Michael Dunlop stormed to Superbike pole position at the North West 200

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Michael Dunlop stormed to Superbike pole position on the Motorrad/Hawk BMW in blistering sunshine during the final qualifying session of the Vauxhall International North West 200 today.


The Ballymoney rider saved his best to last as he snatched the top spot right at the end of the final session with a new unofficial lap record of 122.274mph in 4 minutes 24.095 seconds.


“We are getting there, slowly but surely.” the 25 year old said afterwards with typical understatement.


Dunlop’s ability to make the switch to BMW from the Honda that he steered to glory in the 2013 Superbike TT has been under the spotlight but the double North West winner answered some of the questions by also grabbing pole in the Superstock class alongside his Superbike challenge.