Driffield's James Cowton, the current Duke Road Race Rankings Champion continued his efforts to retain the Geoff Duke Trophy, taking a double victory at the Post TT Road Races, round 8 of this years series.
Held on the Billown Course in the Isle of Man, home of the International Southern 100 Road Races, the Yorkshireman opened his account with a 3.654 second victory over fellow Yorkshire rival James Coward after a closely fought battle in the opening laps, with yet another Yorkshireman Adrian Harrison filling the third podium place.
The second race featured the popular SuperTwins, in which the same three fought for the honours, with Cowton again taking the chequered flag, this time from Harrison with Coward third.
In the final feature race for Superbikes it was Manxman Ryan Kneen who dominated proceedings with a 5-second victory, this time over another Yorkshireman, Mark Goodings with Londoner Mark Parrett third.
Whilst Ian Hutchinson remains the current leader of the Duke Rankings 2015, his advantage has been reduced to 64 points by James Cowton who moves up seven places into second, demoting seven times winner Ryan Farquhar to third.
Jamie Coward climbs four spots to 11th, whilst Adrian Harrison rises eight rungs to 21st position.
Pos Rnd 8 post TT Rd races - Rider - Previous Rnd 7 IOM TT - Moves - Points
1 Ian Hutchinson 1 No Change 603
2 James Cowton 9 Up 7 539
3 Ryan Farquhar 2 Down 1 520
4 Lee Johnston 3 Down 1 487
5 Ivan Lintin 4 Down 1 476
6 William Dunlop 5 Down 1 458
7 Guy Martin 6 Down 1 456
8 James Hillier 7 Down 1 430
9 Jamie Hamilton 8 Down 1 421
10 Bruce Anstey 10 No Change 398
11 Jamie Coward 15 Up 4 364
12 Alastair Seeley 11 Down 1 320
13 Dean Harrison 12 Down 1 319
14 Michael Dunlop 13 Down 1 315
15 Derek McGee 14 Down 1 299
16 John McGuinness 16 No Change 289
17 Paul Gartland 17 No Change 226
18 Ben Rea 20 Up 2 216
19 Daley Mathison 18 Down 1 214
20 Michael Sweeney 19 Down 1 203
21 Adrian Harrison 29 Up 8 200
22 Mike Hose 21 Down 1 181
23 Jeremy McWilliams 22 Down 1 181
24 Alan Oversby 23 Down 1 170
25 Seamus Elliott 24 Down 1 167
26 Andy Lawson 25 Down 1 148
27 Michael Rutter 26 Down 1 146
28 Peter Boast 27 Down 1 137
29 Ian Morrell 28 Down 1 137
30 Daniel Hegarty 30 No Change 129
31 Nigel Moore 31 No Change 128
32 Paul Robinson 32 No Change 126
33 Mark Goodings 79 Up 46 117
34 Michal Dokoupil 33 Down 1 113
35 Neil Kernohan 34 Down 1 113
36 Joe Newbould 35 Down 1 113
37 Conor Cummins 36 Down 1 112
38 Barry Davidson 37 Down 1 111
39 Sam Wilson 38 Down 1 108
40 Nick Anderson 39 Down 1 107
41 Darren Cooper 40 Down 1 105
42 Jay Bellers-Smith 41 Down 1 102
43 Billy Redmayne 105 Up 62 101
44 Gary Johnson 42 Down 2 100
45 Richard Ford 43 Down 2 99
46 Paul Owen 44 Down 2 99
47 Tommy Henry 45 Down 2 97
48 Rhys Hardisty 46 Down 2 96
49 Kevin Fitzpatrick 47 Down 2 95
50 Jamie O'Brien 48 Down 2 94
The next two rounds take place at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough at the Barry Sheene Race & Rally Festival on Saturday and Sunday 20th & 21st June and the Kells Road Races in Co Meath in Eire on Sunday 21st June 2015.
