well.

02:42Michael Dunlop does it again here.

02:46They're off the line again.

02:48Got to be number one.

02:51Richard Cooper lets the brakes off

02:52and Dunlop looks for the place.

02:54Oh, wow.

02:55I've never seen anything like it.

02:56I say, come to the line.

02:58Flag out.

02:59What a finish.

03:01It's a wonderful and dramatic racing so far.

03:05And we have lots more to come.

03:07Next up is the Superstock race.

03:10And here's Northwest 200 winner Lee Johnston

03:13to explain this class.

03:18We've called in to 810 Racing

03:20to have a closer look at their Superstock machine

03:23as ridden by Peter Hickman and Davey Todd.

03:26This is the most cost-effective class

03:28here at the Northwest 200 this week.

03:30Looking at Big Brother,

03:31you're talking at a 100 gram motorcycle.

03:33This is a 40 gram motorcycle

03:35and probably only two seconds or less in lap time.

03:39This bike will still do well over 200 mile an hour.

03:42Some of the modifications you are allowed to make

03:44are your front forks,

03:45your rear shock,

03:47bodywork,

03:47has to be the same silhouette

03:48and of fiberglass,

03:50but not like carbon fiber,

03:51like its big brother.

03:52You aren't allowed to change the brakes,

03:54external parts of the forks.

03:56It will also run on kit electronics,

03:58whereas the Superbike runs on MoTeC.

04:01But as we can say,

04:03this is definitely going to be the busiest class this week

04:05for all of them reasons.

04:06Well, the opening race in this class

04:11was won by Michael Dunlop.

04:13It was an absolute thriller

04:14and he starts on the second row.

04:17Dunlop is surrounded by so many contenders, though,

04:20including Davey Todd in pole position.

04:23His 8'10'' teammate is Peter Hickman,

04:25who's also on the front row

04:26with the Northwest 200 record holder

04:29Alistair Seeley sandwiched in between.

04:32His bike blew up on Thursday,

04:34but he has a new engine fitted for this one.

04:37It's time to join our race commentary team,

04:39Steve Parrish and Keith Ewan.

04:42Thank you, Stephen.

04:43This, for me, Steve,

04:45is the most pure class.

04:46It is the one that most of the bikes

04:48run under exactly the same rules.

04:50No big modifications.

04:52Absolutely.

04:53There it is.

04:53Davey Todd, Alistair Seeley,

04:54Peter Hickman,

04:55and Dean Harrison, winner from the first race,

04:57Michael Dunlop, Jamie Coward,

04:58Mike Brown, Paul Jordan and Ian Hutchinson.

05:01On row four,

05:02John McGuinness,

05:02Connor Cummings and Josh Brooks,

05:04Erno Costamo,

05:05the fin from Michael Evans,

05:06Michael Sweeney,

05:07Sam West,

05:08Nathan Harrison

05:08and Mitch Rees,

05:09the newcomer.

05:10So the usual workout for 74 there.

05:12You see him do it every time.

05:14Davey Todd,

05:14always a flying starter

05:16and he makes another great start as well.

05:18Watch for Dunlop, though.

05:19You just saw him jinking to his right,

05:20our left.

05:21The number six bike looking for a way through,

05:23but it is Seeley who slots in,

05:25behind Davey Todd.

05:26Great start from him

05:26and Harrison up the inside now

05:28as we get down to Morgeyork.

05:30Seeley's engine's an old engine

05:31they've put in now.

05:32The best engine blew up,

05:33so he's got one that's got 5,000 kilometers on it.

05:35Let's see how it goes.

05:36Still looks sharp, though,

05:37I've got to say,

05:37but that is Seeley,

05:38the wee wizard.

05:39He's looking for his 30th race win

05:40around this track.

05:42He's had 29 of them

05:43and it would be something a little bit special.

05:45This is the one he spends the,

05:46has the biggest chance in, though, Steve,

05:48Superstock.

05:48No question about it.

05:49The way Todd gets off the line is extraordinary.

05:52Do you know these bikes, though?

05:53They've got a launch control on a road bike.

05:55You just literally hold it flat out

05:56and dump the clutch,

05:58the electronics do it all for you.

05:59On board with Dean Harrison on the Honda.

06:00I'd like to say it's because

06:02he's a bit of a motocrosser

06:03and that's what those guys are trained to do,

06:05but Todd just makes it special every time.

06:07Goes through station

06:08with Seeley behind him.

06:09Then it's Dean Harrison

06:10on bike number three

06:11as they blast out into the countryside,

06:13then down towards the university corner.

06:16This is Peter Hickman.

06:17Peter Hickman is a wild man

06:19that's looking for a result.

06:20Look at that chain

06:21slapping through the swinging arm.

06:22And it's not the footrests that are loose.

06:24It's the cameras on the swinging arm.

06:25Michael Dunlop,

06:25Mickey D goes past there.

06:27He's got a fast bike

06:28in Superstock as well, hasn't he?

06:29Dean Harrison goes through there.

06:31There is Alistair Seeley.

06:32Big slipstream as they go past Todd.

06:34Can Seeley get up the inside

06:35when we get into the braking area?

06:37We're going to find out in a moment.

06:38So full tanks of fuel.

06:40Six laps then for this race as well.

06:41Four we had on Thursday.

06:44It's close already.

06:45On to the link road.

06:46Up over towards the Bally Sally roundabout we go.

06:49Looking back from...

06:49Hey, hello.

06:50Nothing wrong with that old engine.

06:52It looks good to me.

06:54Or that old fella for that matter.

06:55But no, really great racing.

06:57We're seeing a lot more passing

06:58going into there than we used to.

06:59Yeah, well that might well be.

07:01You've been banging the drum

07:02about the new tarmac all week

07:03and it seems to be working now.

07:04It's all cleared up.

07:05Of course, at this point in the race week,

07:07the track is clean.

07:09Seeley again, really.

07:10I mean, a lot of it is to do with your weight.

07:12We know that very much.

07:13We've seen that with Richard Cooper.

07:14But Alistair Seeley is one of the smaller riders

07:16in this class.

07:17Yeah, side by side.

07:18Here we go again.

07:19We're on board with David Todd.

07:19He gets a bit of a slipstream.

07:20But you watch him on the brakes.

07:21David Todd is so good on the brakes

07:23down into this chicane.

07:25Dean Harrison.

07:26Did his rear wheel come off the ground there

07:28where he was braking so hard, Harrison?

07:30Through the chicane at Mathers Cross.

07:32Now then, next stop is Macro Boy.

07:33Another opportunity to slide up the inside

07:35if you can on the brakes.

07:37Interesting, seeing the holes in the screen.

07:39That's to stop the helmets

07:40bucketing about behind the screen as much.

07:42A lot of the riders do that.

07:43They put some holes in the screen.

07:44Yeah.

07:44And they get some with the stones.

07:46This is a place where you have to say

07:47you are not doing 200 mile an hour

07:49on just about any other track on a superbike.

07:51On a superstop bike, I should say.

07:53So, down the brakes we go.

07:54Into the next chicane.

07:56Have they all made it through here?

07:57We've got a tailwind again.

07:58It's been consistent here, hasn't it, today?

08:01Race day on Saturday.

08:02Tailwind heading down to Portrush.

08:04Headwind heading up to University.

08:05But most of the riders have worked out

08:07the tailwind and they're hopefully

08:08not all going to fly up the slip road

08:10at the Metropole.

08:10As we saw in the superbike race, of course.

08:12So then, into the Metropole braking area.

08:14Look at the brake fluid jumping

08:15all over the place there in the little pot.

08:17As Seeley goes to the front.

08:19Come on, Alistair Seeley.

08:20The wee wizard.

08:21That will be popular.

08:23Tyres might come into play with this as well

08:25because near superstop bikes

08:26are just a tad off as powerful as the superbikes.

08:30Yeah.

08:30The only thing is you'd say

08:31the suspension's probably a bit more compliant.

08:33They're designed for road use.

08:34They've got the standard swing and arm suspension

08:36linkage system.

08:37You can adjust all of those things, of course.

08:40But Alistair Seeley, lovely to see him up there.

08:42He's had a year out of it.

08:4329 wins for him.

08:44But he's not going to have it easy

08:45because there is Davey Todd.

08:47A big wing on that BMW.

08:49It would almost be as popular as a Nicky D win, I would say.

08:53Alistair Seeley's been out of it for so long.

08:55To come back and if he took his 30th win,

08:57the crowd would absolutely have a treat.

08:59We've seen Dunlop win this week so far.

09:01And if Alistair Seeley manages to top that

09:04in this superstop race, that would be a little special.

09:07Paul Jordan then on the Jackson Racing by Prosper 2.

09:11Beautiful team.

09:12That's one of the best turned out teams in the paddock.

09:14Oh, that's wide from Josh Brooks.

09:17Yeah, Brooksie was proper wide there.

09:19Didn't lose a place to Jordan though

09:20as we go past the start and finish.

09:22You can just see the wind as it's blowing.

09:24Across the grass.

09:25Wow.

09:26And the curve.

09:27Across the grass completely.

09:27Well, we've seen a bit of that.

09:29Maybe the Richard Cooper effect

09:30has rubbed off on some of the other riders.

09:33It is dry and there is grip,

09:35even on the grass this week.

09:38You can hear that thing spinning

09:39and that's what wrecks tyres.

09:40It's when it's spinning

09:41and the middle of the tyre is taking some real stick.

09:44Yeah, it's a bit like cavitation.

09:46It comes off the ground, back on the ground.

09:47That tearing factor you get.

09:49Helped by the track being warmer here today.

09:51I think track's about 39 degrees.

09:53I'm busy with my dictionary looking up cavitation.

09:55Up to the Mill Road roundabout, then we go.

09:58This is where Todd, you watch Todd out.

10:00I do not know how he manages

10:02to leap off these low-geared corners.

