By Around A Pound Tandragee 100 latest this morning, revolving around arguably-the most followed, supported current road racer, TT wins record-holder Michael Dunlop MBE.
‘Maverick’ will be back on T100 racing duty this week, riding his own teams BMW (Superstock specification), TT conquering V2 Panigale Ducati and BE/RK Racing’s Moto 3 Honda that sports the 36-plate, recognising his TT victories total.
Last year, Open, Grand Final winner Dunlop MBE lapped the 5.3 miles in distance T100 course, at 111.584 mph (2 minutes 52.403 seconds), the first 111 mph lap in the event’s history.
Presently on 130 Irish road race victories, he stands only five wins behind his dad Robert Dunlop within the all-time Irish road race winners list.
More success pending soon? Few would be surprised if he ends this year’s T100 unbeaten.
At the same time, the opposition including Michael Sweeney, Michael Browne, Shaun Anderson, Conor Cummins, Marcus Simpson, is determined to prove a point and make sure he won’t have it all his own way.
Dunlop MBE’s name on the start-list, only increases the anticipation for upcoming Tandragee 100 thrills, launching into fruition on Friday.
A planned twelve-race itinerary features 1000cc, Supersport, Super Twin/Super Mono, yesteryear classic, Senior Support, Junior Support, Classic Superbike, Moto 3, Lightweight Supersport encounters.
Photo credit: Tommy Vennard
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
