The first superbike race of the day at this years Cookstown 100 road races saw Michael Dunlop take a convincing win. Michael competing on his own teams Honda Fireblade superbike lead throughout the race, Guy Martin finished in second place on the Tyco Suzuki by TAS superbike whilst Derek Shiels finished in a superb third place the CD racing Kawasaki superstock bike. Michael Pearson took 4th place, Jamie Hamilton rounded out the top 5. Leading newcomer in the race was Dean Harrison on the RC Express racing Kawasaki by MSS performance superbike who finished in sixth place.