10:05It just always looks like he's out of York,

10:07out of that Mill Road roundabout.

10:08You watch him as he closes down Sealy.

10:11Does he manage that this time around?

10:12Yes, I think he has.

10:13I think he's just bravery, really.

10:15He just gets on the power a bit earlier.

10:15Just taps it on a little earlier.

10:16Yeah, I think you might well be right.

10:18But look, he's right there at station corner.

10:20And the amount of mucky air

10:21that you've got around you

10:22going into station corner,

10:24the amount these wings

10:25push the air all around you

10:27and through comes David Todd, then.

10:30Gets side by side.

10:32That's the worst of it.

10:33You get sucked into the bike

10:34with that amount of wind

10:36rushing past the motorcycle.

10:37Look at this, Dean Harrison, number three.

10:39Honda.

10:40Yeah, flies by.

10:40Honda Racing UK

10:41and Sealy on the other side.

10:43That's what slipstreaming does for you.

10:45So Dean Harrison hits the front,

10:46but he had to go right out

10:47to the white line

10:48where it's still a bit dirty to do that.

10:49And number six is there.

10:50Yeah, Dunlop is there.

10:52You're right.

10:52The resplendent Michael Dunlop.

10:57David Tobber on board

10:58with over the link road we go again.

11:00Some take it tight,

11:01some roll right out to it,

11:02but then you end up

11:04with the Bally Sally roundabout.

11:05That long, long, long right-hander

11:06all the way before you flick left.

11:09You've got to get it right

11:09because if you're a mile an hour faster

11:11getting out of this right-hander,

11:13you'll carry that

11:14all the way down to the next chicane.

11:16And that really does count

11:17when it comes to

11:18getting in somebody's slipstream.

11:20Yeah, this is where it all happens.

11:21One of the places,

11:22David Todd,

11:23right beside Dean Harrison,

11:24right now,

11:25front wheel off the ground.

11:26We've heard Lee Johnson

11:27mention the fact

11:28that when they start wobbling around,

11:29it's often because

11:30they've run out of torque

11:31and the front wheel

11:31doesn't come off the ground.

11:33Yeah, they're not pushing

11:33their way through that

11:34and it starts to shake its head.

11:36But I think we're going to see

11:38a bit more of that

11:38in this six-lapper.

11:39David Todd again

11:40are on board

11:40with the 810 Racing BMW.

11:43And of course,

11:43this is a brand new team.

11:45These are brand new motorbikes

11:46this year.

11:46They've put the team together

11:47in the very last minute.

11:49Now then,

11:49we're looking back.

11:50Seeley that...

11:51There he is.

11:52Yeah, here he is.

11:52Back in shot.

11:53So he'll be catching

11:54another slipstream

11:55into that braking area.

11:57Here we go then.

11:58McRiboy.

12:00Harrison,

12:00Todd,

12:01Seeley,

12:02Dunlop.

12:04Yeah,

12:04this is the run down

12:05and we're reckoning

12:06that it's probably nearly

12:06as fast running down here

12:08with the tailwind

12:08as it is where the speed track line is.

12:09Well, it is downhill

12:10and the wind is behind us

12:12down towards Metropole

12:13into Port Rush.

12:15Looks so fast

12:16when you're in amongst

12:16the houses

12:17and the street furniture

12:18all the way down.

12:19I say every year.

12:19Todd, is he going to get it stopped?

12:20Yes.

12:21Does he run wide?

12:21No, he doesn't do either of those.

12:23He gets it stopped.

12:24He doesn't run wide.

12:25Perfect line from him.

12:26He's so good on the brakes

12:27as well, Davey Todd.

12:28So Davey Todd on the 74

12:29hits the front again

12:29from Harrison.

12:30Still Seeley.

12:31They're in third place.

12:32He'll be happy with that

12:33at the moment.

12:34Mickey Dunlop.

12:34Michael Dunlop

12:35right there in fourth place.

12:36And look at this.

12:38Oh, how close do you like it?

12:39That's 175 miles an hour

12:41coming up to the place.

12:42The Bet McLean chicane.

12:43This is where a lot of passing

12:44takes place.

12:45But Dean Harrison

12:46is so good in this sector

12:48and you saw the Honda

12:49was so sharp

12:50but he still couldn't make it

12:51to the chicane

12:52in first place.

12:53Todd beats him to it again.

12:55Now then,

12:55Michael Dunlop,

12:56is he sitting there waiting?

12:57He knows how to play tactics,

12:58doesn't he, Dunlop?

12:59He did it

13:00in the Supersport race

13:01on Thursday.

13:02He's been pretty sharp on it.

13:03I don't think any one of them

13:05doesn't know how to play the tactics.

13:06They're all hugely experienced.

13:08Obviously,

13:08David Todd is the younger

13:09of the bunch,

13:1029 years old for him,

13:11leading the race at the moment.

13:13But you bet your life

13:13when they get down to university

13:14he won't be

13:15just because of the slipstream again.

13:16Well, David Todd's had his first race win

13:18in a big class this week.

13:20Dean Harrison is yet

13:21to have that top step.

13:22So, Dean Harrison

13:23is the man that most wants it.

13:25How many second places

13:26has Dean Harrison had here?

13:28Yeah, an enormous amount.

13:29He's now on a proper tour

13:30with the Honda Racing UK machine.

13:33braking area

13:35down through the gearbox,

13:36the blipper

13:36getting it all sorted out

13:39and then

13:39on the gas.

13:44Seeley

13:45on the SMS

13:46Nickel Oils machine.

13:49He races in Supersport as well.

13:51But right now

13:52his favoured class,

13:54surely this was the one

13:55that he stands

13:55the most chance in.

13:58Yeah, as we heard,

13:59he had to change his engine

14:00before the race.

14:01It's dropped off now though.

14:02It's apparently

14:03an old engine

14:04but it's absolutely running well.

14:06Doesn't look slow,

14:07that's for sure.

14:08But of course,

14:08it's not just about top speed.

14:10It's about how it gets off the corners,

14:11how it feels to the rider.

14:13David Todd,

14:13Dean Harrison,

14:14Peter Hickman

14:14after four laps.

14:16That's where we're at.

14:17But it's Todd

14:18that's managed

14:19to pull his way out here.

14:19But it's a question

14:20of whether these guys

14:21can work together

14:22to slipstream back up towards him.

14:24Seeley's dropped

14:25to the back of this bunch now.

14:27That could be to do with,

14:28well, a number of things actually

14:29because they're all on

14:30super stock brakes

14:31as we know.

14:32These bikes got

14:33nearly the same power,

14:34not quite as much

14:35but the brakes aren't as good.

14:36Gearbox isn't quite as good.

14:37It's got different ratios.

14:38All these things come into play

14:39but incredibly,

14:41they lap at nearly the same time.

14:42Out of all the classes,

14:43these are probably

14:44the least modified

14:45throughout what we've got

14:46racing here

14:47at the Northwest 200.

14:49Super Twins

14:50are the small bikes

14:51but they are the most modified.

14:53It doesn't really work that way.

14:54Peter Hickman,

14:55BMW 810 Racing.

14:57Now then,

14:57what can Hickey do

14:58from where he is?

15:00Looking for that draft.

15:02Is he managing to get it?

15:04It pulls out

15:04but he can't do anything with it.

15:06Watch him come back

15:07through the gears.

15:08They've got to slam it

15:09all the way down

15:10from sixth to first gear.

15:11He's right there though.

15:12And that's often

15:13when you see the riders

15:13looking down at the dash.

15:15They're just making sure

15:15they've gone down to first gear.

15:17Josh Brooks we're on with now.

15:18Oh, and he hit the kerb.

15:20Josh Brooks hit the kerb

15:21and he's in the field.

15:22Josh Brooks picked up the kerb

15:23on the inside there

15:24and he's gone farming.

15:26Hello, officer.

15:27How are you?

15:27Yeah, that's a nice crop of wheat though.

15:29He'll be charged for that,

15:30you know.

15:31Farmers around our way,

15:32they'll find you.

15:33So then,

15:33David Todd leads.

15:34Josh Brooks,

15:35while he sorts himself out

15:36on the agricultural side of things,

15:38these boys have got no time

15:39for looking at it.

15:40It's Todd out front again.

15:41Is that the biggest break

15:42we've seen so far?

15:43No, I'm interested

15:44in what's there.

15:45Dean Harrison runs road shift.

15:46Did you see him

15:47trying to hook the gear

15:48as he comes out of there?

15:49It's quite awkward

15:49if you don't run the race shift.

15:51Let's have another look

15:52at this then.

15:52Josh Brooks,

15:53he clouts the kerb.

15:53He turns right

15:54and then on the left kink,

15:56he just clouts that kerb

15:57and picks it up

15:58on the fairing

15:59and fires himself

16:00into the...

16:01And to get to your road shift thing,

16:03normally,

16:04you press down

16:05to go up,

16:06upper gear.

16:06So you've not got your foot

16:08underneath the lever

16:08when you want to select

16:10a higher gear.

16:11Final lap.

16:13Todd,

16:14Harrison,

16:15Hickman,

16:15Seeley's still there

16:16in fourth place.

16:17Hutchie is a long way off

16:18back in fifth place.

16:19Paul Jordan is there

16:20and Erno Costamo

16:21having another great ride.

16:23He's really had

16:23a consistent week

16:25so far here

16:25in the northwest.

16:26Seeley's dropped off

16:27of this.

16:27This is about three men now.

16:31Mill Road,

16:31roundabouts.

16:32Now then,

16:33can Dean Harrison

16:34grab his first

16:34big bike win here?

16:36He's got some work to do

16:37if he's going to catch

16:38Davey Todd,

16:38that is for sure

16:39because Davey Todd

16:40is away.

16:40He's up front now

16:41looking at Peter Hickman.

16:43Peter Hickman is

16:43a teammate,

16:45of course,

16:46at the 8-10 team.

