Dunlop equalled McGuinness' record of 23 Isle of Man TT wins after dominating the Superbike race today. TT2023 Full report:
Michael Dunlop has equalled John McGuinness’ record of 23 Isle of Man TT wins after dominating the Superbike race on his Honda ahead of Peter Hickman.The Ulsterman opened up his TT account for 2023 with an emphatic victory in the Supersport class on Saturday to notch up his 22nd career win.
He is now just three away from matching the all-time wins record set by his late uncle Joey Dunlop in 2000. Intermittent quickshift issues for Peter Hickman on his FHO BMW meant he had to battle Padgetts Honda’s Davey Todd for third.Hickman was able to overhaul Todd at the end of the first lap by 0.4s, before opening up that gap to 5.4s through Glen Helen on lap two.
After his second and final stop on lap five, Dunlop started to ease off as his lead went from 19.4s at the start of the tour to just over 10s halfway through the last lap.
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