Derek Sheils has put his Cookstown BE Racing Suzuki on pole position for today’s KDM Hire Cookstown 100. Sheils a former Irish National Superbike Champion qualified in a time of 1 minute 25.955 seconds - almost a second quicker than his nearest rival Derek McGee, third place on the grid is filled by Michael Sweeney, Brian McKormack who was a late entrant to the Cookstown was a respectable fourth quickest in this his first road race of 2016 with William Dunlop filling the top five.
In the Supersport class it was Paul Jordan quickest followed by Mulingar man Derek McGee And Manxman Dan Kneen
There was supposed to be three races last night but they were called off after a number of red flag incidents and the failing light
Racing resumes today with the roads closing at 10am
Qualifying results:
Open Superbike/Grand Final
1 Derek Sheils
2 Derek McGee
3 Michael Sweeney
4 Brian McCormack
5 William Dunlop
6 Malachi Mitchell Thomas
7 Dan Kneen
8 Dean Campbell
9 Kevin Fitzpatrick
10 Paul Jordan
Supersport
1 Paul Jordan
2 Derek McGee
3 Dan Kneen
4 Malachi Mitchell Thomas
5 William Dunlop
6 James Cowton
7 Michal Dokoupil
8 John Walsh
9 Graham Kennedy
10 Thomas Maxwell
Super Twins:
1 Michal Dokoupil
2 Paul Jordan
3 Malachi Mitchell Thomas
4 Derek Sheils
5 James Cowton
6 Michael Sweeney
7 Scott Campbell
8 Stephen McKnight
9 Andy Farrell
10 Rhys Hardisty
125/Moto 3:
1 Adam McLean
2 Paul Jordan
3 Nigel Moore
4 Sam Wilson
5 Derek McGee
6 Paul Robinson
7 Jamie O’Brien
8 Gary Dunlop
9 Callum Laidlaw
10 Neil Kernohan
Senior Support
1 John Horgan
2 Michael Weldon
3 Brian Coomey
4 Paul Williams
5 William Hara
6 Gary O’Brien
7 Scott Miller
8 Tommy Henry
9 Vinny Brennan
10 Mike Norbury
Junior Classic
1 Barry Davidson
2 Mark Johnson
3 George Stinson
4 Freddie Stewart
5 Sam Kinkead
6 Philip Shaw
7 Billy Lyle
8 Lintin Irwin
9 Allan Brew
10 Jonathan Doran
Classic 1000
1 Richard Ford
2 Jamie O’Brien
3 John Scott
Classic 500
1 Barry Davidson
2 Allan Brew
3 Ed Manly
4 John Leigh Pemberton
5 Billy Lyle
6 Freddie Stewart
7 Gary Jamison
8 Sam Kinkead
9 Sean Leonard
10 Gary Hutton
Junior Support
1 James Chawke
2 Brad Vicars
3 Veronika Hankcoyova
4 Paul Hurley
5 Alistair Haworth
6 Scott Miller