16:48And here we go.

16:49Side by side.

16:50That Honda

16:51looks sharp, Steve.

16:52And they sorted out

16:53the handling

16:53because it was

16:54waggling its head off

16:55in practice

16:56and through the first

16:57day's outings here.

16:59Honda have done

16:59a great job

17:00in getting that right.

17:05Flat out.

17:06Near 200 miles an hour,

17:07of course.

17:08We've lost Dunlop.

17:08It would be more than that

17:09if, yeah,

17:10Dunlop has gone out of it

17:11but I don't see where.

17:13He dropped back somewhere.

17:15These guys have,

17:15here comes Hickman

17:16up the outside

17:17of the number three Harrison.

17:18Dunlop has had a problem

17:20and slipped back.

17:21Sealy's still there.

17:21Sealy's still there

17:22but it's about these three.

17:25I think Todd,

17:26this time around,

17:27has got it pretty well

17:27sorted out.

17:28That's the biggest lead

17:29there has been

17:29throughout this race

17:31and he's extending it.

17:32Yeah,

17:32he was just far enough

17:33out of range

17:34for slipstreaming,

17:35I think,

17:35from the number three

17:37of Dean Harrison

17:38here now.

17:38Whether or not

17:39he can keep that

17:40down into Metropole.

17:41Michael Dunlop is out.

17:45Michael Dunlop is out.

17:46He's coming through to me

17:47so he has finished

17:49on that fourth lap

17:50so Dunlop has gone.

17:52Todd,

17:53now look at that

17:53advantage he has.

17:54Yeah,

17:54he's not going to,

17:54unless he makes a big mistake

17:56and goes Josh Brooks farming

17:57he's,

17:58oh,

17:58a back wheel

17:59off the crown.

18:00Well,

18:00not for the lack

18:01of trying.

18:01This was the corner

18:05that we saw Brooksie

18:06heading off

18:07into the field.

18:08New tarmac in places.

18:10This track has been

18:11managed quite well

18:12this year round.

18:12There's been a bit of

18:13money spent on the track

18:14but it's still

18:14the bumpiest part

18:15of the course

18:16is this run down

18:16of Portrush.

18:17It is looking pristine

18:18though this year.

18:19Here we go.

18:20Look as good.

18:20These two side by side.

18:21Can they work together

18:22to bridge that gap

18:24to Todd in front?

18:24I don't think Dean's

18:25too bothered about that

18:26and he's good on the breaks

18:27Dean Harrison

18:27so Peter Hickman

18:30is going to have

18:31a real job in his hands

18:32to try and get past

18:32the Honda man

18:33but it's Todd out front.

18:35Dean Harrison

18:35a little protective there

18:36up the inside again

18:37back wheel in the air

18:38after the bumps

18:39has that sent him

18:40wide?

18:41No,

18:41it hasn't.

18:42Hicky can't get past

18:44him at all.

18:44Todd slightly sideways

18:46laying a big dark line

18:48through Church Corner

18:49we go then

18:50for the last time

18:51up under the railway bridge.

18:52Oh,

18:53nice to see you.

18:54Some back markers in front.

18:56Yeah,

18:57they've got through them.

18:58That's before he gets

18:59to the centre of the chicane

19:00so he's got through

19:01there cleaning.

19:02Will it affect

19:02the second and third?

19:03Well,

19:03I think they've moved

19:04off to the side there,

19:05Steve.

19:05They obviously looked

19:06at the flags

19:06and they've all come

19:07through okay

19:07so it's not going

19:08to affect it

19:08coming down

19:09into this chicane.

19:10Dean Harrison

19:11very,

19:12very smooth indeed

19:13but it's going to be

19:13Davey Todd surely.

19:15He's just got a couple

19:16of corners to go

19:16before he takes

19:17another big bike win

19:18through the right-hander

19:20then it's a flick left

19:21onto the start

19:22and finish straight.

19:23Davey Todd

19:24takes another big bike win

19:25from Dean Harrison

19:26barring a mistake

19:27over the line.

19:28Checkered flag

19:29and it's Peter Hickman

19:30teammate to Todd

19:31in third place.

19:32Alistair Seeley

19:33hung on to that

19:33fourth place.

19:34Ian Hutchinson

19:34a long way back

19:35with a great result

19:36nonetheless.

19:37Paul Jordan,

19:37Erna Costamo,

19:38John McGuinness,

19:40Michael Evans

19:40and Michael Sweeney.

19:49Davey Todd,

19:50congratulations.

19:51Great win.

19:52Yeah,

19:52over the moon

19:52with that one

19:53and I've been

19:54pretty fired up

19:55after how today

19:55has gone

19:56and it's been

19:59eating away at me

20:00and then I had

20:00a little technical

20:02issue again

20:02in the Supersport race

20:03and yeah,

20:05it's just been

20:05working me up

20:07a little bit

20:07and just not

20:08had the best of luck

20:09this time here

20:10but yeah,

20:12these boys,

20:13they're A10 racing boys

20:14by Monster Energy.

20:16You know,

20:16they've done

20:17a fantastic job

20:18in such a short

20:18space of time

20:19to put these bikes

20:21together.

20:21We're literally

20:21every session out

20:22we're trying to

20:23test new things

20:23because we've had

20:24no testing

20:24and I've just

20:26got to give it

20:26up to them.

20:27They've done

20:27a fantastic job

20:28and again,

20:29we've got both

20:29our bikes

20:30on the podium

20:30and yeah,

20:32really stoked

20:33of that.

20:34You came so,

20:34so close again

20:35to that win.

20:36No,

20:36honestly,

20:37I was hanging

20:37in there then.

20:39I was struggling

20:39to keep heat

20:40behind me.

20:41The top speed

20:41of our bike

20:42is so strong,

20:43the Honda

20:43is so fast.

20:44I'm just struggling

20:45to go up the box

20:47a bit,

20:47I had a few

20:47little issues

20:48but no,

20:49I hung in there

20:49until the end

20:50really and just

20:50second or what

20:51out of it.

20:52You're saving

20:53the best for last,

20:54I'm sure,

20:54the last superbike

20:55race of the day.

20:56Yeah,

20:56I'm going to try

20:57and hopefully

20:57learn what we've

20:58learned on this

20:58and we'll transfer

20:59across and I've

21:00got a race in between

21:01now to have a cup

21:01of tea and have

21:02a rethink.

21:03The two of you

21:03back in here

21:04to the winner's

21:04enclosure.

21:05Yeah,

21:05exactly,

21:06great for 8.10

21:06racing again,

21:07not quite a 1.2

21:08again,

21:08I was close.

21:09I did get into

21:10second place

21:11at one point

21:12and I don't know,

21:13I broke slightly

21:14earlier than Davey

21:14into Metropole

21:15and he still managed

21:16to get the bike

21:16stopped and I had

21:20feel really strong

21:21on the bike,

21:21the bike feels

21:22really good.

21:22Yeah,

21:23I can't answer

21:23too much more.

21:42So a double

21:43for Davey

21:44at the North West.

21:46Now this year's

21:47event is celebrating

21:48the achievements

21:49of road racing

21:51icon and Northern

21:52Ireland sporting

21:52legend Joey Dunlop

21:54who passed away

21:5525 years ago

21:57as a result of

21:58a racing accident

21:59in Estonia.

22:00Here at the

22:01North West,

22:02all the machines

22:03are carrying

22:03Joey Dunlop stickers

22:04and there are

22:05Joey 25 flags

22:07all around

22:08this circuit.

22:09Philip McCallan,

22:1011 time

22:11North West 200

22:12winner,

22:12raced against

22:13Joey many times

22:14and it's right

22:15that we pay

22:15tribute to the

22:17great man.

22:17Yeah,

22:18without a doubt,

22:18you know,

22:18Joey,

22:19I'm very,

22:19very lucky to say

22:20he was a friend

22:21of mine,

22:21he was a teammate

22:22of mine,

22:23you know,

22:24he's just a

22:24great,

22:25great person,

22:25he's an ambassador

22:26for motorcycling

22:27and he's an ambassador

22:28for our country.

22:30What more can you say?

22:31And there will be

22:32a special event

22:33in Joey Dunlop's

22:34hometown of

22:35Balamone on May

22:37the 24th

22:38when many riders

22:39including Philip

22:40and world

22:41superbike stars

22:41Carl Fogarty

22:42and Jonathan Ray

22:43will ride

22:44Joey's

22:44original machines.

22:46but next

22:47it's time

22:47for our race

22:48and it's the

22:49Super Twins

22:50and British champion

22:51Richard Cooper

22:52from England

22:52the race one winner

22:53is in pole position

22:55alongside the

22:56Northern Ireland

22:57duo of Adam

22:58McLean

22:58and Paul Jordan

23:00who make up

23:00the front row.

23:02Michael Sweeney

23:03is a former

23:03Irish champion

23:04from the Republic

23:05of Ireland

23:06and veteran

23:07Jeremy McWilliams

23:08a former

23:09MotoGP rider

23:10is back to take

23:11his place

23:12on the grid

23:12after an earlier

23:14crash.

23:15And we know

23:16what the pole man

23:17is capable of doing

23:18to take a win.

23:19Adam McLean

23:19will be his main

23:20competition I'm sure

23:21with Paul Jordan

23:21Peter Hickman

23:22Jeremy McWilliams

23:23and Michael Sweeney

23:23and row three

23:24is looking pretty

23:25racy as well.

23:26No question about it

23:27AJ Venter there

23:28Neil Kernaghan

23:29Daryl Tweed

23:30Barry Ferber

23:31Marty Lennon

23:31Daniel Ingram

23:32Dean McMaster

23:33Chris Duncan

23:33and Christian Elkin

23:34with a previous

23:35broken collarbone.

23:37Who's going to get

23:37the whole shot

23:38then this time?

