Anderson claims his first mountain win in Classic Senior MGP

Shaun Anderson won a thrilling Carole Nash Classic Senior Manx Grand Prix race, the Beugger Paton rider coming home just 0.163 seconds ahead of John McGuinness MBE

With weather conditions again causing a delay in proceedings, it was 2.42pm when the race got underway, McGuinness MBE first to leave the line on his Paton. He was first to arrive at Glen Helen and indeed, led on time, his advantage over the similarly-mounted Anderson 4.4 seconds.
 
His gap over Mike Browne (Eureka Racing Norton) was only three tenths of a second though with McLean only a further 0.8 seconds back in fourth. Paul Jordan (Davies Motorsport Yamaha) and Jamie Coward (Craven Classic Racing Norton) completed the early top six.
 
By Ballaugh Bridge, McGuinness had extended his lead ever so slightly to 4.7 seconds but Anderson was a bit more secure in second, the gap to third 4.1 seconds. It was McLean now in third although it was close as he was only 0.121 seconds ahead of Browne! Jordan and Coward remained in fifth and sixth with Michael Sweeney (CSC Racing Yamaha) in seventh ahead of Dominic Herbertson (Melbray London Manx Norton).
 
Onto Ramsey Hairpin, and the gap between McGuinness and Anderson remained at 4.7 seconds but Browne had retaken third from McLean, now just over a second between the two riders. Coward had moved ahead of Jordan too albeit by just 0.324 seconds.
 
Anderson cut the gap to McGuinness to 2.3 seconds at the Bungalow with McLean reclaiming third from Browne so the drop down the Mountain was going to prove crucial for the podium positions.
 
Through Cronk ny Mona and the gap had been halved to 1.1 seconds, McGuinness flashing across the start line with a speed of 110.598mph. But Anderson was slightly quicker at 110.613mph and he got the verdict by the tiny margin of 0.163 seconds!
 
It was equally close for third with McLean (109.389mph) coming home just 0.920 seconds ahead of Browne (109.308mph) with Coward (107.034mph) and Jordan (106.150mph) taking fifth and sixth respectively as Herbertson, James Hillier (CSC Racing Matchless), Will Loder (MRE Seeley) and Lancelot Unissart (Martyn Ireland Honda) rounded out the top ten.