2012 Tandragee 100

[Live Team]

Good morning from a cloudy and bright Tandragee. Roads are just about to close and we will kick off with the Superbikes who have still to get 5 laps of practice followed by the Supertwins who are also getting 5 laps. We then have a parade lap before racing gets underway. Race order:

Open
Junior Support
Supersport
Classic
Lightweight
Sen Support
250/Supertwins
Tandragee 100 Race

[Live Team]

The practice sessions that were lost last night after a red flag incident and this mornings parade lap have been run and we're about to get underway with racing.

Davy Morgan did practice laps this morning but has decided he is too sore to race so will take no further part in todays racing.

[Live Team]

At the end of lap 1 Ryan Farquhar leads by 0.6 from Michael Dunlop then Archibald Burrows and Shields.

End lap 3 and its no change at front but leaders pulling away. Burrows passes Archie and Pearson passes Shields then its Anderson. 

1 to go and Archie has dropped and seems to have problems and Jamie Hamilton retires. 

At the flag Ryan takes the win by 3.25 second from MD. Burrows lonely 3rd and Archie almost loses 4th on the line to Shields and Pearson. Then it was Anderson Davison and Kirwan and Barber. 

Junior support up next.

[Live Team]

At the end of lap 2. Black leads by 1.8 from Scott then its Hatch, Lyle and N Howard all together.  

Black takes his 1st win from Scott who also takes his best finish. Then it was Patton, Shields Lyle Howard Allen Daly Bertram and Henry. 

600 next. 

[Live Team]

Red flag as 2 riders tangle on warm up lap of 600 race. Both ok and we ready to go again now.

[Live Team]

Adrian Archibald has pulled out of the meeting due to the stones on the course.

At the end of lap 1 Farquhar & M Dunlop have pulled away from Burrows. 

Nothing in it but at the end of lap 4 MD leads.

Great race and MD takes the win by holding of Farq to the line. 3rd was Shields then burrows Magee on corrected time then Sweeney Cranston Coward Mulligan McKnight. 

Classics next.

[Live Team]

John Scott takes the Philip Riddall memorial trophy. 

Full result is Scott, Jamison, Costello, Stewart, Brew, Gallagher, Coward, Ronan 

125/Lightweight out next

[Live Team]

125 and WD leads for 3 laps but on the last lap is a retirement at Marlacoo. This leaves Robinson to take the win from Wilson and Moore. 450 Farq McColgan Walsh. 400. Farrell Yeomans and Maguire.

Supertwins next.

[Live Team]

Short delay now as the track is swept to clear some of the stones that the riders are complaining about.

[Live Team]

In the 250s William Dunlop takes a convincing win from Elliot and Barber.

In the Supertwins Farquhar wins by 15.4 seconds from Burrows, his teammate Hamilton, Davison, Farrell and Sweeney.

Senior Support is up next, as the sun starts to break through the clouds.