23:38Watch the lights

23:39the sign says

23:40it's usually

23:41Richard Cooper

23:42who gets off the line

23:43he always looks

23:43so neat and tidy

23:44off the line

23:45everyone else

23:45is waggling around

23:46but he's just

23:47pushed forward

23:47Adam McLean

23:48slots straight in

23:49behind him as well

23:49and it's the number

23:5039 machine

23:51of AJ Venter

23:52from South Africa

23:53that slots in

23:54in third place

23:55Steve.

23:55I can see this

23:56being a real scrap.

23:58Yeah me too

23:58because let's face it

24:00we got that

24:01situation in the

24:02last race

24:02where Adam McLean

24:04got kind of outfoxed

24:06a little bit

24:06on that last lap.

24:08Yeah.

24:08Oh can you hear

24:09the tyre squealing there?

24:10And he still pulls it

24:11down to almost

24:12the apex

24:12that was pretty

24:13impressive

24:14considering he

24:14overshot really

24:15I'm talking about

24:16Richard Cooper

24:16but here's Ferber

24:18Ferber on the 80 bike

24:19this bike and this

24:20rider look good

24:21this week as well.

24:22It does fantastic

24:23it's looking really

24:24really good

24:24but there was no doubt

24:25there was a bit of

24:26sandbagging from

24:27Richard Cooper I think

24:28in the first race

24:29on Thursday

24:30simply sat beside

24:31sat behind Adam

24:33McLean didn't he

24:33till that last lap

24:35and then he just

24:35split at the end

24:36I think everybody's

24:36got it worked out

24:37now though Steve

24:38I think that

24:38sandbagging is not

24:40something that's going

24:40to work

24:41it's going to be

24:41experience

24:42it's going to be

24:42strategy

24:43Adam McLean went a

24:44little bit early

24:44I felt last time

24:45around

24:46let's wait and see

24:47what his tactics are

24:48during this race

24:49of course

24:49so out on to

24:51the run down to

24:51university now

24:52and even though

24:53these are little

24:53motorbikes

24:54they are fast

24:55oh yeah absolutely

24:56they are

24:57they're producing

24:57about 110 brake

24:59horsepower

24:59something like that

25:00and bearing in mind

25:01that most of these

25:01come out of the

25:02factory as a road

25:03bike at about

25:0470, 60, 70

25:05there you go

25:06and that bike

25:07looks so good

25:07it's got like a

25:08250 fairing on it

25:09the one that

25:09Richard Cooper's

25:10the aerodynamics

25:11I think these are

25:13the bikes that have

25:14been modified the

25:15most from stock

25:16at the end of the

25:17day all the

25:18classes that we've

25:18got the rules are

25:19quite tight

25:20but for this lot

25:21you can do

25:21whatever you want

25:22to do to modify

25:23them pretty much

25:23yeah more or

25:24less you can

25:24and quite expensive

25:25actually now

25:26it started off as

25:27a cheap system

25:27and it was

25:28the Kawasaki's

25:29that pretty much

25:30dominated it

25:31in the early days

25:32but now it's a

25:33real nice mix

25:34of Yamaha's

25:34Aprilia's

25:35Suzuka's

25:36and Yamaha's

25:37listen to that

25:37thing thundering

25:38along there

25:38Barry Ferber

25:39from Bishop's

25:39Castle on the

25:40Yamaha as well

25:41the number 80

25:41machine while we

25:42are away with

25:43the front two

25:44these two really

25:45have got to be

25:45the favourites

25:46for this surely

25:47we've seen them

25:48do battle already

25:49this week

25:49and they're doing

25:50it again

25:50we've also seen

25:51what Richard Cooper

25:52is capable of doing

25:53if push comes

25:54the shove

25:55and look at the

25:55advantage these two

25:56have already

25:56yeah I completely

25:57agree with it

25:58this is the race

25:58this is the battle

25:59for the win here

26:00four laps

26:01our race win

26:02our race distance

26:04I should say

26:04getting ahead of

26:05myself there

26:06that's for sure

26:06four laps then

26:07for the super twins

26:08and that's really

26:09enough

26:09yeah it's all sorted

26:11out isn't it

26:12after three to four

26:13laps I think

26:13there's no point

26:14in going on any

26:15further

26:15you see who's

26:16the fastest guy

26:16but you're right

26:18everyone's going to be

26:19working out where

26:19they're going to pass

26:20Cooper did it last time

26:21if you remember

26:22at the Metropole

26:22and then just split

26:23over the coast road

26:24Cooper on the brakes

26:26is getting a little

26:27bit scruffier though

26:28he's having to try

26:29a lot harder

26:30to stay in front

26:30in the braking area

26:31and we've seen him

26:32with his legs sticking out

26:33we call it the

26:34doctor's dangle

26:34because it's named

26:35after Valentino Rossi

26:36when you hang your leg

26:37out there

26:37look at that

26:38Adam McLean

26:39as soon as we get

26:39no slipstream

26:40it's just head to head

26:41against the wind

26:42McLean's motorbike

26:44looks very good indeed

26:45down through the gearbox

26:47then

26:47chicane again

26:49this one is

26:52macro boy chicane

26:54I notice that

26:56back at Mathers

26:57they've opened that

26:58chicane

26:58the entry to it

26:59just a little bit more

27:00now

27:00it's not quite as tight

27:01as it was

27:02it's still really tight

27:02look at this

27:03side by side

27:03the Flinic motorcycles

27:05machine

27:05just about blast by

27:07now then

27:08down into the houses

27:09of Portrush

27:09I love the overhead

27:10camera

27:11because it gives it

27:11a real clue

27:12on to who's good

27:13on the brakes

27:13there's barely a garden

27:15that isn't crammed full

27:16is there

27:16people sat in there

27:17enjoying the fantastic

27:18race we're having today

27:19and the weather

27:20for that matter

27:20it's been a beautiful

27:22week

27:22and it's set fair

27:23for Saturday

27:24you've got to say

27:26if you could have

27:26a weekend like this

27:27every single

27:28Northwest 200

27:29you wouldn't be able

27:30to get on the

27:30island of Ireland

27:31everyone would be here

27:32Richard Cooper then

27:33looking back on the

27:34Jack Reed car's

27:35machine

27:35but it's still

27:36will he be his

27:38nemesis

27:38will it be

27:39this time

27:40the Turner McLean

27:40will he manage

27:41to outfox

27:42Richard Cooper

27:43Cooper is a

27:44probably one of the

27:45most underrated

27:46riders

27:46unrecognised riders

27:48and he can ride

27:49any motorcycle

27:49from big old

27:50super stock

27:50down to these

27:51yeah he does

27:52he calls himself

27:52oh that was a nice

27:53move from Adam McLean

27:54using the performance

27:55of that Yamaha

27:56is Cooper

27:58weighing things up

27:58again

27:59Cooper calls himself

28:00a part time racer

28:01when you say that

28:02to other racers

28:02they're going

28:03that's his choice

28:04because he's good

28:04enough to be a full

28:05professional rider

28:06all the time

28:06McLean then leads

28:07and will he be able

28:08to make

28:09he's obviously

28:09confident to try

28:10and pull this away

28:11he's looking to me

28:12like he wants

28:13to make a break

28:13this is Paul Jordan

28:14on the Jackson Racing

28:15again Jackson Racing

28:16I mentioned it before

28:17lovely looking team

28:19good turnout

28:20loads of money spent

28:21yeah it is

28:22it's immaculate

28:22the bikes are

28:23the leathers

28:23the riders

28:24and everything else

28:25have a quick glance

28:25over your shoulder

28:26don't do that too often

28:27Alan Ventnor

28:28we're on board with now

28:29the TH Racing

28:29Hyrell Griffiths

28:30machinery

28:31past Juniper

28:33caravan site

28:34this used to be

28:35a massively fast

28:36right hander

28:36before they stuck

28:37that chicane in there

28:38I remember it well

28:39still McLean leading

28:40then as we head out

28:41to the countryside

28:42again

28:42this is heading out

28:43towards Coleraine

28:44from Port Stewart

28:45still looking back

28:47and the third place

28:48man dropping off

28:49now

28:50yeah it's called

28:51the nine mile triangle

28:52it's actually

28:538.97 miles around here

28:56more corners

28:56than there ever used to be

28:57oh look at this

28:57yeah

28:58as soon as you get

28:59a slipstream down

29:00here towards University

29:00of course the wind

29:01it's a headwind

29:02they're not pulling

29:02quite as high a speeds

29:04as perhaps they would do

29:05in the past

29:05but as soon as he gets

29:06alongside him

29:07that bike of

29:08I think he's rolling it again

29:10you think so

29:10yeah I genuinely think

29:11tactics

29:12tactically just rolling it a touch

29:14well I'm not going to argue

29:15with you on that one

29:16because it certainly

29:16looked like it to me

29:17Paul Jordan then

29:18we're back on board

29:19with looking into the face

29:20I prefer open face helmets

29:22oh sorry

29:22clear visor helmets

29:24not open face helmets

29:25I was going to say

29:25you're going back to your time now

29:27yeah they made out of cork

29:28at the chicane then

29:30look at this

29:31closing them down

29:32slowly but surely

29:33this is a good ride

29:34from the Jackson bike

29:35yeah Paul Jordan

29:38sat there in third position

29:39as we look from our heli cam

29:43who has the advantage

29:45on this four lap race

29:47looking through the speed trap

29:48155 mile an hour

29:49I think these are capable

29:50of something like

29:51170 miles an hour

29:52here

29:53Richard Cooper

29:53in 2023

29:55did 170.5

29:57that was the fastest

29:58Richard Cooper

29:58also holds the lap record

30:00here

30:00447.065

30:02Fred Clark

30:04sent me some messages

30:05to say that

30:06Richard Cooper's

30:06number 47

30:07is because his dad

30:08ran 47

30:09in the one race

30:10or the short racing

30:12career that his dad had

30:13so Richard Cooper

30:14sort of inherited

30:15the 47

30:16I wonder where it came from

30:17thank you very much Fred

30:18a legend of commentary

30:21yeah

30:21you wouldn't want to get

30:22his notes would you

30:23because you'd need

30:24a lorry to pick them up

30:25he's probably sleeping

30:27on them nowadays

30:28under the bridge

30:28then we go

30:29out onto the coast road

30:30and Paul Jordan

30:32he's got a

30:33well he's got a distant

30:34view of the two out front

30:35he doesn't seem to be

30:36able to make any inroads

30:37into the front two riders

30:39but Paul Jordan is there

30:40and

30:41bike looks a bit lively

30:42to be quite honest

30:43yeah it does

30:43through that particular

30:44movement

30:45as we look at the

30:46differential between

30:47the top two riders

30:48now then

30:49we're going to go

30:49into the braking area

30:50again

30:51watch out for

30:51McLean and Cooper

30:53McLean leads it

30:54from Cooper

30:55Cooper on the wider line

30:56this braking area here

30:57it's really really

30:58this is the place

30:59where you need to be

31:00dead sharp through here

31:01because if you get it

31:02right on the last lap

31:03you will be able

31:04to pull it

31:05oh down

31:07down

31:07he's tucked

31:07oh and he's clipped

31:08with his body

31:09he's not Richard Cooper

31:10off with his body

31:11Adam McLean

31:12tucked the front

31:13on the way in

31:13slid up the road

31:15and clouted

31:16Richard Cooper

31:16Cooper's out as well

31:17so that puts

31:18Paul Jordan leading

31:19the race

31:19Paul Jordan in front

31:19let's take another look

31:20watch the front end

31:21oh well we're going to

31:22get an onboard here

31:23but it just absolutely

31:24lost the front of the bike

31:25tucked the front

31:26and unfortunately

31:27yeah the bike

31:28and the rider

31:29Adam McLean

31:30slid out

31:30and just caught

31:31Richard Cooper

31:32gives you a clue

31:33just how fast they're going

31:34they're both up

31:36and I would say

31:36Adam McLean's saying

31:37sorry

31:38it'd have to be

31:39racing incident

31:40but a shame

31:41for them

31:42not for this man though

31:43ha

31:44yep

31:45this man is the new leader

31:46of course it is

31:47Paul Jordan

31:48Jackson Racing Machine

31:49we said what a beautiful

31:50looking bike it was

31:50Michael Sweeney

31:51look at that 65

31:52coming down there

31:53doing really good

31:54and Barry Ferber

31:55could be on the podium

31:56but it's close

31:56because AJ Vent

31:57is right behind him

31:58tell you what

31:59this scrap for

32:00this position

32:01is going to be

32:02a little bit special

32:03that is the battle

32:04for third place

32:05although the 1 and 2

32:06look like they're away

32:06at the moment

32:07but Michael Sweeney

32:08if he was to go

32:09on the podium

32:09that would for me

32:11equal the remarkable

32:12Ian Hutchinson

32:13who's come back

32:14to be on the podium

32:14this week as well

32:15yeah because he had a

32:17crash the same year

32:17as Lee Johnson

32:18two years ago

32:19didn't he

32:19they were both in

32:19hospital together

32:20and Lee Johnson

32:21said when he woke up

32:22and saw him beside him

32:23he thought he was

32:23having nightmares

32:24we can laugh about it

32:26now but we were

32:27worried about both of

32:28them at the time

32:28that's for sure

32:29so here's your race

32:30leader then

32:30the number 50

32:31Paul Jordan

32:32on the Jackson

32:32Racing Aprilia

32:33resplendent

32:35and looking

32:36cool calm

32:36and collected

32:37it looked as if

32:38he was trying

32:38quite hard

32:39he won't have to

32:40from where he is now

32:40a popular win

32:42this will be

32:42and so will Sweeney

32:43won't it

32:44the crowd

32:45will be loving this

32:45thundering down

32:49to the final part

32:50of the course

32:51past the Juniper

32:52Caravan site

32:53and on to

32:54the start and finish

32:55straight then

32:56it's a short shoot

32:57and he takes

32:58the checkered flag

32:59it is

32:59Paul Jordan

33:00Michael Sweeney

33:01will be a tear jerk

33:03in second place

33:03but we wait

33:04for the battle

33:04over the line

33:05who's it going to be

33:06for third

33:06Ferber or Venter

33:07it is Ferber

33:08Daryl Tweed

33:09gets 5th place

33:10Gottschi

33:11gets 6th place

33:12Poncini

33:127th

33:14Chris Duncan

33:148th

33:15Daniel Ingham

33:15and Dean McMaster

33:16round out

33:17the top 10

33:17Paul you are

33:25a North West

33:26200 winner

33:27give me your thoughts

33:29unbelievable

33:29you know we

33:30we didn't have

33:32the best practice

33:32as such

33:32we had problems

33:33with the bike

33:33even in the first race

33:34we had a bit of a problem

33:35and in the race

33:36I was struggling

33:38to stay with him

33:38Cameron will show that

33:40but you know

33:41still a North West

33:43200 win

33:43I'll take that

33:44any day of the week

33:44regardless of what

33:45the circumstances

33:46and you know

33:46hopefully both

33:47the two lads

33:47are ok

33:47but yeah

33:48Paul Jordan

33:49North West

33:49200 winner

33:50what does this

33:50mean to you?

33:51yeah

33:52we're Northern Ireland

33:53Northern Irishman

33:53wins

33:54what more can we ask for

33:55it's just amazing

33:56absolutely amazing

33:57I can't thank the team

33:58enough

33:58and Michael Sweeney

34:00in behind you

34:00as well

34:01you know after

34:01Sweeney's crash here

34:02you know it's

34:02I'm well made up for him

34:04I know how much

34:05this means to you

34:06so can you put it in

34:07to your own words

34:08in 23

34:09I thought that was

34:11going to be the end of it

34:11with the crash

34:13and then

34:15to come back

34:19and stand at a podium

34:21I never dreamed of standing here

34:23it's something really special

34:24I've always dreamed about

34:26winning a podium

34:27at an international

34:28and today we've done it

34:30I'm just so happy

34:31especially what happened

34:32a couple of years ago

34:32so to come back here

34:34and do it in the same class

34:35then what

34:36left me in a

34:38in a bad way

34:39but yeah

34:40it's something I'll never forget

34:41to be honest with you

34:42this is probably one of the best

34:43moments I've had in racing

34:44and Barry

34:46on the North West 200 podium

34:47has that taken you by surprise?

34:50took me completely by surprise

34:51I rode straight on

34:52through and into the Olden area

34:52and people were saying

34:53weren't you third?

