Dan Kneen Takes Tandragee 100 Race

On his debut ride at the Around-A-Pound Tandragee 100 Road Races, round three of the Duke Road Race Rankings 2016, Manxman Dan Kneen took the chequered flag in the feature race on the Mar-Train Yamaha.

The twenty-eight year old opened his account on the 5.344-mile North Armagh course with a win in the first Superbike race, but a subsequent protest of a suggested 'jump-start' against Kneen and rival Derek Sheils, dropped the duo to 10th & 11th places. An appeal against the decision has still be to heard.

On the Supersport machine Dan finished second 1.2-seconds behind current Duke Rankings Champion, William Dunlop.

Currently Dan Kneen slots into 12th in the Rankings Table with 133 points.

Meanwhile William Dunlop continued his defence of his Duke title with a second place in the Superbike race (subject to appeal decision) and a fifth in the feature race, placing him in 10th position in the table.

Seven times winner of the Geoff Duke Trophy Ryan Farquhar was awarded the race victory, again subject to appeal in the Superbike race and was first across the line in the SuperTwins race also adding a sixth place in the Tandragee 100 race, resulting in him moving from fifth to third in the current table after three rounds.

Michael Sweeney remains in second place in the table after a trio of fourth places and a seventh giving him a total of 373 points.

Tandragee 100 Bob Smith Spring Cup Road Races Road Races

1 Malachi Mitchell-Thomas 1 No Change 467

2 Michael Sweeney 2 No Change 373

3 Ryan Farquhar 5 Up 2 309

4 Dean Harrison 3 Down 1 235

5 Derek Sheils 10 Up 5 221

6 Ivan Lintin 4 Down 2 215

7 Paul Jordan 6 Down 1 203

8 Neil Kernohan 7 Down 1 176

9 Michal Dokoupil 24 Up 15 171

10 William Dunlop New Entry 140

11 Adrian Harrison 8 Down 30 134

12 Dan Kneen New Entry 133

13 Colin Stephenson 12 Down 1 132

14 Paul Gartland 11 Down 30 128

15 Ian Lougher 9 Down 6 128

16 Kris Duncan 13 Down 30 113

17 Adam McLean 42 Up 25 113

18 Rhys Hardisty 40 Up 22 111

19 Paul Robinson 43 Up 24 111

20 Daley Mathison 14 Down 6 110

21 Mike Norbury 15 Down 6 110

22 Joe Newbould New Entry 106

23 Marc Ironside 16 Down 7 101

24 Paul Owen 17 Down 7 101

25 Alan Brodie 32 Down 7 93

26 Des Butler New Entry 93

27 Robert Cairns 28 Up 15 90

28 Steve Mercer 18 Down 10 89

29 Jamie O'Brien New Entry 89

30 Derek McGee New Entry 84

31 Matthew Rees 19 Down 12 81

32 Freddie Stewart 20 Down 12 81

33 Chris Cook 21 Down 12 72

34 Daniel Hegarty 22 Down 12 72

35 Lee Johnston 23 Down 12 72

36 Anthony McColga n New Entry 70

37 Scott Miller New Entry 69

38 Justin Waring 25 Down 13 69

39 James Chawke New Entry 68

40 Seamis Elliott New Entry 66

41 Nigel Moore 46 Up 5 66

42 Darryl Tweed 62 Up 20 66

43 Allan Brew 26 Down 17 65

44 Barry Davidson 27 Down 17 65

45 Gary Jamison 41 Down 4 63

46 Davy Morgan New Entry 62

47 Sam Dunlop 29 Down 18 60

48 Sam Wilson New Entry 60

49 Jay Bellers-Smith 30 Down 19 57

50 Warren Reeve New Entry 54

The fourth round of the Duke Road Race Rankings will be the KDM Hire Cookstown 100 Road Races om Friday and Saturday 29th & 30th April 2016.


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