Michael Dunlop claims all-time record 27th Isle of Man TT victory
Michael Dunlop claims his 27th Isle of Man TT victory, exceeding t𒊎he record set by his late uncle Joey.
Michael Dunlop has broken the record for the most wins a𓄧t the Isle of Man TT.
Dunlop ൩won the Supertwin Race 1 on Wednesday to claim a 27th victory at the legendary event.
He has finally ov📖erta🎐ken the record of 26 wins set by his late uncle Joey, 24 years ago.
Dunlop emotionally equalꦓled Joey’s record in the first (Supersport) race of this year’s TT, dedicating the f෴eat to the icon who lost his life while motorcycle racing.
However, he was forced to wait to claim the outright 🦋record of 27 wins when, in the opening Superbike race, he lost🎃 a lead of over 20 seconds due to a visor problem in his final pitstop.
But on Wednesday there𓂃 🎶was no denying Dunlop his history-making 27th win.
Dunlop led from start to finish to take victory by 20.4 seconds from Peter Hic🀅kman (Yamaha) in a race-record time of🅺 56 minutes 15.993 seconds.
Dominic Herbe❀rtson (Paton) claimed his maiden TﷺT podium in third.
Dunlop was due to be back on track for this afternoon's Sup♈erstock race, but bad weather means it has been postponed until Thursday.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exiꦆt stor🎃y and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