34:54I've got a clue

34:55so yeah

34:56nice surprise

34:56just a big battle

34:58with Venter

34:58all the way through that really

34:59we were reeling

35:00Sweeney in at one point

35:02and I thought if we could have

35:02just got closer to him

35:03I know we're very similar paced

35:05and you never know

35:05what could have happened

35:06but yeah

35:07he rode well

35:07and we just couldn't quite catch him

35:09so emotional scenes

35:19on the podium

35:21as Paul Jordan

35:22secures his first

35:23North West 200 win

35:24and a remarkable

35:26comeback second place

35:27for Michael Sweeney

35:29it's time for

35:30the last race

35:31of this North West 200

35:32it's the super bikes again

35:34and here's Lee

35:35to explain the class

35:37we've called in the Honda Racing UK's tent

35:43to have a closer look

35:44at their super bike

35:45this is the class

35:46that everybody wants to win

35:48it's got the most power

35:49and it's the most expensive

35:50so we're going to run through

35:51some of the points

35:52that makes this

35:53the most expensive bike

35:54and makes it the fastest

35:56starting at the front

35:57we've got Olin's forks

35:5810 to 12,000 pounds

36:00Nissan brakes

36:026,000 pounds

36:03moving to the rear of the bike

36:04we've got a

36:05super swing arm

36:0612,000 pounds

36:08Olin's rear shock

36:096,000 pounds

36:10this exact bike

36:12of Dean Horaceon's

36:13was clocked at doing

36:13206 miles per hour

36:15through the speed trap

36:16and that all comes from

36:18an engine

36:19that has been tuned

36:19to upwards of 240 horsepower

36:22so that's what makes this

36:23one of the fastest super bikes

36:25on the grid right now

36:26well this is

36:28the number 6

36:29BMW super bike

36:31belonging to

36:31Michael Dunlop

36:32he's already won

36:34one super bike race

36:35at this year's

36:36Northwest 200

36:37Davey Todd

36:38won the other

36:39so who will win

36:40the big race of the day

36:42the most important

36:43the Northwest 200

36:45we shall see

36:46it's the big one

36:48everyone is stood up

36:50waiting for

36:51the Northwest 200

36:52feature race

36:52this is the one that counts

36:546 laps then

36:55Dean Harrison still yet to win

36:56his first big bike race

36:58but I tell you what

36:59Davey Todd and Michael Dunlop

37:01winners of the previous

37:02two super bikes

37:02are looking pretty keen

37:04they are

37:04the sun's gone in a bit

37:05the flags are not blowing as much

37:07the winds drop

37:08pretty much perfect conditions

37:09Davey Todd there

37:10stretching himself out again

37:12is he going to be the man

37:13that wins every start

37:14or gets away fastest

37:15we'll wait and find out

37:16Michael Dunlop

37:18will start from that

37:19second row of the grid

37:20there it is then

37:21Peter Hickman

37:21Davey Todd

37:22Dean Harrison

37:22across the front row

37:23Alistair Seeley

37:24Michael Dunlop

37:24there'll be a gap

37:25where Jamie Coward is

37:26Ian Hutchinson

37:27Erna Costamo

37:28and John McGuinness

37:28are on row 3

37:29row 4

37:30kicks off with

37:31Paul Jordan

37:32Mike Brown

37:32Michael Rutter

37:33Connor Cummings

37:34Nathan Harrison

37:35Josh Brooks

37:35Sam West

37:36David Johnson

37:37and Michael

37:38Ebenez

37:38qualifying was the same

37:40for all three

37:41super bike races

37:42Steve

37:42but this is the one

37:43that counts

37:44Scott Redding

37:46holds the billboard up

37:47Scott Redding

37:48points to the lights

37:49who's going to make

37:50the whole shot this time

37:51many bets will be

37:52on the 74 machine

37:53because he has been

37:54absolutely 100% perfect

37:56so far this week

37:57but it's Hickman

37:57that gets the drop

37:58on him

37:59so the teammates

38:00then lead into

38:01turn 1

38:01it is 60 Hickman

38:02from 74

38:03Seeley

38:04then Harrison

38:05then Michael Dunlop

38:06he got away better

38:07John McGuinness

38:07got a bad start

38:08from him

38:08as they go through

38:09Milbank Avenue

38:11and then head to

38:11Primrose

38:12and then who is going

38:13to get it stopped

38:14nicely

38:14and look at that

38:15Todd's through

38:16Todd's through

38:16Todd looked like

38:18he was going up

38:18the inside

38:18a little bit wide

38:19from Hickman again

38:20Hickman just running

38:21a little wide

38:21but his teammate

38:21has gone through

38:22and this is where

38:23Todd is so good

38:24he launches up the hill

38:25here

38:25just skims the top

38:26of the kerb

38:27with his knee

38:27as we held

38:28to the Mill Road

38:29roundabout

38:29into the braking area

38:31again

38:31back down the gearbox

38:32first gear for most

38:34it does seem

38:35that Davey Todd

38:36has a bit more

38:37competition

38:38the match

38:38was getting off the line

38:39and getting away

38:40these first few corners

38:41and it's the SMS

38:41Nickel Oils motorcycle

38:43that's in third place

38:44at the moment

38:44and that's Alistair Seeley

38:45that will go down well

38:46blasting out

38:48through Cremor

38:49out towards

38:50that frightening

38:51especially on the first lap

38:52when you've got a full tank of fuel

38:53and you're not too sure

38:54about how your tyres are in

38:55this corner

38:56station corner

38:57Seeley

38:57trying to get underneath

38:59did he do it?

