North West 200: Todd wins feature Superbike race to complete hat-trick

Davey Todd completed a hat-trick of wins at this year’s North West 200 when he took victory in the feature Superbike race which rounded out the action over the Triangle circuit on Saturday.

Having won the opening Superbike outing on Thursday night and Saturday’s Superstock race, the Yorkshireman now has seven career wins at the event.

Todd was involved in a thrilling dice for the lead with Dean Harrison when the red flags went out to halt the race following an incident involving a rider who was close to completing lap five.

The leading bunch of riders had finished their fifth lap and Todd was awarded the victory as he enjoyed a 0.4-second advantage over his compatriot when they crossed the line.

Todd’s 8TEN Racing team-mate Peter Hickman had got off to a flying start but his hopes expired when he started touring on the approach to University.

Michael Dunlop had ground to make up but moved through the field to sit fourth after lap one, third after his second circuit and then up to second by the end of lap four with the help of the fastest lap of the race of 125.48mph.

The Ballymoney rider’s race ended however when he retired his BMW on the run to Mather’s Cross.

Alastair Seeley also gave chase to the leaders and took the final podium berth, with Ian Hutchinson fourth, Josh Brookes fifth and John McGuinness sixth.