By Alluring competition, various racers setting PB lap speeds, a thriving hearty atmosphere, day two of the 2024 Cock O’The North was fun, fun, fun!
10:18 AM was the start-time for the first of twelve races, the second leg of the JMS Group Super Twin Races.
Picking up from were he left off the previous day, SMT Racing’s Rob Hodson again proved the undoubted No.1 Twins category pilot, obtaining race spoils by almost eleven seconds over feature-race winner Gary McCoy.
Cookstown based McCoy, would go onto additionally wrap up Twins Race 3, Classic Superbike Race 2, BDS Motorcycles Supersport Race 3 wins.
His Oliver’s Mount racing CV after hard but fair battles in-particular with ‘130 Mph Club’ member Hodson, Jim Hind, Tom Weeden now features an impressive 16 wins out-right.
2016 Senior Manx GP winner Weeden topped McCoy in the final Classic SBK race-voyage. Aran Sadler claimed a third top-three finish with Paul Marley, David Suddes, Whitby’s Kristian Didelot fourth, fifth, sixth.
Adam Shelton’s stature at Scarborough rises, rises, the East Yorkshireman made it six CB 500 wins in a row on Sunday. Bailey Harker, Josh Leaning, Josh Aitkin bagged first three leader-board finishes.
David ‘Action’ Jackson, Oliver Dean shared 400 4-Stroke honours, Tony Flinton, Dave Fearnley also shared 125 class wins whilst Whippet Racing’s Stuart Hall made it a hat-trick of overall, two-stroke victories.
The second Road Racing News Lightweights race had seen Hall pushed firmly by former Manx GP winner Andy Jackson. Just 0.374 was all that was between the TZ 250 Yamaha propelled pilots.
With Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie side-lined after an incident on Saturday alongside Adam Pope/John Christopher on the run to Mountside, leadership Sidecar reigns were commandingly held by the Ramsdens Steve & Matty.
13.94, 9.519 was their race winning margins with top pursuers twice, Carl Fenwick/Phil Knapton.
Michael ‘Jack’ Russell/TT 2024 rostrum finisher Jake Roberts, Bruce Moore/Josh Smith respectively were third from the Yorkshire MAG three-wheeling contests.
Cock O’The North 2024 style action ended with Oliver’s Mount first-timer Eddy Wormald making it two Support race wins in a row.
Before we know it, it will be Steve Henshaw Gold Cup, here’s hoping the pristine, great weather remains!
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
