Parade Laps:
Famous names set to take part in parade laps this weekend at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough include Steve Parrish, 23 times TT winner John McGuinness, lap record holder, current Senior TT Champion Dean Harrison and Charlie Williams.
Ten times TT winner Williams, returning to Scarborough for the first time in over ten years, will pilot on Saturday and Sunday, an immaculate, priceless MV Agusta steed.
Last Minute Confirmed Entries:
Late confirmed entries for the 68th Scarborough Gold Cup include rising three wheeling talents Michael Kirkup/Arlo Brown, multi times Irish Road Race 250 Champion Neil Kernohan and eight times Sidecar TT winner Dan Sayle.
BE Racing:
Photo by Baylon McCaughey
For the first time in six years, John Burrows respected, hugely successful BE Racing team, running this year under the BE Racing In Conjunction with Richardson Kelly Racing banner, will venture back to the ‘Mount’, running 2016 Senior Manx GP winner Tom Weeden on YZF R6 Yamaha machinery.
Supersport Entry Numbers:
Due to the huge amount of class entrants which stands currently at 54, event organisers have made the decision to run A,B and C class Supersport races.
Weather permitting, racers who qualify for the A, B, C class races, will each have three chances to claim standout results.
Gold Cup Podium Finishers 2010’s:
To date 11 racers within the current decade have claimed Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup podium finishes. They are as follows:
Ian Hutchinson, Ian Lougher, Ryan Farquhar, John McGuinness, Guy Martin, Dean Harrison, Michael Dunlop, James Cowton, Ivan Lintin, Lee Johnston, Dan Kneen.
With the strong possibility of inclement conditions, it’s quite possible that on Sunday there could be three new additions to the Gold Cup 2010’s rostrum finishers circle, which reads like a who’s who of modern day International roads royalty.
Words by Stevie Rial