By 3:20 PM – Intertwined Junior Classic, Senior Classic, Lightweight, Super Twins (Junior) qualifying sprints into fruition.
3:21 PM – John McGuinness MBE (Senior Classic), Jamie Coward (Senior Classic) first off.
3:26 PM – Senior Classic Lap 1 – Glen Helen Top Three: 1st Alan Oversby, 2nd Paul Jordan, 3rd John McGuinness MBE, all three averaging 105 mph +.
3:30 PM – Paul Cassidy top 400cc pilot to Glen Helen, looking like a possible retirement for Michael Dunlop (Lightweight).
3:32 PM – Nigel Moore the first Junior Classic exponent to make Ballaugh Bridge.
3:35 PM – McGuinness MBE (Team Winfield Paton) overhauls Oversby, quickest to Ramsey Hairpin (Senior Classics).
Italian one two in the Super Twins, Andrea Majola, Maurizio Bottalico. Michael Browne looking good astride the Laycock Racing Yamaha (Lightweight).
3:39 PM – Oversby P1 again (Senior Classics), McGuinness MBE drops time a plenty.
3:40 PM – Browne (155.739), Lee Johnston (151.519) through the Sulby speed-trap.
3:42 PM – Stuart Hall (Lightweight) 111.316 mph lap.
Alan Oversby 104.753 (Senior Classics).
Jamie Coward 104.201 (Senior Classics).
John McGuinness MBE 102.832 (Senior Classics).
3:43 PM – Chris Moore 107.943 (Lightweight).
Lee Johnston 108.732 (Lightweight).
Paul Cassidy 107.379 (Lightweight).
Michael Browne 112.41 (Lightweight).
3:46 PM – Michael Dunlop confirmed retirement at Quarter Bridge. Jim Hind, Paul Jordan also encountering problems.
3:47 PM – Added selected lap speeds:
Julien Cregniot 107.371 (Super Twins).
Joe Yeardsley 106.369 (Senior Classics).
Maurizio Bottalico 111.228 (Super Twins).
Glen English 81.528 (Junior Classics).
3:51 PM – Shaun Anderson jumps to P2 on the Senior Classics leaderboard behind reigning Senior race Champion Yeardsley, laps at 105.999 mph.
3:54 PM – McGuinness MBE (flying lap) averaging 122.373 mph on the run to Ramsey Hairpin.
4:00 PM – Michael Russell stops at Ballacraine, Glen English retires, Ross Orchard stops at Parliament Square.
4:03 PM – Flying lap, lap speeds beckoning.
4:04 PM – Ted Woof Racing’s Coward 106.213 (Senior Classics), McGuinness MBE storms to rapidest Senior Classics lap, 110.874 mph.
4:05 PM – Ryan Whitehall off at the Gooseneck, emerges unscathed. Joe Yeardsley 109.119 (Senior Classics).
Lightweight leader-board re-cap, Lee Johnston (114.181), Michael Browne (112.41), Stuart Hall (111.316).
Super Twins leader-board re-cap, Andrea Majola (113.533), Dan Ingham (113.502), Alex Sinclair (112.018),
Maurizio Bottalico (111.228), Liam Chawke (110.304).
4:14 PM – Ian Lougher nears the 114-mph lap mark (113.882), goes second quickest (Lightweight). Stefano Bonetti leading 400cc jockey (107.983).
Newcomers recording their 100 Mph laps are Johnny Stewart (105.061), Ryan Garside (103.868) and Caomhan Canny (103.027).
4:15 PM – Qualifying session finalises.
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
