The ‘Friendly Races’, Castletown’s showpiece two wheel racing event the Southern 100 returns today to Road Racing News, fastest road racers per nation series.
During recent days I’ve compiled a list of the quickest Supersport Southern 100 pilots, ranging from England to Wales to Portugal to Austria to the Netherlands to the Czech Republic.
Photo by Mark Corlett
The list comprising of 14 nations most rapid middleweight class competitors around the flowing, ultra speedy 4.25 miles long roads of Billown, reads as follows:
(PB lap time located near racers name)
England: Dean Harrison 2.17.496
Wales: Ian Lougher 2.22.075
Northern Ireland: Michael Dunlop 2.17.423 (S100 Supersport lap record holder)
Australia: Cameron Donald 2.20.222
Isle of Man: Dan Kneen 2.19.900
Scotland: Mark Buckley 2.24.971
Czech Republic: Michal Dokoupil 2.31.115
Netherlands: Kevin Van Der Gulik 2.30.427
Portugal: Nuno Caetano 2.34.003
Germany: Thomas Gottschalk 2.30.131
Italy: Tommaso Totti 2.30.946
Austria: Christian Hirsch 2.39.741
Ireland: Michael Sweeney 2.23.184
France: Xavier Denis 2.26.024
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou