Duke Road Race Rankings: Michael Dunlop Takes Legends Trophy For Fifth Time

Michael Dunlop saved his best to last when he streaked to his fifth successive victory in the SGS International sponsored 'Race of Legends' Race at Armoy, round 15 of the Duke Road Race Rankings 2015.

Starting on the second row of the grid, the MD Racing BMW man was third at the end of lap one just behind Guy Martin and William Dunlop on Tyco BMW's.

On lap two he was second and on lap four he flew past Martin across the start/finish line to take the lead - from there he never looked back, racing to a two and a half second victory over his rival Martin with Dean Harrison relegating William Dunlop to fourth position on the penultimate lap, Derek McGee fifth and Seamus Elliott sixth.

Guy Martin was a lights to flag winner of the Open Superbike race, getting the better of his team mate William Dunlop by two seconds after seven blistering laps.

Having won the first Supersport race William Dunlop was in record breaking form in the second, setting a new lap record of 104.290mph on the second lap of six on his way to a 2.7 seconds victory over rival Guy Martin, with Dean Harrison third, three-hundreths of a second behind Martin.

Sam Wilson, riding Joey's Bar Honda was a very popular 250GP race winner leading from start to finish - beating Michael Dunlop's Cookstown BE Honda by 2.3 seconds.

Seven times Duke Rankings winner, Ryan Farquhar turned the clock back by winning the SuperTwin five-lap race with a new lap record.

There is no change at the top of the Rankings, with Ivan Lintin still on 1305 ponts - 152 points ahead of William Dunlop (1153) who moves up two places into second.

James Cowton drops one place to third, as does Dean Harrison from third to fourth.

Guy Martin also moves from sixth to fifth, whilst Michael Dunlop, winner in 2013 climbs four places from 12th to eighth.

Three advance 19 positions, Sam Wilson moves from 41st to 22nd; Adam McLean from 44th to 25th and Andy Lawson from 60th to 41st.

Pos/Rider/Previous/Moves/Points

1 Ivan Lintin  1  No Change 1305

2 William Dunlop 4  Up 2 1153

3 James Cowton 2 Down 1   1137

4 Dean Harrison 3 Down 1   1083

5 Guy Martin 6  Up 1  986

6 Derek McGee 5 Down 1   949

7 Ryan Farquhar 8  Up 1  744

8 Michael Dunlop 12  Up 4  711

9 Seamus Elliott 11  Up 2  683

10 Jamie Coward 7 Down 3   645

11 Ian Hutchinson 9 Down 2   603

12 Lee Johnston 10 Down 2   599

13 Derek Sheils 18  Up 5  431

14 James Hillier 13 Down 1   430

15 Jamie Hamilton 14 Down 1   421

16 Bruce Anstey 15 Down 1   398

17 Kevin Fitzpatrick 22  Up 5  391

18 Barry Davidson 23  Up 5  382

19 Paul Jordan 31  Up 12  367

20 Michal Dokoupil 29  Up 9  359

21 Paul Gartland 16 Down 5   350

22 Sam Wilson 41  Up 19  343

23 Brian Coomey 26  Up 3  338

24 Rhys Hardisty 17 Down 7   332

25 Adam McLean 44  Up 19  323

26 Alastair Seeley 19 Down 7   320

27 Daley Mathison 20 Down 7   319

28 Paul Robinson 30  Up 2  312

29 Dan Kneen 21 Down 8   311

30 Tommy Henry 32  Up 2  305

31 John McGuinness 24 Down 7   289

32 Neil Kernohan 28 Down 4   287

33 Nick Anderson 25 Down 8   284

34 Richard Ford 46  Up 12  280

35 Connor Behan 45  Up 10  276

36 Alan Bonner 27 Down 9   276

37 Freddie Stewart 52  Up 15  275

38 John Walsh 35 Down 3   247

39 Billy Redmayne 34 Down 5   243

40 Timmy Elwood 47  Up 7  234

41 Andy Lawson 60  Up 19  232

42 Mick Goodings 33 Down 9   224

43 Ben Rea 36 Down 7   216

44 Paul Owen 37 Down 7   209

45 Mark Goodings 38 Down 7   207

46 Robert McCrum 39 Down 7   205

47 Michael Sweeney 40 Down 7   203

48 Nigel Moore 58  Up 10  202

49 David Bell 42 Down 7   201

50 Adrian Harrison 43 Down 7   200

The next two rounds are also in Northern Ireland, the Dundrod 150 National Road races on Thursday 6th August, followed two days later on Saturday 8th August by the Ulster Grand Prix on the world famous Dundrod Course which hosts the 'world's fastest road races'.

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