Storm Stacey claimed the Superstock race and second Superbike event on his first appearance on the roads of the Causeway coastline
Storm Stacey had a North West 200 debut to remember as he completed a brilliant double on the legendary Triangle Circuit.
The 23-year old claimed the Superstock race and second Superbike event on his first appearance on the roads of the Causeway coastline.
The British Superbike frontrunner rode his BMW to pip Michael Dunlop in the Stocker race and followed that up with a success in Superbike race two which came to a premature end when the red flags came out because of an oil spill.
The race was halted after lap three, with Stacey declared the winner, and Dean Harrison and Glenn Irwin second and third.
“Unbelievable,” Stacey told BBC Sport NI after the Superstock race.
“The goal here was just to come here and have a good, successful North West 200, go home happy and continue with BSB.
“I did promise Stuart Higgs I would go easy, but you get a bit carried away when you’re racing, unfortunately.
“I really enjoyed that race, battling with Michael [Dunlop] is– it’s a new thing for me, I’ve never battled with Michael.
“Obviously, we’ve done test days before on tracks, but the difference on a track to on roads is so different, but it was good having some duals, we were looking at each other down the straights and it was a bit of a ‘who dares wins’ on the brakes.
“I think I won all the battles on the brakes, so it was very fun.”
Irwin claimed the 12th Superbike triumph of his career by winning race one, Michael Dunlop took the Supersport victory and Peter Hickman and Jeremy McWilliams were the winners of the Supertwin/Sportbike races.
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