Seven race starts six race wins just missing the full set finishing second in one race by the merest of margins of 0.350 of a second, Bardney's Ivan Lintin was certainly the man on a mission at the Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup Road Races at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, the final European round of the Duke Road Race Rankings 2014.
Riding the Taylor Lindsey Racing Honda Superbike he clinched the feature race of the weekend, the Steve Henshaw Gold Cup, his name is now inscribed next to previous winners who names are now part of road racing history including, Geoff Duke OBE, John Surtees OBE, Phil Read MBE, Tony Jefferies, Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene MBE, Mick Grant, Steve Henshaw, Carl Fogarty MBE, Nick Jefferies, David Jefferies, John McGuinness, Ian Lougher, Guy Martin, Ian Hutchinson, Ryan Farquhar and Michael Dunlop.
In addition to lifting the 'Gold Cup' the quiet unassuming Lincolnshire rider, also won the David Jefferies Trophy as overall winner of the Supersport 600 Races and the Lee Pullan Trophy after achieving the double in the SuperTwins races. He was also the overall winner in the Superbike races, again taking the chequered flag in both races.
Ivan's six wins and second place elevates him to second place in the Duke Rankings up four places from sixth.
However his Yorkshire rival James Cowton who like Ivan is becoming an Oliver's Mount specialist didn't have the best weekend of his 2014 racing season suffering machine problems, even so he achieved five top six places including two podiums and he now moves to the top of the rankings having been in second place since round 19, the Dundrod 150 Road Races.
1 James Cowton 2 Up 1 1858
2 Ivan Lintin 6 Up 4 1817
3 Dean Harrison 1 Down 2 1799
4 Michael Dunlop 3 Down 1 1591
5 Dan Kneen 4 Down 1 1408
6 Guy Martin 5 Down 1 1372
7 Jamie Hamilton 11 Up 4 1116
8 Seamus Elliott 7 Down 1 1074
9 Michael Sweeney 8 Down 1 1014
10 Bruce Anstey 10 No Change 1012
11 Lee Johnston 13 Up 2 1007
12 William Dunlop 9 Down 3 948
13 Neil Kernohan 14 Up 1 858
14 Ryan Farquhar 17 Up 3 850 15 Alistair Haworth 15 No Change 823
16 Daley Mathison 18 Up 2 765
17 Derek McGee 12 Down 5 755
18 Derek Sheils 16 Down 2 562
19 Davy Morgan 25 Up 6 544
20 Nigel Moore 19 Down 1 519
21 Robert McCrum 20 Down 1 475
22 James Neesom 30 Up 8 465
23 Keith Amor 21 Down 2 455
24 Ian Lougher 22 Down 2 450
25 Connor Behan 23 Down 2 421
26 Conor Cummins 24 Down 2 421
27 Barry Davidson 26 Down 1 406
28 Michal Dokoupil 27 Down 1 405
29 Paul Robinson 28 Down 1 363
30 Russ Mountford 29 Down 1 355
31 James Hillier 31 No Change 339
32 Michael Rutter 32 No Change 336
33 Andy Farrell 33 No Change 335
34 Sam Dunlop 34 No Change 333
35 Ian Morrell 35 No Change 323
36 John Ella 36 No Change 321
37 Mick Goodings 75 Up 38 308
38 Neil Lyons 37 Down 1 306
39 Christian Elkin 38 Down 1 299
40 Roy Richardson 39 Down 1 296
41 Kamil Holan 40 Down 1 289
42 Tom Weeden 90 Up 48 280
43 Sean Connolly 41 Down 2 268
44 Alastair Seeley 42 Down 2 267
45 Derek Costello 43 Down 2 265
46 Richard Ford 44 Down 2 264
47 Justin Waring 45 Down 2 261
48 Paul Jordan 46 Down 2 257
49 Philip Shaw 47 Down 2 257
50 Nick Anderson 48 Down 2 255
Ulsterman Jamie Hamilton who has been out of action through injury since early July was back in the saddle and showed his early season form with a win, a second, third and fourth places, which moves him up four places to seventh.
Fellow Ulsterman Lee Johnston the only man to beat Ivan Lintin, also finished second twice and third in the Gold Cup Race climbs to 11th up two positions.
Top Newcomer this year, Neil Kernohan from Southern Ireland took a win in the Supersport 600cc B Final and a fourth place in the Phil Mellor Lightweight race and now slots into 13th place in the list.
The final round of the Duke Road Race Rankings takes place at the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix on Saturday November 15th.
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