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Sunday World
3 days ago
- Sport
- Sunday World
Corkman Mike Browne claims fantastic four-timer at the Armoy Road Races
Cork's Mike Browne joined an elite group of riders after winning the prestigious 'Race of Legends' at the Armoy Road Races yesterday for a fantastic four-timer. The Killeagh man followed up his Supersport victory on Friday with a hat-trick yesterday, winning both Superbike encounters and the second Supersport race. Browne gave himself some work to do in the feature Legends race after slipping back at the start, but he soon scythed his way through from fourth place to close in on race leader Paul Jordan. Browne made his move to lead on the third lap on the BPE by Russell Racing Honda and soon pulled clear of Jordan (Jackson Racing Honda), going on to secure a prized success by 4.3s. Jordan held onto the runner-up spot ahead of Skerries rider Michael Sweeney (MJR BMW), who fended off a late attack from Manx ace Conor Cummins (Burrows/RK Racing BMW) for third. A delighted Browne said: 'I still made a lot of work for myself in the start of that race and maybe tried a bit too hard to get past on the first two laps – I did make a few mistakes – and then I said settle down, we've a few laps to go. 'I got a bit more in control and got it to the line. Alistair (Russell) and the team have done an awful lot of work the last two weeks because we just got that bike and we're trying to make it our own.' Pole man Jordan was left to rue his choice of front tyre, opting for an intermediate on a course that was rapidly drying out after rain in the afternoon. 'We went for the wrong tyre choice on the front which is my own fault,' he said. 'To be honest, 10 minutes before the start we were still on a wet set-up and fair play to the boys, the rear shock was out, and to get them a second is good.' Browne won the Open Superbike race, which was delayed due to wet roads. He overhauled early leader Sweeney and eased away, winning in the end by almost nine seconds from Sweeney, with Jordan – who opted to ride the 600cc Jackson Racing Honda – taking third. Jamie Coward, Neil Kernohan (Yamaha) and Cummins completed the top six. In the Supersport race, Browne was pushed hard by Jordan, who was only three tenths of a second behind after three laps. There was little to separate the pair, but Browne was able to fend off Jordan on the final laps, winning in the end by half-a-second and setting the fastest lap of the race at 104.932mph. Sweeney (EM Building Yamaha) overtook Coward (KTS Macadam Triumph) to snatch third, with Cummins next on the Burrows Ducati ahead of Joe Yeardsley (Yamaha). In mixed conditions after some light rain, Jordan won the Supertwin race for a double in the class on his Jackson Racing Aprilia by over nine seconds from Barry Furber. Meanwhile, Jonathan Rea crashed twice in yesterday's World Superbike race in Hungary. Rea was in a fight for seventh place at the Balaton Park track when he went down at Turn 1 with six laps to go. The Yamaha rider then crashed again on lap 16. Toprak Razgatlioglu won on the factory BMW to increase his title lead over Ducati's Nicolo Bulega, who finished second. In the British Superbike Championship, Bradley Ray won yesterday's race at Brands Hatch from Scott Redding to increase his lead at the top. Northern Ireland's Andrew Irwin was 11th. Lee Johnston finished third in the British Supersport race and David Allingham won the Superstock 1000 race.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Browne clinches four-timer at Armoy road races
Mike Browne secured a fabulous four-timer at this year's Armoy road races as he took victory in the feature 'Race of Legends' event, the Open race and both Supersport Republic of Ireland rider joins Michael Dunlop, Davey Todd and Ryan Farquhar as the only competitors to win four or more races at an individual Armoy races and also as the only riders to have enjoyed success in the main event of the Cork rider takes his overall tally of successes over the three-mile county Antrim circuit to eight with his quartet of wins in began his winning sequence by taking the honours in the opening Supersport race on Friday evening and added another success in the middleweight class on a thrilling battle at the front, the BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha rider edged out Paul Jordan by half a second, with Michael Sweeney a further 16 seconds adrift in had some consolation in setting the fastest lap at start of the Open race was delayed by rain showers but when the action did get under way, Browne mastered the damp conditions best to secure a comprehensive win aboard the Honda Fireblade he only rode for the first time at the Southern 100 in the Isle of Man earlier this the help of a best lap of 101.012mph, Browne had almost nine seconds to spare over Sweeney at the finishing line, with Jordan in third having opted to take out his Supersport machine in preference to his 1000cc Jackson Racing was again ultimately dominant in the 'Race of Legends', overhauling early leader Jordan on lap three and increasing his advantage consistently thereafter, aided by the standout lap of the race at 106.898 on lap winning margin over runner-up Jordan was 4.3 seconds, as Sweeney completed the podium spots and Conor Cummins, Jamie Coward and Phil Crowe rounded out the top added to his Supertwins victory on Friday by making it a double in that category on his Aprilia on two wins made it five overall for the Magherafelt man at Armoy and his consistency across all classes led to him being awarded the man-of-the-meeting never looked like being denied in Saturday's Twins outing and enjoyed a cushion of nearly 10 seconds over second-placed man Barry Furber at the Brolly just got the better of Sweeney in the contest for third, his podium position being confirmed on adjusted time as he was part of the second wave of other race winners were Andy Farrell in the Classic Superbike, Barry Davidson in Lightweight Supersport, Lee Osprey in Supersport 300, Andy Hornby in Senior Classic, Nigel Moore in Junior Classic, Kevin Lavery in Junior Support, Sean Brolly in Senior Support and Chris Meyer in Moto3/125cc. Armoy race results Race of Legends - 1Mike Browne; 2 Paul Jordan; 3 Michael Sweeney; 4 Conor Cummins; 5 Jamie Coward; 6 Phil CroweFastest lap - Browne 106.898mphOpen race - 1 Mike Browne; 2 Michael Sweeney; 3 Paul Jordan; 4 Jamie Coward; 5 Neil Kernohan; 6 Conor CumminsFastest lap - Browne 101.012mphSupersport race two - 1 Mike Browne; 2 Paul Jordan; 3 Michael Sweeney; 4 Jamie Coward; 5 Conor Cummins; 6 Joe YeardsleyFastest lap - Jordan 104.932mphSupertwin race two - 1 Paul Jordan; 2 Barry Furber; 3 Sean Brolly; 4 Michael Sweeney; 5 Dean McMaster; 6 Joey ThompsonFastest lap - Jordan 93.542mph
