Michael Dunlop claims all-time record 27th Isle of Man TT victory
Michael Dunlop claims his 27th Isle of Man TT victory, exceeding the record s💃et by his late uncle Joey.
Michael Dunlop has broken the recor🌱d for the most wins at the Isle of Man ꧅TT.
Dunlop won the Supertwin Race 1 on Wednesday 🌼to claim a 27th victory at the legendary event.
He has finally overtaken the record of 26 wins set by his late uncle Jo𝔉ey, 24 years ago.
Dunlo𒅌p emotionally equalled Joey’s record in the first (Supersport) ra🌟ce of this year’s TT, dedicating the feat to the icon who lost his life while motorcycle racing.
However, he was forced to wait to claim the outright record of 27 wins when, in the opening Superbike race, he lost a lead of over 20 seconds due to a visor proble♌m in his final pitstop.
But on Wednesday there was no d𝓰enying Dunlop his history-making 27th win.
Dunlop l🎃ed from start to finish to take victory by 20.4 seconds from Peter Hickman (Yamahꦅa) in a race-record time of 56 minutes 15.993 seconds.
Dominic Herbertson (Paton) claimed hi༺s maiden TT podium in third.
Dunlop was due to be back on track for thisᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ afternoon's Superstock race, but bad weather means it has been postponed until Thursday.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen V😼alentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit 🍒story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
