Adam McLean doubles up with Supersport and Supertwin victories at KDM Hire Cookstown 100

The Tobermore man, who was making his road racing comeback following a crash at the Tandragee 100 in May 2019, led all the way from pole position in the Supersport race as he opened his account at the 2.1-mile Orritor course.

In dry but breezy conditions, McLean was able to control the race from the front as a battle developed behind him for the runner-up spot between Magherafelt man Paul Jordan (Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Yamaha) and Darryl Tweed from Ballymoney.

Jordan had the edge until lap five, when Tweed moved into second place on Stanley Stewart’s Yamaha R6.

There was little between them over the final two laps, but it was a delighted Tweed who narrowly held on to seal the runner-up spot, coming home 0.8s behind race winner McLean.

Mike Browne finished a solid fourth on the second of the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Yamaha machines, while the top six was completed by Michael Sweeney (CM Building Yamaha) and Neil Kernohan (Yamaha).

McLean was straight back out in the Supertwin race and was holding the lead from Tweed and Sweeney when the red flags came out for a non-serious accident.

The race was restarted over six laps and McLean was in total control as he stretched away to win by 3.7s from Tweed, also riding a McAdoo Racing Kawasaki, who just held on for the runner-up spot with Sweeney breathing down his neck on the KBS Kawasaki.

Stephen McKnight from Banbridge was a long way back in fourth position on his 650 Suzuki.

Earlier, Vinny Brennan from Meath won the Senior Support race by 3.3s with Kildare’s Paul Swords in second. The race was restarted following a crash at Braeside involving John Cahill from Laois, who was not seriously injured.

Paul Jordan took the honours in the Moto3/125 race by 1.9 seconds from Nigel Moore, while Graham Kennedy rounded out the rostrum places.

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