Former British Superstock 600 cham𒉰pion Lee Johnston has qualified on pole position for the Supertwin races at the Vauxhall International North West 200.

Johnston set a fastest lap on his East Coast Racing Kawasaki at 107.85mph to take the top spot from Scottish competitor Keith Amor, who is making his first appearance at the eve💧nt since 2010.

Amor, who has come out of r𒉰etirement this season after calling time on his career at the end of 2011, lapped at 107.36mph on the KMR SGS International Kawasaki machine, 1.3 seconds down on Johnston.

Third fastest was Ivan Lintin at 107.26mph, who was a winner in the class at the Scarborou✃gh Spring Cup meeting in April.

Michael Dunlop jumped to fourth pla🧸ce late on in the session on the MD Racing Kawasaki with a lap in excess of 106mph and will fancy his chances of pushing for his maiden international win in the class.

Dunlop won the Supertwin race at theও Cookstown 100 Irish road races in April to secure is first win on 🌸the 650cc machine.

James Cowton and Jeremy McWilliams completed ꦦthe top six in the final qualifying session.

The first Supertwin race takes place on Thursday night at🀅 the 8.9-mile circuit along with the opening Supersport and Superstock events.