Guy Martin completed his hat-trick at Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix when he took a comfortable win in the second Superbike race, the Tyco Suzuki rider leading from start to finish to come home four seconds clear of Bruce Anstey. It was the Lincolnshire rider's 11th Ulster GP win moving him to fourth on the all-time winner's list.
"The bike's an old model now but we just keep making small changes and keep tinkering away and she never missed a beat. It's been a strange old day as I've either won or retired but with three wins from the three races I've finished, I can go home a happy camper."
There was drama just before the start when Michael Dunlop's Honda was wheeled off the line with a fuel leak and it was Martin who grabbed the early lead, ending the first lap 0.4s clear of Gary Johnson with William Dunlop and Bruce Anstey in hot pursuit.
On the second lap, Martin set the fastest lap of the race - 132.94mph - and it saw his lead jump up to 1.5s with Johnson also running wide at the hairpin allowing Dunlop and Anstey to close in. Conor Cummins was up into fifth with Lee Johnston, Jamie Hamilton, Dean Harrison and Cameron Donald battling hard for sixth.
Johnson dropped back on the third lap, eventually pulling in to retire and with Martin having a near four-second lead, all eyes fell onto the battle for second between Dunlop and Anstey. It was nip and tuck all the way but Dunlop disappeared on the final lap and, with black clouds looming overhead, Martin was able to come home four a four second win over Anstey with Cummins a similar distance back in third.
Johnston completed his good day in fourth as Hamilton got the better of both Donald and Harrison on the final lap to take fifth with Derek Sheils, Derek McGee and Rob Barber rounding out the top ten.