39:00oh the side to side

39:01through station corner

39:02no way

39:02that's a bit special

39:04let's take a look at it again

39:05from the start

39:05Erna Costamo gives us

39:07he was a bit slack

39:07off the line there

39:08he was wouldn't he

39:09absolutely

39:10so here we go

39:11this is the view

39:12these guys are getting

39:12as they go through

39:13the first few corners

39:14and always just a tiny bit

39:15cautious Michael Dunlop there

39:17didn't get a fantastic start

39:18his leather's still scuffed up

39:19from that crash in practice

39:21yeah the old super stocker

39:22he had one

39:22launched himself out of the

39:24macro boy chicane

39:24here we go then

39:25oh the sun has come out

39:27specially for the

39:27final race of the day

39:29Alistair Seeley

39:29we're looking at

39:30at the moment

39:30but look at Dean

39:32oh wheelie as well

39:33from Dean Harrison

39:34as the power of the bike

39:36through comes Hutchinson

39:37as well

39:37Ian Hutchinson

39:38four bikes stuck together

39:40but look at that

39:41it's a lead

39:42that Todd has got already

39:43203 miles an hour

39:45that close together

39:47from Hickman

39:48we've seen 209 mile an hour

39:50on this trip

39:50earlier on in the week

39:51but of course

39:52with a slight headwind

39:53they're just not quite

39:54making that top end

39:55at the moment

39:56oh already Hickey out

39:57Hickman's out

39:58he's got his foot down

39:59that's Hickman out

40:00he's looking down

40:01isn't he looking down

40:02on that side of the fight

40:03he's had a torrid week

40:05hasn't he

40:05one way or another

40:06he's not a happy man

40:07that is for sure

40:08so Peter Hickman out

40:10meanwhile his teammate

40:13at the 8.10 team

40:15is out front

40:16that's Hutchinson

40:17great to see him on the podium

40:18the other day as well

40:19Ian Hutchinson

40:20back from massive injury

40:23and a stroke

40:24yeah the move of

40:26MLAV racing

40:27BMW from Ian Hutchinson

40:29who's still got one leg

40:30that's not real good

40:31he had to switch his

40:32gear ship from the left

40:34to the right hand side

40:35but the left hand side

40:36of him is still a little

40:36bit gangly as he admits to

40:38Michael Laverty was here

40:39of course to oversee

40:40his roads campaign

40:41this year

40:42and he came from

40:43the BSB series

40:44and then he flew out

40:45to Le Mans of course

40:46because he's commentating

40:47for TNT out there

40:48so Michael Laverty

40:48three jobs in one week

40:50Laverty should be known as

40:51look at the way

40:52they've made that

40:53oh someone just went

40:54across the grass there

40:55at the back of that

40:55couldn't quite catch

40:57who it was

40:57but someone just

40:58cut the kerb off

40:59I was going to say

41:00they opened that kerb

41:01out a little bit

41:01there as well

41:02to make it not

41:02quite so sharp

41:04Alistair Sealy

41:05we're looking at again

41:05that's Hutchinson

41:07Hutchinson now

41:08helicopter up in the air

41:09there giving us

41:10the pictures

41:10down here

41:11at ground level

41:12look at the fans

41:13you were right

41:14it's the 62 machine

41:15that's gone grass tracking

41:16we've seen a bit of that

41:17yeah that was

41:18Maurizio Botallica

41:20the San Marino Italy

41:22he looks like he quite

41:23likes it out there

41:23he does doesn't he

41:24because we saw

41:25Josh Brooks

41:26I think earlier in the week

41:27yeah it was across

41:28the field as well

41:29so whether that man

41:30touched the kerb

41:31and did the same

41:31anyway moving from

41:33his left to his right

41:34and into the breaking

41:36area

41:36the 74 of Todd

41:37being chased by

41:38Dean Harrison

41:38on the three

41:39then it's Alistair Sealy

41:40and then we've got

41:41the

41:42there's John McGuinness

41:43good to see McGuinness

41:44and behind him

41:44Rutter

41:45the two 53 year olds

41:47it's a personal battle

41:47between those two

41:48isn't it

41:48every single time

41:49we come to the roads

41:50still it is Hutchinson

41:52that's hunting down Sealy

41:53and then it's that man

41:54the number six

41:55Michael Dunlop

41:56Dunlop has already

41:58had a win in race two

41:59of the super bikes

42:00this week

42:00it was Davey Todd

42:01who took race one

42:02on Thursday

42:03in the super bikes

42:04Michael Dunlop

42:06and the crowd

42:07and Michael

42:08would love to win

42:08this one

42:09it's the big one

42:09he's on that

42:10semi-factory

42:111000cc machine

42:13I'm guessing around

42:13about 250 brake horsepower

42:15and there he's used it

42:16wow

42:16is there a puff of smoke

42:17do you know

42:18I thought I saw

42:19that earlier on

42:20there was quite a lot

42:20of changes going on

42:21down on the grid

42:22as well

42:22because of the way

42:23the wind has changed

42:24slightly

42:24you wonder whether

42:25they've been moving

42:26the bikes about

42:27gearing wise

42:28and the like as well

42:29but it is

42:30anyway

42:31so Michael Dunlop

42:32in the hunt here

42:33of course

42:34charging along

42:35dark line everywhere

42:36absolutely laying

42:37rubber down through there

42:38it's always good

42:39when you get to the

42:39last race as well

42:40because the track

42:41is at its grippiest

42:41when you want to

42:42try your hardest

42:43the track is at its grippiest

42:44yeah

42:45it's all cleaned up

42:46dust has all gone

42:46through everyone's eyes

42:47screens and fairies

42:49a lot of these fights

42:50when you look at them

42:50they're absolutely

42:52peppered with stones

42:53and the forks as well

42:54the fork legs are worth

42:55a load of money

42:56they've got guards on them

42:57they've got guards on them

42:57they've got guards in front

42:58of the forks

42:59they've got guards on the radiators

43:00because that can also

43:01just ruin your race

43:02but it gets your knuckles

43:03it gets your face

43:04and when you get a stone

43:05on the knuckle

43:05it is really painful

43:07so Davey Todd still leads

43:08by eight tenths of a second

43:09over the line

43:10from Dean Harrison

43:11Peter Hickman is going out

43:13so Hickman

43:13that's the end of Hickie

43:15he's made it round to Pitts

43:16and that will be the end

43:17of his campaign this year

43:19he said a little earlier on

43:20he's not coming back

43:21yeah

43:22he's not had a win this year

43:23which is unusual

43:24for Peter Hickman

43:25his team mate has though

43:26isn't he Todd

43:26we're on lap three

43:28of six laps

43:28I remind you

43:29used to be seven

43:30it's been shortened before

43:31but we've had no tyre

43:32problems this week

43:34so we will go the full distance

43:36of six laps

43:36that gives you an idea

43:39through comes Dean Harrison

43:40Dean Harrison

43:41on the superbike Honda

43:43remember last year

43:44he ran a super stocker

43:45in this race

43:45this year

43:46he's got the full-blown

43:47Honda superbike

43:48and they have done

43:49a remarkable job

43:50of getting the handling

43:51of that sorted out

43:52it looked like an absolute pig

43:53earlier on in the week

43:54as soon as he got in the dirty air

43:56it was shaking its head

43:56all over the place

43:57yeah the first race

43:58we saw Dean Harrison

43:59get off the bike

43:59absolutely destroyed

44:00he wasn't he

44:01he was just trying to

44:02click onto that bike

44:02but they have

44:03those engineers

44:03have worked that bike out

44:05I still keep thinking

44:06I see a little puff of smoke

44:07off of Dunlop's bike

44:08at the end of that other straight

44:09here we go

44:10maybe you're just seeing things

44:11yeah maybe

44:12we'll find out

44:12we were trying to work out

44:13the speed going this way

44:14it's not far off is it

44:16of the run back down

44:18towards University

44:18yeah the run to University

44:21is 200

44:21it's the fastest part of it

44:22200 mile an hour plus

44:23but we're getting

44:24185 mile an hour

44:25down to this corner

44:27which is the

44:28Mathers Cross

44:29chicane

44:30and then we've got

44:31the Mackerel Boy chicane

44:32breaking up this

44:32what was

44:33one of the fastest parts

44:34of the course

44:35but as you get down

44:35to Port Rush

44:36you're downhill

44:37as well as a long

44:38old run

44:39into the breaking area

44:40at Metropole

44:41meanwhile moving

44:42from one side

44:43to the other

44:43of the track

44:44I wonder whether

44:44that's because

44:45of the bumps

44:45they've all got

44:46a preference

44:47of whereabouts

44:47they are on the track

44:48to try and avoid

44:49manholes

44:50and particular bumps

44:51yeah

44:51muscle memory

44:52told by Mick Grant

44:53many years ago

44:54down the middle of the road

44:55I said is that the smoothest

44:56he said no

44:56you're furthest

44:57away from the trees

44:58or the grass verge

45:00Mick Grant

45:01now there's a legend

45:02glad you brought him up

45:03now then

45:04into the houses

45:04down towards Metropole

45:06and we're not wrong

45:09with the speed

45:10of Michael Dunlop's

45:11fight

