27-06-2025
Dunlop takes pole position for Tandragee Open races
Michael Dunlop set the fastest lap speed in qualifying at the Tandragee 100 road races to secure pole position for Saturday's Open races at the county Armagh 33-time Isle of Man TT winner lapped the 5.3-mile circuit at an average speed of 107.97mph on his MD Racing BMW Superstock left the Ballymoney rider 2.78 seconds to spare over nearest challenger Michael Sweeney, who posted a 106.308 on his MJ Racing top six qualifying leaderboard for the Open class was completed by Mike Browne (105.866), Conor Cummins (105.035), Shaun Anderson (105.021) and Marcus Simpson (102.846).Cork man Browne recorded the quickest lap in Supersport qualifying on his BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha, 2.8 seconds ahead of Skerries rider Sweeney, who was similarly mounted on a Tweed from Ballymoney was third, Anderson fourth and Cummins fifth on his Cummins, 39, is making his first appearance at the event since his only previous visit back in 2007 and is riding for the Burrows Engineering/RK racing was an early retirement back to the paddock on his V2 Ducati in the Supersport qualifying 36-year-old, who picked up a treble at this year's North West 200 and a four-timer at the recent TT races, is aiming to add to his 11 previous Tandragee race wins as he competes at the meeting for the first time since 2013, when he sealed a Superbike Tandragee 100 itself is taking place for the first time since 2022 after essential resurfacing work on a section of the circuit was completed, with this the 61st running of the first Supersport race and a Senior Support race are scheduled to be run on Friday evening, with a 10-race programme on the agenda for Saturday.
