Yeardsley unofficially smashes Supertwin MGP lap record 

Ingham spoke to Carolyn Sells:

In the Classic Superbike it was Michael Dunlop who dominated the leader board in 126.046mph, then Davo Johnson with his second lap time of 125.414mph, and coming in third fastest was Rob Hodson 124.701mph. 

Despite putting distance between himself and the rest of the field with the first 126mph lap of the week, Dunlop wasn't entirely happy with his performance:

Next up were the Junior MGP, Lightweight MGP, and Classic Senior Bikes.

In Junior MGP a solid battle played out between newcomer Joe Yeardsley and Victor Lopez, but it was the Manx man Joe who came out on top with a cracking performance, unofficially smashing the Supertwin MGP in a time of 117:373mph:

Beth managed to catch Joe's coach Chris Palmer and Joe in the paddock:

Victor Lopez also beat the previous lap record with his time of 116.629mph and Daniel Ingham made another appearance, this time coming in third in the Junior MGP with a 115.713mph lap speed. 

Michael Rees topped the Ultra Lightweight clocking in at 106.191mph, he was being chased by Stephen Tobin who came in second with a time of 105.044mph, and taking the third fastest spot was Steven Moody in a time of 103.333mph.

There was more success for Michael Dunlop in the Lightweight, he topped the leader board in time of 116.535mph but hot on his heels was Ian Lougher in a time of 116:515mph. 

And John McGuiness was fastest qualifier for the Senior Classic MGP, he lead the way with a fastest lap time of 110.574mph, Mike Browne came in second in 109.265mph, with Shaun Anderson taking third with 108.105mph. Maria Costello MBE was first woman to finish, coming in 11th overall in a fastest time of 94.67mph, not too far behind was Shelley Pike who came in 15th out of the 21-strong Senior field with a time of 89.883mph. 

She said conditions were perfect:

The roads around the course are scheduled to close again at 6pm followed at 6.30pm by Senior MGP and Classic Superbike qualifying.

Then at 7.15pm will be a second runout for Junior MGP, Lightweight MGP and Classic Senior competitors with roads around the course then reopening for the final time no later than 9pm.

Coming up tomorrow, roads are due to close at 12:30 to make way for the Senior & Classic Superbike Qualifying at 1pm.

They'll be followed by the Junior & Classic Senior Qualifying at 1:30pm. 

Then the first official racing of the 2023 Manx Grand Prix gets underway at 2:40pm with the Sure Lightweight Manx Grand Prix (3 laps).