Mid Antrim 150: Michael Dunlop sets fastest lap overall in Friday qualifying on BMW at Clough

Michael Dunlop set the fastest lap in Friday qualifying at the Richard King Haulage Mid Antrim 150 to claim pole on his MD Racing BMW.

On a drying course at Clough, Dunlop led the way on his MD Racing BMW with a lap of 106.236mph.

placeholder image — Michael Dunlop qualified on pole position on his MD Racing BMW at the Mid Antrim 150 on Friday. (Photo by Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press)

The Ulster rider was 1.728s up on Ryan Whitehall (Suzuki), who lapped at 104.725mph.

Joe Loughlin from Castleblayney was third fastest on his BMW, 3.712s behind Whitehall, with Barry Furber (Scott Racing Aprilia) and Neil Kernohan (BMW) the top five.

Kevin Keyes qualified sixth on the Daracore Racing Honda ahead of Darryl Anderson (Honda) and Sean Brolly (Ducati V2).

Dunlop also qualified fastest in the Supersport session on his Ducati and was second quickest in Moto3 qualifying on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Ducati.