2008 North West 200 Races The 2008 North West 200 took place on Saturday 17 May at the 8.966 mile circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Coleraine , Portrush and Portstewart , in Northern Ireland . The meeting was overshadowed by the death of Northern Irish rider Robert Dunlop , the record-holder for wins at the circuit, who was killed in a practice crash on 15 May . The 47-year-old had been travelling in a group of three riders at the Mather's Cross section of the course , when his bike seized at 160 mph. He would later succumb to his injuries in a Coleraine hospital . Robert's sons Michael and William continued to race at the meeting, with Michael winning the 250cc race.Practice dominated qualifying for the 250cc race, the first to be contested on race day. McGuinness went round the 8.966 mile circuit in a time of 4'57.791, the only rider to break five minutes and qualified on pole by over 3 seconds from the Hondas of Michael Dunlop and Paul Robinson . Hondas took the first eight places on the grid , with Henrik Voit's Aprilia the best non-Honda in ninth. McGuinness also dominated Superbike practice, being fastest both on Tuesday and on Thursday. Having achieved a 4'25.377 on Tuesday, he lowered that mark by over 3 seconds to a 4'22.342 on Thursday. Michael Rutter on the NW200-backed Ducati qualified 2nd on a 4'22.999, with the rest in the 4'24s or higher. This session sets the grid for both Superbike races. Steve Plater qualified on pole for the Supersport races, recording a lap of 4'33.749 on Thursday to put him half a second clear of Alastair Seeley , who qualified second, with Keith Amor qualifying 3rd , to give three different nations placed in the top three places. Amor would go two places better in the qualifying session for the Superstock race. In the fourth session, he set a time of 4'26.446, which would give him the pole by over 1.5 seconds. Seeley was second with his time of 4'28.029 coming in session three and Rutter was third, with a 4'28.138 set in session four. Michael Wilcox was the clear pacesetter in the 125cc qualifying, setting a pole lap of 5'17.528 and was on top by nearly three seconds from the Aprilia of David Lemon with the Hondas of Mark Curtin, Michael Dunlop and Chris Palmer rounding out the top five. Leo Aldersley's Yamaha was fastest in the 400cc session, which occurred at the same time as the 125cc session as those two races are contested in the one race, albeit separated on track. His 5'15.329 was almost three seconds faster than second placed qualifier and fellow Yamaha rider, Oliver Linsdell. Les Shand's Kawasaki was third, with the best Honda belonging to Manxman David Madsen-Mygdal lining up fourth.Races Race 1; 250cc Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 4 laps – 35 .724 milesRank Rider Team Time Speed 1 Michael DunlopHonda 250cc 19' 34.316 109.516 mph 2 Christian ElkinHonda 250cc + 1.029 109.420 mph 3 John McGuinness Honda 250cc + 1.763 109.352 mph 4 Paul RobinsonHonda 250cc + 22.725 107.437 mph 5 Andrew NeillHonda 250cc + 24.543 107.274 mph 6 Davy MorganHonda 250cc + 24.614 107.268 mph 7 Denver RobbHonda 250cc + 39.308 105.969 mph 8 Mark LunneyHonda 250cc + 42.014 105.733 mph 9 Emlyn HughesHonda 250cc + 42.504 105.961 mph 10 Neil RichardsonYamaha 250cc + 44.434 105.531 mph
Fastest Lap: Michael Dunlop, 4'51.975 on lap 4 Race 2 ; 1000cc Superbike Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 *5 laps – 44.690 milesRank Rider Team Time Speed 1 Michael RutterDucati 21' 52.169 122.609 mph 2 Guy Martin Honda + 0.810 122.534 mph 3 John McGuinnessHonda + 0.956 122.510 mph 4 Steve PlaterYamaha YZF-R + 1.192 121.658 mph 5 Gary JohnsonHonda + 10.257 120.979 mph 6 Bruce AnsteySuzuki GSX-R1000+ 17.682 120.979 mph 7 Ian HutchinsonYamaha + 17.970 120.953 mph 8 Ryan FarquharKawasaki ZX-10R + 18.386 120.915 mph 9 Denver RobbSuzuki + 27.118 120.127 mph 10 Keith AmorHonda + 41.841 118.820 mph
