Anstey Wins, Hutchy Furious In Superbike Race

Aug 9, 2015
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Bruce Anstey added to his Superbike win tally with victory in the second race for the class of the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix.

The Kiwi rider was embroiled in a titanic scrap with Ian Hutchinson for the entire contest – their pace so hot that they'd cleared off very early on. Hutchy took the lead on lap four and led at the start of the fifth lap when disaster struck. The red flag was brought out, ending the race and declaring a result. To his dismay it was the Padgetts Honda rider that was declared the victor as a result of the countback rule which states that the leader at the start of the previous lap was the leader at the time of the red flag.

The PBM rider protested, with his argument being that a result cannot be declared because 2/3 race distance had not been achieved. The result stood and Hutchy had to make do with 2nd best.

Lee Johnston continued his great day with a 3rd place finish.

Peter Hickman wasn't far off a podium in 4th on his Superstock BMW S1000RR, whilst Connor Cummins rounded out the top five for Honda.

Williams Dunlop, Michael Dunlop, Dean Harrison, Derek Shiels and Seamus Elliot completed the top ten.