By Bradford’s Dean Harrison jumped up to third on the all time Southern 100 race winner’s list, after another dominant display on the Silicone Engineering Racing ZX-10RR Kawasaki Superbike, in today’s Island Aggregates Senior race.
Holding a plus 0.97 advantage at the end of lap one, Harrison’s route to race honours was made all the more clear on lap two, as nearest challenger Tyco BMW’s Michael Dunlop crashed out of contention, high siding at Castletown Corner.
Following Dunlop’s spill this allowed Harrison to open up a huge advantage out front, over a five rider battle for second place, with his race lead at the end of lap four standing at almost 17 seconds.
Ultimately clinching Southern 100 race win number 22 by just over 11.6 seconds, the Senior TT champion showcased again why he is regarded amongst the best Billown course exponents of the 21st century.
Photo by Mark Corlett
The five rider battle for second place, was won by first time S100 rostrum finisher Sam West, whilst third place was banked by lead Yamaha mounted competitor, PreZ Racing’s Jamie Coward.
Wilcock Consulting supported Michael Evans finished fourth, Rob Hodson was fifth as Joe Akroyd concluded the top six finishers.
The remainder of the top ten finishers were Martin Jones Racing’s Michael Sweeney, Davies Motorsport’s Dominic Herbertson, Jonathan Perry and leading Welsh roads talent Rhys Hardisty.
Southern 100: Island Aggregates Senior race result, is as follows:
1 Dean Harrison
2 Sam West
3 Jamie Coward
4 Michael Evans
5 Rob Hodson
6 Joe Akroyd
7 Michael Sweeney
8 Dominic Herbertson
9 Jonathan Perry
10 Rhys Hardisty
11 Richard Charlton
12 Mark Parrett
13 Jamie Williams
14 Stephen McKnight
15 Michael Russell
16 Anthony Redmond
17 Brad Vicars
18 David Brook
19 Alun Brooks
20 Barry Furber
21 Alan Connor
22 Andy Sailor
23 Paul Cranston
Words by Stevie Rial
