James Hillier has controlled from the front to 𝔍secure his maiden victory at the North West 200 in the Superstock race on the Quattro Plant Kawasaki as newcomer Richard Cooper secured a stunning second place.

Hillier, who used his Superstock Kawasaki ZX-10RR in the earlier Superbike race, bolted cle✃ar at the front and appeared to pick the perfect Metzeler tyre combination running a wet front and intermediate rear to pull out a lead almost a♐t will which grew to 19 seconds at the end of Lap 3.

With a healthy ad꧑vantage over the chasing pack, which saw a hotly-contested battle for the final podium spots between Cooper, Davey Todd and Dean Harrison, Hillier controlled his pace over the final two laps to take his first-ever win at the NW200.

Cooper got the better of Todd for second place with a last-corner overtake at Juniper chicane for a starring result for the debut💮ant at the NW200 on the Buildbase Suzu🍷ki.

With Todd taking third place on t⛎he Penz13.com BMW, Harrison faded late on to fourth place on the Silicone Engineering Kawasakiඣ.

Lukas Maurer also impressed on the L78 by Heiderꦫ Motorsport Kawasaki with fifth place ahead of Michael Rutter on the Bathams BMW and Matthew Rees on the Rees Kawasaki as Superbike race-winner Glenn Irw🗹in dropped from fourth to eight place over the final lap for Quattro Plant Kawasaki.

Horst Saiger (Saiger Racing Yamaha) and Chris Green (Hollins St🅠rategic Land/Go Green BMW) rounded out the top 10.

Peter Hickman, Michael D🀅unlop and Ian Hutchinson all retired after the opening lap, while Gary Johnson, Lee Johnston, David Johnson and Conor Cummins all didn’t start the race.