Fastest Lap: Michael Rutter, 4'20.729 on lap 5 Race 3 ; Supersport Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 5 laps – 44.690 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Steve PlaterYamaha YZF-R6 22'46.632 2 Alastair SeeleyYamaha 22'49.619 + 2.987 3 Ian LougherYamaha 22'50.366 + 3.734 4 Ian HutchinsonYamaha 22'50.813 + 4.181 5 Ryan FarquharKawasaki 22'51.092 + 4.460 6 Keith AmorHonda 22'51.288 + 4.656 7 Guy MartinHonda 22'51.866 + 5.234 8 Gary JohnsonHonda 22'52.396 + 5.764 9 John McGuinnessHonda 22'54.799 + 8.167 10 Conor CumminsYamaha 22'55.173 + 8.541
Fastest Lap and New Lap Record : Steve Plater, 4'30.792 on lap 5 Race 4; 125cc Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 4 laps – 35.724 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Michael WilcoxHonda 21'10.496 2 Chris PalmerHonda 21'10.673 + 0.177 3 James FordHonda 21'20.006 + 9.510 4 Mark LunneyHonda 21'23.032 + 12.536 5 Mark CurtinHonda 21'23.596 + 13.100 6 Graham WilsonHonda 21'24.652 + 14.156 7 Stephan SavelkoulsHonda 21'47.464 + 36.968 8 David FergusonHonda 21'50.154 + 39.658 9 Tim StottHonda 21'50.437 + 39.941 10 Nigel MooreHonda 21'50.668 + 40.172
Fastest Lap: Chris Palmer, 5'16.672 on lap 4 Race 5; 400cc Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 4 laps – 35.724 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Oliver LinsdellYamaha 20'38.949 2 Paul DobbsYamaha 21'03.441 + 24.492 3 Les ShandKawasaki 21'04.150 + 25.201 4 Joe PhillipsKawasaki 21'04.319 + 25.370 5 John BartonKawasaki 21'05.398 + 26.449 6 Alan BrownSuzuki 21'10.235 + 31.286 7 David Madsen-MygdalHonda 21'13.993 + 35.044 8 Michael SweeneyHonda 21'17.834 + 38.885 9 Coyles WrightSuzuki 21'29.098 + 50.149 10 Ian WhitlowSuzuki 21'55.007 + 1'16.058
Fastest Lap and New Lap Record : Oliver Linsdell, 5'06.838 on lap 3 Race 6; 1000cc Superstock Race final standings Saturday 17 May 2008 5 laps – 44.690 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Alastair SeeleyYamaha 22'08.828 2 Bruce AnsteySuzuki 22'09.363 + 0.535 3 Cameron DonaldSuzuki 22'09.583 + 0.755 4 Guy MartinHonda 22'10.136 + 1.308 5 Keith AmorHonda 22'10.269 + 1.441 6 Ryan FarquharKawasaki 22'11.671 + 2.843 7 Gary JohnsonHonda 22'16.745 + 7.917 8 Conor CumminsYamaha 22'23.426 + 14.598 9 Rob FrostYamaha 22'29.852 + 21.024 10 Les ShandYamaha 22'30.633 + 21.805
Fastest Lap and New Lap Record : Guy Martin, 4'24.682 on lap 3 Race 7; North West 200 Superbike Race Saturday 17 May 2008 6 laps – 53.656 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Steve PlaterYamaha 26'17.157 2 Cameron DonaldSuzuki 26'17.744 + 0.587 3 Michael RutterDucati 26'18.495 + 1.338 4 Bruce AnsteySuzuki 26'18.692 + 1.535 5 John McGuinnessHonda 26'18.915 + 1.758 6 Gary JohnsonHonda 26'20.874 + 3.717 7 Keith AmorHonda 26'30.113 + 12.956 8 Ian HutchinsonYamaha 26'31.163 + 14.006 9 Ryan FarquharKawasaki 26'50.132 + 32.975 10 Denver RobbSuzuki 26'51.260 + 34.103
Fastest Lap: John McGuinness and Steve Plater, 4'21.686 Race 8; Supersport Race Saturday 17 May 2008 5 laps – 44.690 milesRank Rider Team Time Gap 1 Steve PlaterYamaha 22'41.258 2 Alastair SeeleyYamaha 22'41.391 + 0.133 3 Ian LougherYamaha 22'43.218 + 1.960 4 Steve BroganHonda 22'46.694 + 5.436 5 Keith AmorHonda 22'46.795 + 5.537 6 Gary JohnsonHonda 23'02.936 + 21.678 7 Cameron DonaldSuzuki 23'03.409 + 22.151 8 John McGuinnessHonda 23'06.462 + 25.204 9 Les ShandSuzuki 23'28.676 + 47.418 10 James McBrideYamaha 23'32.998 + 51.740
Fastest Lap: Keith Amor, 4'31.745 on lap 4
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