The Ulsterman scored his 23rd TT victory on Sunday in the Superbike race to match John McGuinness’ tally and put him just three away from his late uncle Joey Dunlop’s record of 26.
Michael Dunlop is now second all-time on the winners list at the TT after cruising to his third win of the 2023 event in the Supertwins class.
Starting sixth on the road, Dunlop led the entire race on corrected time aboard his 650cc Paton to get to the chequered flag just under 30 seconds clear of the field.
The first of two Supertwins races at the 2023 TT was due to get underway at 2pm local time on Tuesday, but low cloud cover forced the contest to be moved back to 6:30pm.
Dunlop held a 4.5-second lead over the KTS Racing Kawasaki of Jamie Coward through the Glen Helen sector split, as Burrows Engineering’s Mike Brown slotted into third.
Coward could do nothing to reel in Dunlop across the opening tour, the latter’s lead swelling to 14.3s as he dived into pitlane for his mandatory fuel stop.
Through Glen Helen on lap two, Dunlop’s lead was 19.4s as he caught Coward on the road, with that gap opening to 21.1s through Ballaugh Bridge.
Source: Autosport