Next topic featured in Road Racing News, 2026 Oliver’s Mount events stats series, covers this year’s thirty quickest newcomers to North Yorkshire’s ‘Mini TT’.
First within this list, which takes into-account debutants best lap times from their first Scarborough competition tenures per Spring Cup, Barry Sheene Festival, Cock O’The North and Visit North Yorkshire 80th Anniversary Gold Cup, is Bob Smith Spring Cup main race winner Richard Cooper.
(Best lap time achieved, positioned aside racers names)
1 – Richard Cooper – 1.47.505
2 – Peter Hickman – 1.47.619
3 – Rhys Stephenson – 1.53.531
4 – Brad Burn – 1.57.272
5 – Sam Osborne – 1.58.819
6 – Illiam Quayle – 1.59.507
7 – Chris Dickinson – 2.00.306
8 – Nicholas Round – 2.00.952
9 – Daniel Tuplin – 2.02.260
10 – Jack Griffiths – 2.04.170
11 – Tom Pickford – 2.04.289
12 – Jack Crowley Mason – 2.05.674
13 – Joe Holdsworth – 2.06.108
14 – Nick Cronin – 2.06.372
15 – Liam Wood – 2.07.732
16 – Liam Taylor – 2.07.917
17 – Paul Evans – 2.08.329
18 – Drew Paton – 2.09.423
19 – Alan Curtis – 2.09.776
20 – George Anderson – 2.09.843
21 – James Llewellyn – 2.11.120
22 – Alex Tufnall – 2.11.772
23 – Graeme Neil – 2.12.156
24 – Kieran Barker – 2.12.274
25 – Richard Molnar – 2.12.421
26 – Dean Carver – 2.12.562
27 – James Dutton – 2.13.168
28 – Cole Rogerson – 2.13.209
29 – Russell Taylor – 2.13.858
30 – Will Kearney – 2.15.577
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
