In the Supertwins, Rutter was
an early retirement at Crosby,
and it was Barry Furber (114.958
mph) who was quickest on the
opening lap from Mike Browne
(114.910 mph) and Stefano
Bonetti (114.372 mph). How-
ever, Hickman soon went into
the number-one spot with a lap
of 118.011 mph after switching
from his Supersport machine.
Todd also managed to get out on
his Dafabet Kawasaki lapping at
116.063 mph.
Later in the afternoon, the main
protagonists switched to the Su
-
perstock machinery and quickest
on the opening lap was Hickman
at 129.032 mph, which put him
1.322 seconds ahead of Dunlop
(MD Racing Honda) who lapped
at 128.870 mph. They were fol
-
lowed by WTF Racing's Hillier
(127.535 mph), Dominic Herbert-
son on the Burrows Engineering/
RK Racing BMW (127.503 mph),
Phil Crowe (127.032 mph) and
Coward (126.510 mph).
Next up was the Superbike
class and Dunlop moved to the
top at 129.590 mph—setting the
fastest lap of the opening ses-
sion. Hickman slotted into third
at 128.271 mph with both Mc-
Guinness (127.646) and Harrison
(125.909) improving, as did Todd
at 129.575 mph, his lap just 0.114
of a second adrift of Dunlop after
37 and 3/4 miles of riding.
In the Sidecar class, it was lo
-
cal stars Ryan and Callum Crowe
who were quickest at 116.699
mph.
Tuesday's qualifying session
was rained out and no riding was
completed. The program will re
-
start on Wednesday, May 29. The
first race of the program, the first
Supersport event, is scheduled
for Saturday, June 1.
CN
Davy Todd made the ideal
Ducati debut with the fastest
Supersport time.
WIND
IN THE
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Donner Hard
Enduro Postponed
T
he Donner Hard Enduro, which is
a round of the U.S. Hard Enduro
Series, has been postponed.
Originally scheduled to be held on
June 15-16, the race will now take place
on August 10-11.
The Donner Ski Ranch, where the rac
-
ing is staged, is still under three to six
feet of snow and needs at least another
month of solid melting before crews
can start building the racecourse.
For more information, visit
https://www.ushardenduro.com.
CN
The Donner Hard Enduro
has been rescheduled for
August 10-11.
