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McGuinness strikes again

Motor Cycling/Isle of Man TT races: John McGuinness claimed his second victory of the week after he won the Isle of Man Senior…

Sat Jun 11 2005 - 01:00

Motor Cycling/Isle of Man TT races: John McGuinness claimed his second victory of the week after he won the Isle of Man Senior TT race yesterday.

McGuinness, riding a Yamaha, led the final race from start to finish to end up 34.6 seconds ahead of Ian Lougher with a time of one hour 49 minutes 15.16 seconds for the six-lap contest.

Suzuki rider Guy Martin finished third behind Lougher followed by Martin Finnegan, Richard Britton and Jun Maeda.

Earlier in the week Morecambe-based McGuinness had come home first in the Superbike TT race, with yesterday's success bringing his tally of TT wins up to eight.

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McGuinness led from the opening lap and clocked a lap record of 127.326mph, with Adrian Archibald second followed by Lougher in third and Supersport Junior race winner Ryan Farquhar fourth. Farquhar was later forced out on lap three.

Britton moved to second on the second lap after Archibald retired with McGuinness still leading by 24.9 seconds and Lougher in third. On lap three Britton tried to carve into McGuinness' lead, narrowing the deficit to 23.9 seconds, but McGuinness fought back on the fourth lap to extend his advantage at the top.

Britton slipped down to fifth on the penultimate lap after suffering problems when he was exiting the pitlane, which saw Lougher move into second and Martin into the final podium spot. The positions remained the same for the final lap with McGuinness' clocking an average speed of 124.324mph.

SENIOR TT: 1 John McGuinness (Brit) Yamaha 1hr 49mins 15.16secs, 2 Ian Lougher (Irl) Honda 1:49:49.84, 3 Guy Martin (Irl) Suzuki 1:50:08.19, 4 Martin Finnegan (Irl) Honda 1:50:09.50, 5 Richard Britton (Brit) Honda 1:50:21.24, 6 Jun Maeda (Jpn) Honda 1:51:07.10, 7 Jason Griffiths (IoM) Yamaha 1:51:23.12, 8 Ian Hutchinson (Brit) Honda 1:52:55.19, 9 Nigel Beattie (Irl) Yamaha 1:53:20.24, 10 Chris Palmer (Irl) Yamaha 1:53:49.29, 11 Rob Frost (Brit) Suzuki 1:54:03.50, 12 Dean Silvester (Brit) Suzuki 1:54:29.67, 13 Thomas Montano (USA) MV Agusta 1:54:41.40, 14 Les Shand (Irl) Yamaha 1:54:56.83, 15 John Barton (Irl) Suzuki 1:54:58.24.