A spot of trivia for the start of this article, how many solo racers since 2019, have lapped below the 1 minute 56 seconds barrier at Oliver’s Mount?
Answer 68 including Supersport lap record holder, fastest Scarborough exponent of recent times, Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison (1.44.677).
Post the fine weather graced 2024 Bob Smith Spring Cup, Harrison, Lee Johnston (1.45.017), Davey Todd (1.45.756) remain second, third quickest overall circuit speedsters post Scarborough events since 2019.
Thirteen more racers have clocked lap times dipping under 1 minute 50 seconds.
The newest competitor to achieve this feat is 2023 Senior Manx Grand Prix runner-up, Marcus Simpson (1.49.435).
When combining the lap times from this year’s Spring Cup to last year’s Gold Cup to events during 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 the 70 most rapid pilots at Scarborough over the past six years, are as follows:
(PB lap time located near racer’s name)
1st – Dean Harrison – 1.44.677
2nd – Lee Johnston – 1.45.017
3rd – Davey Todd – 1.45.756
4th – Adam McLean – 1.46.689
5th – Michael Browne – 1.46.848
6th – Dominic Herbertson – 1.47.342
7th – Joey Thompson – 1.47.555
8th – Jim Hind – 1.47.692
9th – Mike Norbury – 1.47.867
10th – Rob Hodson – 1.47.882
11th – Gary McCoy – 1.48.023
12th – Andy Smart – 1.48.719
13th – Derek Sheils – 1.48.775
14th – Joe Akroyd – 1.49.344
15th – Marcus Simpson – 1.49.435
16th – Jamie Coward – 1.49.468
17th – Tom Weeden – 1.50.390
18th – Don Gilbert – 1.50.466
19th – Brad Vicars – 1.50.497
20th – Joe Yeardsley – 1.50.627
21st – Barry Furber – 1.51.155
22nd – Mark Goodings – 1.51.413
23rd – Michael Sweeney – 1.51.614
24th – Dave Bell – 1.51.736
25th – Rhys Hardisty – 1.51.877
26th – Steven Procter – 1.51.878
27th – Ian Lougher – 1.52.101
28th – Dan Forbes – 1.52.220
29th – Steven Haddow – 1.52.249
30th – Aran Sadler – 1.52.320
31st – Darryl Tweed – 1.52.323
32nd – Jack Sim – 1.52.356
33rd – Stephen Parsons – 1.52.546
34th – Callum Ward – 1.52.653
35th – Paul Marley – 1.52.667
36th – John Dieterman – 1.52.796
37th – Oliver Macrae – 1.52.804
38th – Michael Rees – 1.52.966
39th – Sam Johnson – 1.53.025
40th – Keith Pringle – 1.53.041
41st – Jacque Foley – 1.53.093
42nd – Toby Shann – 1.53.305
43rd – Tom Robinson – 1.53.359
44th – Paul Jordan – 1.53.395
45th – Martin Morris – 1.53.444
46th – Joey Lambden – 1.53.448
47th – John Marsh – 1.53.605
48th – David Jackson – 1.53.655
49th – Neil Kernohan – 1.53.664
50th – Jamie Williams – 1.53.921
51st – Dan Booth – 1.54.432
52nd – Gareth Arnold – 1.54.495
53rd – Ben Shuttlewood – 1.54.609
54th – Julian Tillotson – 1.54.663
55th – Harry Jackson – 1.54.855
56th – Dan Harrison – 1.54.895
57th – Richard Charlton – 1.54.913
58th – Josh Leaning – 1.55.012
59th – Russ Mountford – 1.55.030
60th – Lewis Arrowsmith – 1.55.048
61st – Rad Hughes – 1.55.259
62nd – Ryan Whitehall – 1.55.406
63rd – Josh Corner – 1.55.418
64th – Brandon Brinded – 1.55.474
65th – Johnny Stewart – 1.55.667
66th – Jay Bellers Smith – 1.55.693
67th – Gaz Evans – 1.55.853
68th – Jack Petrie – 1.55.987
69th – Brian Greenfield – 1.56.145
70th – Curtis Milburn – 1.56.330
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou