{"id":698536,"date":"2026-05-27T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698536\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:16:11","slug":"isle-of-man-tt-dean-harrison-takes-superstock-to-the-top-in-qualifying-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698536\/","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Man TT: Dean Harrison takes Superstock to the top in Qualifying 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Harrison stayed on top of the qualifying timesheets at the Isle of Man TT on Wednesday afternoon, this time with his Superstock machine.<\/p>\n<p>After leading Tuesday\u2019s Qualifying 1 with a 133.925mph on his Superbike-spec Honda, Harrison clocked a 133.867mph during his second lap of Qualifying 2 with the Superstock CBR.<\/p>\n<p>That time came on a \u2018short lap\u2019, with the whole field brought into the pits to allow an ambulance on to the course for a non-racing emergency.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dean-harrison.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Dean Harrison, Honda, 2026 Isle of Man TT.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Dean Harrison, Honda, 2026 Isle of Man TT.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Isle of Man TT<\/p>\n<p>Harrison was classified 15-seconds clear of Michael Dunlop, who also set his best on the Superstock bike.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Although most riders used the Qualifying 2 session to focus on the \u2018stock machines, Peter Hickman, John McGuinness, Josh Brookes, Ian Hutchinson and David Johnson were notable exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Hickman was initially quickest in the Superbike class with a lap of 131.172mph on the 8TEN Racing BMW while McGuinness also broke the 130mph barrier on his opening lap. Dunlop was credited with third in the Superbike class.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dunlop_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Michael Dunlop, Isle of Man TT.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Michael Dunlop, Isle of Man TT.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Isle of Man TT<\/p>\n<p>Several riders were on course for personal best laps prior to being short lapped.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the afternoon, Dunlop had been comfortably inside the Sportbike lap record with a speed of 123.557mph, his quickest ever lap on the Paton.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The 33-time winner then switched to the Scars Racing Ducati to lead the Supersport class from Hickman, Harrison, Josh Brookes, Paul Jordan and Dominic Herbertson.<\/p>\n<p>In the Sidecar class, the Crowes were again a step ahead of the rest, with an opening lap speed of 118.458mph, quicker than their best on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ben Birchall and Mark Wilkes were closest with a 116.753mph.<\/p>\n<p>The Qualifying 3 sessions start from 18:30 this (Wednesday) evening.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Harrison stayed on top of the qualifying timesheets at the Isle of Man TT on Wednesday afternoon,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,28425,85],"class_list":["post-698536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-road-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}