Here’s your morning, pure road racing stat attack, the top thirty quickest riders within the 2024 Cemetery Circuit Races edition, all lapped below 53.2 seconds.
As illustrated in a previous article, Mitch Rees bested his own existing lap record, lapping at 47.336 seconds.
Duke Road Race Rankings Champion elect Davey Todd (48.138) was under 0.9, off his good friend’s turn of speed.
Third, fourth fastest overall were the evergreen Tony Rees (48.298) and TT, Ulster Grand Prix lap record holder Peter Hickman (48.668).
Just three more competitors, dipped below the 50 seconds barrier, Rogan Chandler (49.235), British Supersport bound for next year Morgan McLaren Wood (49.284) and Rhys Lindsay (49.861).
Eighth-thirtieth swiftest Southern Hemisphere ‘Isle of Man’ pilots for 2024, read as follows:
Ray Clee – 50.51
Richie Dibben – 50.534 (new Supermoto lap record)
Seth Devereux – 51.016
Daniel Mettam – 51.1
Luca Durning – 51.267
Wolfgang Schuster – 51.328
John Oliver – 51.402
Alastair Hoogenboezem – 51.493
Jay Lawrence – 51.799
Ashton Hughes – 51.818
Malcolm Bielski – 52.077
Justin Scott – 52.278
Shane Miller – 52.432
Heath Botica – 52.514
Luke Temple – 52.647
Dillon Telford – 52.676
Jason Bardell – 52.695
Adam Unsworth/Bryce Rose – 52.71
Ashley Payne – 52.78
Jeff Croot – 52.972
Tahana Parker – 52.993
Sam Willacy – 53.018
Timothee Monot – 53.106
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou