We’ve reached the mid-way point of an already compelling TT 2022 practice week.
Current respective Superbike, Superstock, Supersport, Super Twin pace setters are Dean Harrison, Peter Hickman, Michael Dunlop and Jamie Coward.
Fastest Mountain Course newcomers thus far, registering respective best lap speeds of 124.947 mph, 119.555 mph are six times North West 200 winner Glenn Irwin and DP Coldplaning/TC Racing’s Milo Ward.
Present practice week standings per class (Sunday-Tuesday), read as follows:
Superbike:
1st – Dean Harrison – 131.767
2nd – Davey Todd – 131.655
3rd – Peter Hickman – 130.719
4th – Michael Dunlop – 129.119
5th – Conor Cummins – 128.721
6th – John McGuinness MBE – 128.644
7th – Jamie Coward – 127.936
8th – Ian Hutchinson – 127.716
9th – Sam West – 126.903
10th – Dominic Herbertson – 126.538
11th – Phil Crowe – 126.532
12th – Derek Sheils – 126.401
13th – Shaun Anderson – 126.325
14th – James Hillier – 126.308
15th – Lee Johnston – 126.250
16th – Glenn Irwin – 124.947
17th – Michael Rutter – 124.657
18th – Brian McCormack – 124.604
19th – Paul Jordan – 124.391
20th – Michael Browne – 124.224
21st – Michael Sweeney – 123.971
22nd – Rob Hodson – 123.885
23rd – Michael Evans – 123.133
24th – Nathan Harrison – 122.940
25th – Matt Stevenson – 122.480
26th – Jim Hind – 122.084
27th – Michael Booth – 121.568
28th – Stephen Parsons – 121.212
29th – Stefano Bonetti – 121.195
30th – David Jackson – 121.191
31st – Julian Trummer – 120.720
32nd – Mark Parrett – 120.596
33rd – Mark Goodings – 120.517
34th – Brandon Cretu – 120.098
35th – David Datzer – 120.090
36th – Richard Charlton – 120
37th – Josh Daley – 119.987
38th – Milo Ward – 119.555
39th – Timothee Monot – 119.357
40th – Mike Norbury – 119.081
41st – Forest Dunn – 118.265
42nd – Davy Morgan – 118.053
43rd – Jonathan Perry – 118.016
44th – Tom Weeden – 117.915
45th – Craig Neve – 117.855
46th – Gary Johnson – 117.462
47th – Richard Wilson – 117.402
48th – Xavier Denis – 117.399
49th – Dave Hewson – 117.399
50th – Thomas Maxwell – 117.245
51st – Raul Torras Martinez – 116.895
52nd – Barry Furber – 116.872
53rd – Joey Thompson – 116.774
54th – James Chawke – 116.706
55th – Michael Russell – 116.537
56th – Julien Toniutti – 115.595
57th – Lukas Maurer – 114.802
58th – Ilja Caljouw – 111.373
Supersport:
1st – Michael Dunlop – 125.938
2nd – Dean Harrison – 124.817
3rd – Lee Johnston – 124.444
4th – Jamie Coward – 123.838
5th – Peter Hickman – 122.949
6th – James Hillier – 122.501
7th – Conor Cummins – 121.885
8th – Paul Jordan – 121.711
9th – Jim Hind – 121.493
10th – Michal Dokoupil – 120.872
11th – Gary Johnson – 120.821
12th – Michael Evans – 120.735
13th – Phil Crowe – 120.555
14th – Rob Hodson – 120.519
15th – Dominic Herbertson – 120.473
16th – John McGuinness MBE – 119.915
17th – Nathan Harrison – 119.442
18th – Pierre Yves Bian – 119.431
19th – Michael Sweeney – 119.253
20th – Mark Purslow – 119.252
21st – Joe Loughlin – 119.077
22nd – Michael Browne – 118.996
23rd – Craig Neve – 118.463
24th – Julian Trummer – 118.133
25th – Matt Stevenson – 117.723
26th – Stephen Parsons – 117.630
27th – Michael Booth – 117.046
28th – Shaun Anderson – 116.798
29th – Ian Hutchinson – 116.161
30th – Brian McCormack – 116.117
31st – Timothee Monot – 116.098
32nd – Tom Weeden – 116.071
33rd – Matt Rees – 116.067
34th – Jim Hodson – 115.970
35th – Michael Russell – 115.966
36th – Richard Charlton – 115.947
37th – Josh Daley – 115.813
38th – Gary Vines – 115.598
39th – Raul Torras Martinez – 115.410
40th – Joey Thompson – 115.213
41st – Chris Sarbora – 115.010
42nd – Mark Parrett – 114.861
43rd – Xavier Denis – 114.640
