Relentless Suzuki's Alastair Seeley reckons that Phillip McCallen's record of five Northwest 200 wins in a day had been a big target for him on Saturday until rain, oil and a bomb scare put paid to it.
The British Supersport front-runner got his first victory in the bag early on, grabbing silverware in the opening 600cc race, but a red flag and subsequent delays to clean up oil saw no more action at the Coleraine race.
“That’s an International Road Racing victory to add to the British Supersport win at Brands for the new GSX-R600. It was a great race to be involved in and even more pleasing to beat what is basically a World Supersport specification Honda," said Seley.
"I knew I would be stronger into the chicanes despite Cameron using traction control on his bike, as the brakes on the new GSX-R600 are one of its best features and that gave me a lot of confidence in the wet.
“In the Superbike race the plan was the pick them off and get into the lead so I wouldn’t have to sit in anyone’s spray. The speed of my GSX-R1000 was far superior to Ryan and Michael’s bikes and the way it was set-up, I was actually enjoying it spinning up down the big straights in the wet.
"I was ready to pull the pin and just ride my own race, so it was disappointing to see a red flag on lap two. I really felt like I was in control this week in all classes and having felt so comfortable in the wet I think we’d have been hard to beat. That five of McCallen’s was definitely a big target.”
