Guy Martin wins Southern 100 ‘championship’ race

Guy Martin finally got the better of Ryan Farquhar in yesterday’s third and final day of racing at the on the 4.25mile Billown road course near Castletown.

Martin’s Hydrex Honda crossed the line in the Southern 100 Protours Solo Championship race 0.16s ahead of the KMR Kawasaki of Farquhar at the end of the nine-lap scrap.

Farquhar though added the 600 race to his Southern 100 win tally making it four wins plus a second from his five starts.

William Dunlop came out on top in the 250 race and was the 125 class winner in the combined 400/125 race. Roy Richardson took the overall win and the 400 honours riding a Yamaha.

Thursday results

Solo Championship
1 Guy Martin Honda
2 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki
3 Conor Cummins Kawasaki
4 Michael Dunlop Yamaha
5 Ian Lougher Yamaha
6 Stephen Oates Suzuki

600 Race A
1 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki
2 Conor Cummins Kawasaki
3 Michael Dunlop Yamaha
4 Ian  Lougher  Yamaha
5 Mark Buckley Yamaha
6 Roy Richardson Yamaha

600 RaceB
1 Dennis Booth Yamaha
2 Sean Murphy Honda
3 Stephen McIlvenna Yamaha
4 Alistair Haworth Suzuki
5 Dave Primrose-Smith Kawasaki
6 Alan Jackson Suzuki

250cc
1 William Dunlop Honda
2 Chris Palmer Honda
3 Ian Lougher Honda
4 Barry Davidson Honda
5 Nigel Moore Honda
6 Davy Morgan Honda

125/400
1 Roy Richardson 400 Yamaha
2 William Dunlop 125 Honda
3 Ian Lougher 125 Honda
4 Andy Cowin 400 Yamaha
5 Dave Madsen-Mygdal 400 Honda
6 Dan Sayle 125 KTM

Classic and Forgotten Era
1 Dave Madsen-Mygdal 750 Triumph
2 Jamie O’Brien 350 Yamaha
3 Alec Whitwell 560 Honda
4 Billy Lyle 500 Honda
5 Harold Bromiley 496 Matchless
6 Edward Poole 498 Norton

Sidecar Championship
1 Ian Bell/Carl Bell Yamaha
2 Glyn Jones/Jason Slous Honda
3 Roy Hanks/Dave Wells Molyneux
4 Greg Lambert/Gary Partridge Honda
5 Gary Bryan/Jamie Winn Yamaha
6 Neil Kelly/Jason O’Connor Honda