44th – Paul Williams – 114.602
45th – Sam Johnson – 114.457
46th – Jamie Cringle – 114.457
47th – Barry Furber – 114.360
48th – Mike Norbury – 114.315
49th – Mark Goodings – 114.140
50th – Rhys Hardisty – 114.108
51st – Richard Wilson – 113.711
52nd – Rennie Scaysbrook – 113.548
53rd – James Chawke – 113.214
54th – Miroslav Sloboda – 111.934
55th – Davy Morgan – 111.838
56th – Thomas Maxwell – 111.833
57th – Jonathan Goetschy – 111.253
58th – Julien Toniutti – 110.143
59th – Masayuki Yamanaka – 109.227
Superstock:
1st – Peter Hickman – 130.695
2nd – Davey Todd – 129.583
3rd – Jamie Coward – 127.936
4th – Conor Cummins – 127.910
5th – Dean Harrison – 127.468
6th – Sam West – 126.903
7th – Michael Dunlop – 126.794
8th – Dominic Herbertson – 126.538
9th – Derek Sheils – 126.401
10th – Lee Johnston – 126.250
11th – Ian Hutchinson – 125.861
12th – Nathan Harrison – 125.670
13th – John McGuinness MBE – 125.527
14th – James Hillier – 125.061
15th – Phil Crowe – 124.858
16th – Brian McCormack – 124.674
17th – Shaun Anderson – 124.649
18th – Paul Jordan – 124.391
19th – Craig Neve – 124.310
20th – Michael Rutter – 124.135
21st – Michael Sweeney – 123.971
22nd – Rob Hodson – 123.885
23rd – Michael Evans – 123.133
24th – Glenn Irwin – 122.924
25th – Matt Stevenson – 122.480
26th – Jim Hind – 122.084
27th – Michael Booth – 121.568
28th – Stephen Parsons – 121.212
29th – Stefano Bonetti – 121.195
30th – David Jackson – 121.191
31st – Julian Trummer – 120.720
32nd – Mark Parrett – 120.596
33rd – Mark Goodings – 120.517
34th – Brandon Cretu – 120.098
35th – David Datzer – 120.090
36th – Richard Charlton – 120.000
37th – Milo Ward – 119.555
38th – Timothee Monot – 119.416
39th – Forest Dunn – 119.271
40th – Mike Norbury – 119.081
41st – Michael Browne – 118.633
42nd – Davy Morgan – 118.053
43rd – Jonathan Perry – 118.016
44th – Tom Weeden – 117.915
45th – Richard Wilson – 117.402
46th – Xavier Denis – 117.399
47th – Dave Hewson – 117.399
48th – Thomas Maxwell – 117.245
49th – Josh Daley – 116.910
50th – Raul Torras Martinez – 116.895
51st – Barry Furber – 116.872
52nd – Rhys Hardisty – 116.775
53rd – Joey Thompson – 116.774
54th – James Chawke – 116.706
55th – Michael Russell – 116.537
56th – Julien Toniutti – 115.595
57th – Lukas Maurer – 115.428
58th – Ilja Caljouw – 111.373
Super Twins:
1st – Jamie Coward – 119.775
2nd – Peter Hickman – 118.983
3rd – Rob Hodson – 117.232
4th – Lee Johnston – 116.917
5th – Gary Johnson – 116.843
6th – Dominic Herbertson – 116.652
7th – Michael Dunlop – 116.631
8th – Jim Hind – 116.091
9th – Pierre Yves Bian – 116.067
10th – Michael Rutter – 114.874
11th – Stefano Bonetti – 114.687
12th – John Barton – 113.931
13th – Matt Rees – 113.698
14th – Joe Loughlin – 113.361
15th – Brian McCormack – 113.207
16th – Barry Furber – 112.000
17th – Craig Neve – 111.565
18th – Dave Moffitt – 111.423
19th – Jonathan Perry – 111.191
20th – Anthony Redmond – 111.183
21st – Paul Williams – 110.938
22nd – Jim Hodson – 110.791
23rd – Rhys Hardisty – 109.485
24th – Forest Dunn – 109.447
25th – Julian Trummer – 108.547
26th – Raul Torras Martinez – 108.500
27th – Jonathan Goetschy – 108.360
28th – James Chawke – 107.749
29th – Masayuki Yamanaka – 106.518
30th – Miroslav Sloboda – 106.417
31st – Dave Hewson – 106.096
32nd – Dave Madsen Mygdal – 105.792
33rd – Timothee Monot – 105.337
34th – Hefyn Owen – 105.325
35th – Pete Murray – 104.252
36th – Thomas Maxwell – 104.086
37th – Matt Mylchreest – 101.760
38th – Craig Szczypek – 99.493
39th – Jason Burrill – 96.671
(Best lap speed located near racers name)
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou