Duke Roadrace Rankings - Doubles for Michael's Sweeney & Dunlop at Killalane!

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Michael's Sweeney and Dunlop both achieved double victories at the Country Crest Killalane Road Races, the penultimate European round of the Duke Road Race Rankings 2014.

Riding the BE Cookstown 250cc Honda, Michael Sweeney took a 2.4 secondswin over Seamus Elliott with Paul Robinson filling third spot in the Junior Championship race and went on the clinch his second win of the day by the
meerest of margins 0.253 of a second over Derek McGee in the SuperTwinsrace, with Jamie Hamilton take a distant third some 14-seconds down. Michael Sweeney - 250 BE Cookstown Honda

Later in the race programme, current Duke Rankings Champion, Michael Dunlop took back-to-back victories, firstly in the 350cc Classic race on a 350cc Honda twin with a convincing 34 second gap between himself and second place man Jonathon Doran, with only 0.256 of a second between him and third Herbie Ronan, both also on the Honda 350 twins.

On the MD Racing 1000 BMW Dunlop claimed the winners laurel wreath in the feature Country Crest Grand Final by 2.7 seconds from Jamie Hamilton making a welcome return to racing on the Wilson Craig Honda Superbike, as
Michael Sweeney took the final podium position.

Michael Sweeney's double win and third place moves him up to eighth place in the rankings up two from 10th, the only upward movement in the top ten, as both William Dunlop and Bruce Anstey drop a position each to ninth and
tenth.

Michael Dunlop's double keeps him in third position and brings him within 123 points of second place man James Cowton.

Derek's McGee and Sheils both advance, McGee up three to 12th and Sheils up two to 16th, whilst Robert McCrum climbs four to 20th.

1 Dean Harrison 1 No Change 1799
2 James Cowton 2 No Change 1714
3 Michael Dunlop 3 No Change 1591
4 Dan Kneen 4 No Change 1408
5 Guy Martin 5 No Change 1372
6 Ivan Lintin 6 No Change 1227
7 Seamus Elliott 7 No Change 1070
8 Michael Sweeney 10 Up 2 1014
9 William Dunlop 8 Down 1 948
10 Bruce Anstey 9 Down 1 900
11 Jamie Hamilton 11 No Change 883
12 Derek McGee 15 Up 3 755
13 Lee Johnston 12 Down 1 742
14 Neil Kernohan 14 No Change 733
15 Alistair Haworth 13 Down 2 715
16 Derek Sheils 18 Up 2 562
17 Ryan Farquhar 16 Down 1 561
18 Daley Mathison 17 Down 1 561
19 Nigel Moore 19 No Change 519
20 Robert McCrum 24 Up 4 475
21 Keith Amor 20 Down 1 455
22 Ian Lougher 21 Down 1 450
23 Connor Behan 22 Down 1 421
24 Conor Cummins 23 Down 1 421
25 Davy Morgan 26 Up 1 412
26 Barry Davidson 25 Down 1 406
27 Michal Dokoupil 29 Up 2 405
28 Paul Robinson 40 Up 12 363
29 Russ Mountford 27 Down 2 355
30 James Neesom 28 Down 2 353
31 James Hillier 30 Down 1 339
32 Michael Rutter 31 Down 1 336
33 Andy Farrell 33 No Change 335
34 Sam Dunlop 37 Up 3 333
35 Ian Morrell 39 Up 4 323
36 John Ella 32 Down 4 321
37 Neil Lyons 45 Up 8 306
38 Christian Elkin 34 Down 4 299
39 Roy Richardson 35 Down 4 296
40 Kamil Holan 36 Down 4 289
41 Sean Connolly 53 Up 12 268
42 Alastair Seeley 38 Down 4 267
43 Derek Costello 48