Ryan Farquhar from nearby Dungannon extended his points advantage in the 2008 Duke Road Race Rankings Series at the Bush National Road Races, which were eventually abandoned due to the atrocious weather conditions.

But not before ‘on-form’ Farquhar had claimed victory in the Open Superbike race and the Junior 250cc race, setting a new lap record into the bargan.

English visitor Alistair Haworth took both the laurel wreaths in the Junior and Senior Support races, whilst Andrew Neill claimed the 125cc race victory.

Then the heavens opened which forced the remaining races to be abandoned and the meeting brought to a premature end.
Duke Road Race Rankings after Bush:

1 Ryan Farquhar 1 No Change 946
2 Steve Plater 2 No Change 490
3 Cameron Donald 3 No Change 484
4 John McGuinness 4 No Change 441
5 Ian Lougher 5 No Change 416
6 Keith Amor 6 No Change 355
7 Gary Johnson 7 No Change 346
8 Bruce Anstey 8 No Change 342
9 Chris Palmer 9 No Change 336
10 Michael Dunlop 10 No Change 273
11 Andrew Neill 17 Up 6 237
12 Guy Martin 11 Down 1 226
13 Ian Hutchinson 12 Down 1 222
14 Mick Goodings 13 Down 1 210
15 Alistair Seeley 14 Down 1 200
16 Alistair Haworth 29 Up 13 192
17 Adrian Archibald 15 Down 2 179
18 Martin Finnegan 16 Down 2 164
19 Michael Rutter 18 Down 1 145
20 Damien Howard 22 Up 2 140
21 Darwyn Young 19 Down 2 123
22 John Burrows New Entry 107
23 Davy Morgan 40 Up 17 101
24 William Dunlop 20 Down 4 100
25 Victor Gilmore 30 Down 5 100
26 Nigel Moore New Entry 99
27 Ivan Lintin 31 Up 4 91
28 Jules Croft New Entry 90
29 Ollie Linsdell 21 Down 8 90
30 Paul Dobbs 23 Down 7 84
31 Myles Byrne New Entry 82
32 Roy Richardson 24 Down 8 80
33 Michael Wilcox 25 Down 8 80
34 James Ford 26 Down 8 78
35 Paul Maguire 32 Down 3 78
36 Conor Cummins 27 Down 6 76
37 Neil Nugent 28 Down 9 73
38 Stephen Oates 33 Down 5 69
39 Tony Flinton 34 Down 5 68
40 Mike Russell New Entry 66

The following two rounds are in Southern Ireland, firstly at Athea on June 29th, followed by the long established Skerries Road Races on July 5th.