Mid Antrim 150: Michael Dunlop leads Supertwin times on Michael Sweeney's Aprilia at Clough for pole hat-trick

Michael Dunlop made it a pole position treble on Friday at the Mid Antrim 150 after setting fastest lap in Supertwin qualifying on Michael Sweeney’s Aprilia.

Skerries man Sweeney is not competing at the Clough meeting this weekend but has given his RS660 machine to good friend Dunlop.

placeholder image — Michael Dunlop on Michael Sweeney's MSR Aprilia at the Mid Antrim 150 at Clough. (Photo by Rod Neill/Pacemaker Press)

The Ballymoney man set the fastest lap at 100.296mph to secure the top spot by 2.55s from former North West 200 Supertwin podium finisher Barry Furber, who is riding the Scott Racing Aprilia.

Neil Kernohan was around 1.2s further adrift on his Kernohan Racing Aprilia with Sean Brolly, also riding Aprilia, in fourth.

Dunlop also qualified on pole for the Open and Grand Final races on his MD Racing BMW and set the fastest lap in Supersport qualifying on the MD/Scars Racing Ducati.

The 37-year-old was second fastest in the Moto3 class on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Honda, one second down on Barry Davidson.