45:11Michael Dunlop's

45:12machine is looking

45:14pretty sharp

45:15all the way through

45:15this week

45:17as David Todd

45:18tips in

45:19looks relatively gentle

45:21Dunlop

45:23oh that inside line

45:24that Dunlop

45:24manages to pull

45:25there

45:25that was brilliant

45:26to get underneath

45:27Dean Harrison

45:28Dean Harrison

45:28a little bit wide

45:30maybe he's just got it

45:30a little bit wrong

45:31and Dunlop just drove

45:33underneath him

45:33is that talent

45:34or is the motorbike

45:35just that bit better

45:36at the minute

45:37yeah

45:37well local knowledge

45:39would come easily

45:39to Michael Dunlop

45:40wouldn't it

45:41front wheel up in the air

45:42as they go up

45:42towards Black Hill

45:43love that

45:44this section

45:44onto the straight

45:45onto the coast road

45:47here

45:47it's where Dean Harrison

45:48looks very good

45:49into the braking point

45:50oh look at Michael Dunlop

45:52surely not round the outside

45:53into the braking area

45:54of the Juniper chicane

45:55he's just driven by

45:56that bike looks so quick

45:58and done

45:58oh well you didn't

45:59expect it really

46:00wouldn't you

46:01the man that's great

46:02on the brakes

46:02David Todd slides

46:03back under Dunlop

46:04you've got a gravel trap

46:07there if you're not careful

46:08if you run on

46:08we've seen that used

46:09a bit this week

46:10now then

46:11look at Dunlop again

46:12that bike peeks

46:13out the corner

46:14and now he's got that

46:15no surely not

46:16oh it's not just

46:17it's power

46:17it's just the way

46:18he's getting the grip

46:19as well isn't he

46:20yeah I wouldn't have

46:20expected him to be able

46:21to get under somebody

46:22before we get to

46:22the start and finish line

46:23but maybe he was

46:25he's got it all worked out

46:26Dunlop

46:27he just looks like

46:27he can put his motorbike

46:28on parts of the track

46:29no one else can use

46:30Todd Dunlop

46:31Harrison and Seeley

46:33still hanging on in

46:34fourth place

46:35we're on lap four

46:36of six

46:36Seeley doing a good job

46:38remember that's a

46:39super stock machine

46:40it's got standardish

46:41type brakes on it

46:42it's got nothing

46:43quite like the

46:44horsepower

46:44it really shouldn't

46:45compete should it

46:46with super bikes

46:47super bikes are only

46:48a tad better than

46:48super stockers

46:49but that tad

46:50counts in the hands

46:52of these men

46:53Josh Brooks having

46:53his better ride

46:54he's there in fifth

46:55place

46:55McInnes six

46:56that's good

46:56Ernest Costama

46:57seventh

46:58Rutter in eighth

46:59on the run

47:01up to the

47:02Milrow roundabout

47:02then

47:02Todd and Dunlop

47:04with Harrison

47:05in close attendance

47:06this is going to be

47:08a kind of

47:09war of attrition

47:10to try and work out

47:11who's got the best

47:12tyre

47:13and strategy

47:14by the end

47:15of this session

47:16six laps of course

47:17they all want to win

47:18this one

47:18this is the big one

47:19the feature race

47:20yeah

47:20more prize money

47:21they must be thinking

47:22about that as well

47:23they won't be at the

47:23moment thinking about

47:24that they'll be working

47:25out who's going to be

47:25where and what time

47:26Dunlop again

47:28Michael Dunlop

47:29on that big BMW

47:30that serious

47:31to do that before

47:32you get to station

47:33is pretty impressive

47:34because it's just

47:35flat out there

47:36there isn't really

47:37any tactics you can

47:38have

47:38you're just wringing

47:39its neck all the way

47:40mind you

47:41then you provide

47:42the slipstream

47:42all the way down

47:43to university

47:44and David Todd

47:44is sitting in the

47:45slipstream of Michael

47:46Dunlop now

47:47Dunlop looking very

47:48very good indeed

47:49sitting in the slipstream

47:50is the word

47:51though not passing

47:52in the slipstream

47:52yeah and that is

47:53the critical part

47:54of it isn't it

47:55did he intend

47:55to sit in it

47:56and not pass

47:57was he rolling

47:58it slightly

47:58to stay behind

47:59Michael Dunlop

48:00and see what

48:00Michael Dunlop

48:01was capable of

48:02Dean Harrison

48:03looked to the inside

48:03but it's David Todd

48:04still in second place

48:06Dunlop leads

48:06as we go on

48:07to the link road

48:08at university

48:09listen to David Todd's

48:12BMW

48:13absolutely screaming

48:14they are the bike

48:15of the moment

48:16aren't they

48:16and of course

48:17a lot of these guys

48:17will be looking forward

48:18to the TT

48:19getting their motorbike

48:20sorted out

48:21and I think Dave

48:21if Dean Harrison

48:22can't win one

48:23here at Northwest 200

48:24he's going to be happy

48:25to know that his Honda

48:26is competitive

48:27on the roads

48:28and that's the important

48:28thing for them

48:29Honda are looking again

48:30for that TT win

48:32Dunlop still leads

48:33he's stretching it

48:34again

48:34that bike is so sharp

48:36bumpy here

48:38really very bumpy

48:39oh what's happened

48:40Dunlop pulling off

48:41Dunlop has pulling off

48:42Dunlop has a problem there

48:43it looked like

48:44it was smoking Steve

48:45you said earlier

48:46you thought you saw smoke

48:47I thought I saw a little bit there

48:48but he's pulling off

48:49completely

48:49so it's now

48:50a two man race

48:51silly

48:52clinging on as best he can

48:53but it is clearly

48:55now between Todd

48:56and Harrison

48:56well Michael Dunlop

48:57is out

48:58that's going to be

48:59a disappointment

48:59for all the crowds

49:00that have stayed here

49:01he looks to the back

49:01of the bike

49:02the front of the bike

49:03and the whole bit of the bike

49:04so he has a problem there

49:06with yeah

49:06and that's

49:07looking at the rear tyre

49:08guess what that says

49:09when you nod your head like that

49:11it is a four letter word

49:12yeah it will be

49:13he's not happy

49:14so maybe

49:16he's looking at the rear tyre

49:18well I can't

49:20well he's on Dunlop's

49:21Dunlop's and Metzler's

49:23but there's been no problem

49:24with Dunlop's and Metzler's

49:25all week

49:25so

49:26and it's early in the race

49:27relatively

49:27well we're at five

49:28but that was still

49:30he's done the races before

49:31tyres have been

49:32not an issue

49:33this year

49:34from either

49:34manufacturer

49:35meanwhile

49:38Davey Todd

49:40can he make it a double

49:42Davey Todd

49:43from Dean Harrison

49:44still Alistair Seeley

49:45there

49:45in third place

49:47I tell you what

49:47Seeley manages to get a podium

49:48on a super stock bike

49:50that will be a little bit special

49:51that will be very impressive

49:52Josh Brooks up to fourth

49:54as well

49:54John McGinnis fifth

49:55wow

49:56it's a race of attrition

49:57I mean we've had Hickman out

49:59we've had Dunlop out now

50:00flames out the back

50:03looking good

50:04I'm surprised they're not that tight on fuel

50:06because normally they lean them off

50:08if they aren't tight on fuel

50:09yeah they don't like them burning like that

50:11do they

50:11an excess of fuel

50:12but it does make it easier to ride

50:13if it's not too sharp

50:14off the throttle

50:16throttle mapping nowadays

50:18fuel mapping nowadays

50:19is so critical

50:20so the BMW

50:21so the BMW of the 810 racing teamster

50:23Davey Todd

50:24he owns the team

50:26his partnership with Peter Hickman

50:28he's used up all his tear-offs

50:29he's getting a lot of flies on his visor

50:31but there's only a lap or so to go

50:32helicopter keeping an eye on him

50:34as we come round and start that last lap

50:37into this braking area

50:38now both these men

50:39are really good just here

50:41we've seen them make passes

50:42into this chicane

50:43but Dean Harrison

50:44just doesn't seem to be able

50:45to get as close as he needs to get

50:48to Davey Todd out front

50:49sunlight

50:51making our cameras

50:53shine bright

50:54as it goes lower over the bay

50:56we predicted lap record to go

50:58but I think that wind stopped that happening

51:00we've been very very close to it

51:02last lap we're starting right now

51:04but Michael Dunlop got the closest he got

51:06within a second of the lap record

51:07we saw the super sport lap record go to Dunlop

51:10but I think that head wind has really curtailed them

51:13down the coast road we go again

51:16for the last time then

51:17Primrose Hill for the last time

51:20down to the braking area

51:21at York Road for the last time

51:23this is Alistair Seeley

51:24in third place

51:25and a safe third place

51:27oh hang on

51:28that's dust

51:28oh that worried me there

51:30because he had one blow up

51:30on Thursday

51:31we can do without another one today

51:33especially if you're in a podium position

51:35so Seeley

51:36that's sweet

51:38considering the motor in that bike

51:40is a little bit older

51:41than perhaps he prefer

51:42done a great job

51:44you can hear in the low gears

51:45they just drop the cylinder a little bit

51:47to just drop the power down

