Hickman dominates Superstock at Isle of Man TT

Peter Hickman has picked up his second Isle of Man TT victory of the day by dominating the RL360 Superstoc🎀k TT ahead of Dean Harriso🤡n, as David Johnson secures his maiden TT podium edging out Michael Dunlop.

The Smiths Racing BMW ꧒rider grabbed the lead by Glen Helen on the opening lap and it would be a position he’d never relinquish over the shortened three-lap Superstock TT.

Peter Hickman, Smiths Racing BMW, Isle of Man TT,
Peter Hickman, Smiths Racing BMW, Isle of Man TT,
© Stephen English Photography

Peter Hickman has picked up his second Isle of Man TT victory of the day by dominating the RL360 Superstock TT ahജead of Dean Harrison, as David Johnson secures his maiden TT podium edging out Michael Dunlop.

The Smiths Racing BMW rider grabbed the lead by Glen Helen on the opening lap🐈 and it would be a position he’d never relinquish over the shortened three-lap Superstock TT.

Ending Lap 1 with a nine-second advantage over Harrison, Hickman’s gap was cut to 5.8s by a speedy pit stop from the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki squad but with a clear run to the finish over two laps 🐲the Smiths rider produced an untouchable pace.

Hickman crossed the finish line 26.045s in front of Harri𝄹son on adjusted times to follow up his earlier Supersport TT win, marking his third victory at the Isle of Man TT this year and ജthe fifth of his career.

With Hꦿarrison having to settle for second place, his third runner-up result of the week, an almighty battle for the final spot on the rostrum developed between Johnson and Dunlop.

Hoﷺnda 𝓰Racing’s Johnson moved into third place starting the final lap but with Dunlop gaining a slipstream from following Hickman on the road he was able to retake the place by the Ramsey Hairpin.

But ꩵcoming over the Mountain, the Australian rider reeled in Dunlop to cross the finish line just 0.208s ahead to make his debut TT podium appearance and the team’s first rostrum since the 2016 Senior TT.

James Hillierꦬ saw his hopes of joining the rostrum fight wrecked by a 30-second time penalty for speeding in pit lane, which initially dropped the Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider from fourth to ninth.

Hillier’s penalty saw Conor Cummins promoted to fifth place for Milenco by Padgetts H♉onda with Michael Rutter taking sixth for Bathams Racing BM꧋W as the Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider recovered to seventh place by the finish.

Davey Todd produced an impressive charge to eighth place on the Penz13.com BMW beating Prez Racing Yamaha’s Jamie Coward by a little over three seconds, as RAF Regular & Reserveꦺs Kawasaki’s Gary Johnson rounded out the top 10.

Ian Hu🍃tchinson was a non-starter for Honda Racing, while Derek 𝓀Sheils and Philip Crowe were the two notable non-finishers.

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