When looking back on the fastest lap times of last weekend’s Armoy Road Races, you can’t but not focus first on nine times successive ‘Race of Legends’ Champion Michael Dunlop.
Dunlop’s blistering new outright lap record of 1 minutes 41.256 seconds set during the Euro Autospares Open A race, equates in mph terms to just a shade under 107 mph, (106.945 mph).
Such was the turn of speed produced by the 19 times TT winner, that the second fastest racer from the meet Michael Sweeney (1.43.296) was over two seconds down on the pace from the ‘Man of the Meeting’.
None the less Dunlop Masters Superbike front runner Sweeney set a new PB lap time as did Derek McGee (1.43.474 / 104.652 mph) and ‘Race of Legends’ second place finisher Davey Todd (1.44.485 / 103.640 mph).
Others to record sub 1 minute 45 second lap times were Open race runner-up Derek Sheils (1.43.505) and rapid Armoy newcomer Phil Crowe (1.44.340).
11 racers lapped under 1 minute 50 seconds whilst all of the top forty quickest racers registered lap times below the 1:57 barrier.
The overall top 40 speediest Armoy exponents of 2021 are as follows:
(Personal best lap time located near racers name)
1 – Michael Dunlop 1.41.256
2 – Michael Sweeney 1.43.296
3 – Derek McGee 1.43.474
4 – Derek Sheils 1.43.505
5 – Phil Crowe 1.44.340
6 – Davey Todd 1.44.485
7 – Michael Browne 1.45.095
8 – Adam McLean 1.45.721
9 – Paul Jordan 1.46.338
10 – Joe Loughlin 1.46.881
11 – Dominic Herbertson 1.46.889
12 – Andy Farrell 1.49.810
13 – Chris Burns 1.50.445
14 – Richard Charlton 1.50.471
15 – Joe Thompson 1.50.645
16 – James Chawke 1.50.983
17 – Forest Dunn 1.51.780
18 – Davy Morgan 1.51.830
19 – Graham Kennedy 1.51.992
20 – David McConnachy 1.52.612
21 – Paul Williams 1.52.689
22 – Sam Johnson 1.53.113
23 – Stephen Tobin 1.53.621
24 – Dermot Cleary 1.53.626
25 – Tommy Henry 1.53.982
26 – Damian Horan 1.53.986
27 – Ben Rea 1.54.165
28 – Rob Barber 1.54.301
29 – Dennis Booth 1.54.304
30 – Eoin O’Siochru 1.54.470
31 – Stephen McKnight 1.54.521
32 – Jack Oliver 1.55.600
33 – Keelim Ryan 1.55.811
34 – Alan Johnston 1.55.818
35 – Andy McAllister 1.55.893
36 – Liam Trainor 1.56.459
37 – Ian Lougher 1.56.603
38 – Tim Walsh 1.56.701
39 – Barry Furber 1.56.784
40 – Kevin Barsby 1.56.921
Photo credit: Tommy Vennard
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou