By Across the 100th Anniversary Manx Grand Prix races, no less than 14 racers pocketed lap speeds topping the 120-mph mark.
Fastest of all, courtesy of a new outright event lap record, set during last Monday’s Classic Superbike race stint, was Team Classic Suzuki’s Michael Dunlop, lapping at 126.681 mph (17 minutes 52.209 seconds).
Greenall Racing’s Rob Hodson, Team ACR’s David Johnson, Dean Harrison astride the Key Racing Ducati, Brian McCormack all recorded 124.5 mph + laps.
Quickest non yesteryear Superbike pilot was Senior race conqueror, stellar Mountain Course newcomer Joe Yeardsley (122.051).
In descending order, the top forty rapidest Manx GP exponents of 2023, are as follows:
(Top lap speed located near racer’s name)
1st – Michael Dunlop – 126.681
2nd – Rob Hodson – 125.649
3rd – David Johnson – 125.54
4th – Dean Harrison – 124.767
5th – Brian McCormack – 124.649
6th – Craig Neve – 123.64
7th – Joe Yeardsley – 122.051
8th – Michael Rutter – 122.026
9th – Nathan Harrison – 121.756
10th – Paul Jordan – 120.77
11th – Marcus Simpson – 120.738
12th – Shaun Anderson – 120.685
13th – Derek Sheils – 120.139
14th – Dan Ingham – 120.118
15th – Ryan Cringle – 119.586
16th – Jamie Williams – 119.158
17th – Barry Furber – 118.696
18th – Amalric Blanc – 118.433
19th – Michael Russell – 118.089
20th – Chris Cook – 118.036
21st – Stefano Bonetti – 117.9
22nd – Michael Evans – 117.773
23rd – Victor Lopez Santos – 117.645
24th – Tom Weeden – 117.635
25th – David Rigby – 117.148
26th – Paul ‘Potchy’ Williams – 117.051
27th – Michael Browne – 116.98
28th – Eddy Ferre – 116.973
29th – Sam Mousley – 116.491
30th – Maurizio Bottalico – 116.397
31st – Andrea Majola – 116.324
32nd – Julian Trummer – 116.064
33rd – Ian Lougher – 115.838
34th – Mike Norbury – 115.645
35th – Sam West – 115.608
36th – Marc Colvin – 115.492
37th – Tom Robinson – 115.415
38th – Jack Fowler – 115.098
39th – Andrew Fisher – 115.06
40th – Jonathan Perry – 115.042
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
