Michael Dunlop completed a hat-trick of victories in the 'Race of Legends' feature race at the Armoy Road Races, round 16 of the Duke Road Race Rankings 2014.
Manxman Dan Kneen got the hole-shot into the chicane and led at the end of the opening lap of seven. A lap later it was Guy Martin who headed the field, but that was short lived as the BMW mounted Michael Dunlop forced his way to the front on the third lap and over the final four laps extended his lead to just over three seconds at the chequered flag to take the feature race for the third time in three years. Guy Martin and Dan Kneen completed the podium with William Dunlop finishing fourth, Seamus Elliott fifth and Derek Sheils sixth.
The Tyco Suzuki pairing of William Dunlop and Guy Martin shared the race wins in the two Supersport races with Martin also taking the winners laurels in the Superbike race, where he headed home the Dunlop brothers, Michael and William. Whilst the 'out of retirement' Keith Amor claimed victory in the SuperTwin race.
Christian Elkin took the Moto3 (125cc) race win, Seamus Elliott the 250cc; Ian
Morrell the 400cc; Sean Connolly and Neil Kernohan the Junior and Senior Support race, with Barry Davidson and Robert McCrum sharing the Classic honours.
Michael Dunlop moves above James Cowton into second place in the Duke Rankings having closed the gap on series leader Dean Harrison to 345 points. Dan Kneen also advances one place to fourth, likewise Guy Martin from sixth to fifth.
William Dunlop moves up three places to seventh, Seamus Elliott is up one to eighth. Keith Amor is the highest climber up 20 from 38th to 18th, with Paul Robinson up 16 from 49th to 33rd.
1 Dean Harrison 1 No Change 1703
2 Michael Dunlop 3 Up 1 1358
3 James Cowton 2 Down 1 1301
4 Dan Kneen 5 Up 1 1150
5 Guy Martin 6 Up 1 1140
6 Ivan Lintin 4 Down 2 1030
7 William Dunlop 10 Up 3 924
8 Seamus Elliott 9 Up 1 864
9 Alistair Haworth 7 Down 2 715
10 Jamie Hamilton 8 Down 2 702
11 Michael Sweeney 11 No Change 672
12 Neil Kernohan 18 Up 6 599
13 Ryan Farquhar 12 Down 1 531
14 Derek McGee 20 Up 6 487
15 Nigel Moore 22 Up 7 435
16 Bruce Anstey 13 Down 3 432
17 Conor Cummins 14 Down 3 421
18 Keith Amor 38 Up 20 419
19 Derek Sheils 19 No Change 412
20 Daley Mathison 15 Down 5 383
21 Lee Johnston 16 Down 5 382
22 Davy Morgan 17 Down 5 379
23 Robert McCrum 23 No Change 365
24 Barry Davidson 24 No Change 361
25 Michael Rutter 21 Down 4 336
26 Alastair Seeley 25 Down 1 267
27 Connor Behan 29 Up 2 266
28 James Hillier 26 Down 2 264
29 Justin Waring 27 Down 2 261
30 Russ Mountford 28 Down 2 255
31 James Neesom 30 Down 1 248
32 George Hogton-Rusling 31 Down 1 247
33 Paul Robinson 49 Up 16 244
34 Gary Johnson 32 Down 2 237
35 Roy Richardson 33 Down 2 236
36 Horst Saiger 34 Down 2 236
37 Philip Shaw 41 Up 4 233
38 Craig Shirlaw 35 Down 3 226
39 Josh Brookes 36 Down 3 225
40 Neil Lyons 39 Down 1 222
With nine rounds remaining in the Duke Road Race Rankings the next two rounds are on the 10th August, the Czech TT races at Horice and the Faugheen Road Races in Southern Ireland.
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