2025 Isle of Man TT: Dean Harrison ends win drought in Superstock race

Dean Harrison wins fourth TT in Superstock race

Dean Harrison, Honda Racing, 2025 Isle of Man TT
Dean Harrison, Honda Racing, 2025 Isle of Man TT
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Honda’s Dean Harrison ended a win drought dating back to 2019 with victory in a shortened 2025 Isle of Man 𝕴TT Superstock race on Tuesday evening.

Racing was due to get underway at 10:4♛5am on Tuesday 3 June, but repeated weather delays meant the first Superstock contest of the event was pushed back to 6:30pm local time.

Shortened from three laps to two, Harrison and ♒8TEN Racing’s Davey Todd engaged in a tug-of-war on the timesheets that ultimately went the way of the former.

It’s his first victorꦕy at the TT since the Senior race in 2019 and his first in the Superstock class, as well as his fourth career victory at 💦the event.

Harrison beat Todd by 11.656s, while Michael Dunlop bat♍tled an electrical issue on his MD Racing 🅠BMW to finish a distant third.

Sup🌊erbike TT winner Todd led the 🉐way through the first sector split at Glen Helen on the opening lap, with the BMW rider holding an advantage of 0.262s over Harrison.

Todd extended this to 1.004s at Ballaugh and 2.021s at Ramsౠey, as the 8TEN rider looked set to repeat his Superstock victory from lasꦏt year.

But he co✤uld only open that lead up to 2.3s through the Bungalow section, beꦚfore Harrison brought it down to 1.6s at Cronk ny Mona.

By the end of the lap, Harrison was just 0✅.407s off on corrected time, before he took the lead th💜rough Glen Helen on lap two.

Harrison was 2.3s clear of Todd at 𒊎this stage, growing that to five seconds at ♛Ramsey.

Continuing to grow this lead over the mountain, Harrison 🤡got to the chequered flag 11.656s clear on the timesheet over Todd with his best ever lap of🎃 the TT course at 135.692mph.

He also scores Honda’s first TT win in 10 years.

Michael Dunlop has had a difficult week on his BMW Superstock machine and from the off batt𒁃led through an electronics issue.

He♌ rallied to get onto the final podium step and pulled 20.927s clear of fourth-placed James Hillier.

Ian Hutchinson was an impressive fifth on the MLav Racing BMW, the 16-time TT winner beating💟 Conor Cummins by 3𒀰.689s.

Nathan Harrison sp🐎ent much of the race in fifth place, but faded to seventh on his Honda at the chequered flag.

Dominic Herbertson was eighth ahead🎃 of Josh Brookes and James Hind.

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