51:48the last thing you want is 200 plus

51:50in first gear on one of these

51:52yeah trying to spit you to the mood

51:54waving to Seeley I think

51:56yeah I think probably Seeley

51:57is getting the encouragement

51:58but three seconds off

51:59and that isn't going to work for him

52:01I'm afraid

52:01from back there

52:02it's about these two

52:03and to be honest with you Steve

52:05David Todd

52:06barring a mistake

52:07has got this pretty much covered

52:08he's using all of the road

52:09there in the station

52:10right out from the left hand side

52:11cuts to the apex

52:12and then keeps it singing

52:13doesn't even roll out the throttle

52:15for a bit of a confidence

52:17move to the front end

52:19here comes Dean Harrison

52:20but surely he's too far away

52:22to pick up

52:23I don't think he is now

52:24look at that

52:25he's closing and closing

52:26the whole time we are

52:26on the last lap

52:27wow that Honda is sharp isn't it

52:29but he's got to get round the outside

52:31if he can

52:32into the braking area

52:33and Todd

52:34like Harrison

52:35is an absolute magician

52:37on the brakes

52:37both looking pretty stable now

52:40as we rightly said

52:42that Honda is so much better

52:44than it was at the start

52:45the problem is

52:45the BMW has got such big wings on it

52:47it messes the air up

52:48you've got so much turbulent air

52:50all around the BMW

52:51the Honda just couldn't cope with it

52:52earlier on in the week

52:53but that Honda looks

52:54absolutely sharp now

52:56so Dean Harrison

52:56if nothing else

52:58they've done a great job

52:59now can Dean Harrison

53:00snatch this race win

53:01he needs

53:02he's been second so many times

53:04yet to win a big bike race here

53:06Dean Harrison

53:07mind you that was said

53:08about David Todd

53:08before we came here this week

53:09and he's now had

53:10a couple of wins

53:12yeah and another of wins

53:13he's on seven wins now

53:15I think is David Todd

53:16it's all sort of come together

53:18lots of cars out

53:19oh hang on

53:19they're slowing

53:20Dean Harrison is slowing

53:21red flag

53:22red flag

53:23you can say

53:23so that will be it then

53:25they're on their last lap

53:26so that will be a race

53:27they will call that as a race

53:29because it's done enough distance

53:30to make it a race finish

53:32so we can look at that

53:34that will be

53:34Davey Todd

53:35Dean Harrison

53:36Alistair Seeley

53:37Ian Hutchinson

53:38is there in fourth place

53:39Josh Brooks fifth

53:40John McGuinness sixth

53:42that's how they went across the line

53:43last time around

53:44so that'll be it

53:46they'll probably stop them

53:47at Metropole

53:48they usually pile everybody

53:50at Metropole

53:50so there's been a problem

53:51along the coast road

53:52depends where the accident is

53:53I'm assuming that

53:54you never know

53:55but anyway

53:56what a way to finish

53:56unfortunately a bit disappointing

53:58I'm going to say

53:59because I was looking forward

53:59to a massive scrap

54:00between these two

54:01and Dean Harrison

54:02didn't look like

54:03he'd given it up yet

54:03there it is then

54:04Todd Harrison Seeley

54:05on the podium

54:06Ian Hutchinson

54:07a fine week for him

54:08in fourth place

54:09great to see him back

54:10Josh Brooks was there as well

54:12he managed to make

54:12the most of his week

54:13McGuinness Costamo

54:14were rounding out

54:15their fine week too

54:16you're starting to rack up

54:22the winds here

54:23that's nine in total

54:24in a short space of time

54:26yeah absolutely

54:27I love it here

54:28I feel like I go

54:30really well here

54:31and

54:31you know

54:32I just enjoy

54:34every part of coming here

54:36apart from this morning

54:37you know

54:37the atmosphere

54:38the crowds here

54:39the people

54:39everything about

54:40being at the Northwest 200

54:41is fantastic

54:42I love the track

54:44the racing

54:45the battles

54:45it's so much fun

54:47and to be able

54:48to come here

54:48and start

54:50racking up

54:50a few victories

54:51is something really cool

54:53and yeah

54:54I'm over the moon

54:56to be able

54:57to take on

54:58the mantle

54:59a little bit

54:59from Glenn

55:00all the wins

55:01he's been taking off me

55:02the last few years

55:04and you know

55:05to start getting

55:06them two bike wins

55:07means a lot to me

55:08Dean

55:08podium number five

55:10of this event

55:11I can't complain at all

55:13really can I

55:13obviously that race

55:14then were cut short

55:15unfortunately

55:15but I was sort of

55:16sat there

55:17and I was quite comfortable

55:18sat there running the pace

55:19and I wanted to show

55:20where everyone walks

55:21I saw Michael at one point

55:22I saw Alistair at one point

55:23and I wanted to show

55:24where Pete was

55:25so I thought

55:25I know everyone's

55:25going to be going a bit

55:26I had a bit of a

55:27I think I had a three second gap

55:28I think to third

55:29and I just thought

55:29right I'll sit with David here

55:30I did pass him a couple of times

55:32and lead a little bit

55:32but he came straight back through

55:34and I just thought

55:34I'm best off just waiting

55:36until having to do

55:36at Juniper here

55:37so I just sat there

55:38coming following him

55:38and thought right

55:39the plan was to try

55:40and have a bit of a go

55:41but unfortunately

55:42we got cut a little bit short

55:42so now I'm going to have

55:44to come back next year

55:44Alistair back in the

55:46winner's enclosure

55:47for the 44th time

55:50another podium

55:52amazing

55:52yeah it's awesome

55:53to be in here

55:54I didn't think it was

55:55going to happen

55:55just with Thursday night

55:57the way we luck

55:57was good luck

55:58up to qualifying

55:59through practice

56:00felt good

56:01and then obviously

56:01the engine

56:01but that's racing for you

56:03you just have to dig in

56:04go again

56:05team gave me a great bike

56:06obviously Superstock race

56:07before that

56:08the clutch ended up

56:09slipping

56:09so new clutch in it

56:10boys done a wonder job

56:11in the time that we had

56:12got the mess of tires in it

56:14and then just spun some laps

56:15and actually

56:16about second lap

56:17third lap

56:18I could see that

56:18I was actually

56:19crawling back to them

56:20a wee bit

56:20and I thought right

56:21we'll maybe dig in here

56:22and see

56:23but I just fight

56:24in places with the bike

56:25and the wee man

56:26on a big bike

56:27sometimes it's a bit

56:28of a handful

56:28so I thought right

56:29let them two

56:29tear away in that last lap

56:31anything can happen

56:32at the front

56:33just bring it home

56:34for a podium

56:34because I was happy

56:36enough to settle

56:36for a podium

56:37so big thank you

56:38to SMS Nickel Oils

56:39and all the boys

56:40working hard this week

56:41and yes

56:41nice to finish off

56:42cap it off

56:43way of putting

56:43so Davey Todd

56:51takes his third win

56:52of the North West 200

56:53to round off Lee

56:55what has been

56:56a fabulous event

56:57yeah

56:57unbelievable achievement

56:59by Davey

56:59coming here

57:00and not having

57:01a big bike win

57:01and getting

57:02a super bike win

57:03so for him

57:04and the whole

57:04EA 10 team

57:05new team

57:06both team owners

57:07but it goes

57:083-0 to Davey Todd

57:09on the team owner

57:10championship

57:11going so far

57:12and a hat trick

57:13for Michael Dunlop

57:14to equal the achievements

57:15of his late father

57:16Robert

57:16and in the 25th

57:18anniversary year

57:19of his uncle

57:20Joey's passing

57:21it's quite fitting

57:21yeah I think

57:22we're seeing the best

57:23version of Michael Dunlop

57:25right now

57:25the whole pressure

57:26come from

57:27equaling the TT

57:28and beating the TT

57:30record

57:30and now we're seeing

57:31him come to the North West

57:32and really compete

57:33for them wins

57:34your highlight

57:35this year

57:35I think it has to be

57:37a personal one

57:38seeing Paul Jordan

57:38win the Super Twin race

57:40is credit to him

57:41first international win

57:42so for him

57:42and the Jackson team

57:44really really good

57:45but on an emotional side

57:46I think it has to be

57:47Ian Hutchison

57:47getting the podium again

57:48after everything

57:49he's been through

57:50it's just

57:51it's an amazing achievement

57:52for him and his family

57:53and the team

57:54yeah it's been emotional

57:55and it's been dramatic

57:56and you can relive

57:58all of the North West

57:59200 action again

58:00all of our highlights

58:02programmes

58:02are available to watch

58:03on the BBC iPlayer

58:05but that's it for now

58:07from the North Coast

58:08from Lee, myself

58:10and all of the team

58:11we look forward to

58:12seeing you back here

58:13again next year

58:14bye bye

58:15so don't give a

58:27know that I'm

58:28Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

58:44Oh, oh, oh, oh

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