Alan Oversby on the 1970MV got the second
race of the day away on time at the 2010 Manx Grand
Prix, sponsored by visitisleofman.com shortly after
1.15pm with the Junior Classic machines starting ahead
of the Lightweight Classic Race.
Roy Richardson on the 1969 Aermacchi Ala D’Oro
349cc led on time by over 3 seconds at Glen Helen from
Chris McGahan on the Honda 346cc and Doug Snow riding
a1967 Ducati Sebring 340cc. Alan Oversby’s 1970
MV and Mark Herbertson on the ’69 AJS 7R 350cc
made up the first five by the first timing point. Oversby
moved up to third by Ballaugh ahead of Snow although
Snow was the fastest through Sulby Speed trap with 126.4
and Snow regained third place shortly after.
Richardson extended his lead to over 6 seconds from
McGahan by Ramsey and by 10 seconds at the Bungalow
with Oversby now back in third. They remained top three
by Grandstand. Richardson’s opening lap time was
101.615mph with McGahan just shy of 18 seconds behind
in second and Oversby a further 10 seconds back. Mark
Parrett on the Ripley Honda 350cc was disappointed to
pull in at the end of the first lap with mechanical
problems.
Oversby was first on the road to Glen Helen by the
second lap but Richardson, from a start number of 14,
had passed McGahan on the road by the second lap at
Glen Helen to extend his lead to 21 seconds from McGahan
with Oversby third on time. That remained first three
to Ramsey with Richardson maintaining his lead and McGahan
21 seconds back and Oversby a further 30 seconds in
third.
Richardson broke his own his own Junior Classic lap
record, set in 2007, on the second lap with a time of
21:59.38 (102.948mph) from McGahan and Oversby Richardson
completed lap three in 22:11.57 to extend his lead over
McGahan by over 45 seconds with Doug Snow getting ahead
of Oversby to reclaim third place.
Richardson duly claimed victory, and his seventh Manx
Grand Prix title, for the Martin Bullock stable, with
a final lap of 101.180 and a new Junior Classic race
record of 1:28.50.08 with Chris McGahan taking the runner-up
slot. Behind the pair Alan Oversby eventually took third
place on the MV after his thrilling battle with Doug
Snow, taking the final podium slot by just over 2 seconds.
Roy Richardson’s victory adds to a glowing history
for the bike. The bike has been owned by Dick Linton
since 1972 and he achieved a replica on the bike in
1976.
Peter Wakefield and Peter Symes got the Lightweight
Classic race away at around 1.20pm. Ewan Hamilton on
the 1967 Suzuki T20 242cc, led after the opening lap
of 94.273 from the Jackson brothers Tom and Bud, Tom
leading the family battle by 9 seconds in second place
after the first lap.
However, on the second lap Hamilton retired at Sulby
Crossroads leaving Tom Jackson at the front of the field
ahead of Bud by 8 seconds at Ramsey. Chris Palmer was
also a retirement on the second lap, stopping at Ramsey
Bus stop.
Bud Jackson dropped out on the third lap at Whitegates
leaving Peter Wakefield on a 1966 T20 Suzuki to move
up into second place from Dave Smith in third on the
’67 Yamaha TDIC 246cc.
The 61 year old Tom Jackson, with a previous best of
5th in the Manx Grand Prix, was almost home having built
up a convincing lead of over 50 seconds by the Bungalow
on the last lap but he dramatically ran out of petrol
and retired at the Creg Ny Baa with victory in sight,
leaving Peter Wakefield to take the top spot with a
race time of 1:39.08.32 (91.339mph) from Dave Smith
in second and Jeff Ward on a ’67 T20 247cc Suzuki
in third place.
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