By Breaking this evening, the 80th Anniversary Scarborough Gold Cup will see outright lap-record holder Dean Harrison aboard factory Honda machinery!
Gold Cup winner in 2015, 2016 and 2023, the Bradford racer now based in the Isle of Man, is unquestionably one of the all-time great Oliver’s Mount competitors.
The only racer to lap North Yorkshire’s ‘Mini TT’ inside 1 minute 44 seconds, Harrison first tackled England’s only road race venue in 2009.
One could-write-books, books, and more books about his achievements at Scarborough.
Still the most winning racer at Scarborough in this decade, the seven times TT winner’s overall circuit wins accumulation when including heat races, totals 112.
Rob Hodson, Tom Weeden, Joey Thompson, Michael Browne, Richard Cooper, Peter Hickman, Davey Todd, Ben Birchall/Mark Wilkes and now Dean Harrison, the 2026 Gold Cup start-list gets mightier-and-mightier.
Another big Gold Cup announcement unfolds tomorrow, involving another English rider.
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
