Guy Martin brought the curtain down on his 2012 road racing campaign in style as he dominated at Scarboroug🧔h to lift the prestigious Steve H🌌enshaw Gold Cup for the eighth time.

The cove🗹ted trophy was won last year by Ryan Farquhar, who became the first rider from Northern Ireland to taste victory in the feature race at Oliver's Mount in North Yorkshire💫.

However, Farquhar - who has quit road racing - participated instead in a parade lap yesterday to mark his retirement, when riders including John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson, Michael Dunlop and Jamie Hamilton all rode hi🍌s KMR Kawasaki machines on a special parade lap to mark the occasion.

In Farquhar's absence, Tyco Suzuki star Martin blazed a trail at the tight and twist🦩y Oliver's Mount circuit to give Ulster team TAS Racing its first Gold Cu🌞p success.

He took the honours by 1.8s from rising talent Dean Harrison with McGuinness third on Clive Padgett's Honda and Michael Dunlop fourth ahead of Hamilton on the KMR Kawasaki♉.

Martin was denied a six-timer 🍰at Scarborough when he was forced to retire from the lead 🗹of the David Jefferies Supersport race.

Afterwards, he said: "It's been a great day and nice to get my hands back on the Gold 𝕴Cup for the eighth time.

"I enjoyed the battle with McGuinness and Co. for the win, which made it that little bit more special, and to give Tyco Suzuki their firstꩵ win is mint.

"The boys always put in a big effort for me so they really deserve it and the b𝕴ig Suzuki never missed a beat.

"We almost, almost, had the clean sweep only for what I believe to be a til൩t switch problem that caused the bike to cut out in the last race," he added.

"She was grand when I got her back up onto the fat of the tyre, but it was t🐲oo risky to take a chance with it."

Michael🀅 Dunlop finished in a remarkable second place on his Sidecar debut at the event.

Dunlop, who was joined by Isle of Man TT-winning passenger Dan Sayle, took the r🍬unner-up spot in the third race behind TT legend Dave Molyneux after finishing fifth and seventh in his other two races.

The 23-year-old is keen to make his de🤪but in the class at the TT.