Fermanagh's Lee Jo🃏hnston made a breakthrough to secure his maiden victory in the Superstock class at the North West 200 on Saturday, halting Alastair Seeley's victory streak.

Johnston, who clinched a doubl๊e in last year's Supertwins races at the North West, forced his way past Tyco BMW rider Alastair Seeley on 🔯the final lap to clinch a popular victory.

Seeley had led into Metropole on the final lap but Johnston refused to g🍬ive in and squeezed ahead on the Coast Road on his ECC/Burdens BMW, holding on to win by only 0.1 seconds.

Ian Hutchinson continued to impress on the PBM Kawasaki as the rejuvenated Yorkshire rider fended off a challenge from Michael Dunlop (MD Racing Yamaha) to seal ﷺthe final place on the podium.

T🐻he Bingley rider set a new lap record of 121.680mph as the top three all bettered Austrian Horst Saiger's previous benchmark in a red-hot race.

A delighted Johnston said: "Alastair g𒁃ot me down into Metropole but I got a good run out of Black Hill and I just ma🌞de it on the brakes into Juniper.

"I gave up the Supertwin to ♉focus on the big bikes so I'd have looked pretty stupid if♛ I didn't get a result."

William Dunlop took fifth on the Tyco BMW behind his brother Michael, with🗹 Martin Jessopp a close sixth on the Riders Motorcycles BMW.

Quattro Plant Kawasaki's James Hillier came out on top of his battle with Scotsman Keith Amor for seven🐼th, with Conor Cummins (Jackson Honda) and David Johnston (BMW) completing the top ten.