Hicky scores fifth in Superstock
Photo credit Peter Bull
Louth racer Peter Hickman recorded a fantastic fifth place in Tuesday's Superstock race at the Isle of Man TT festival also posting his fastest ever lap time for the 37.83 mile mountain road course amazingly in only his second year of competing at the event.
With the riders setting off at 10 second intervals Hicky, on the Lee Hardy Racing/Briggs Equipment UK BMW, began the four lap affair from 17th but on corrected time was up to eighth place at the first checkpoint. At sector two he was seventh and at Ramsey was in sixth position. He remained in sixth for the rest of the lap and through lap two and when he pulled into the pits for fuel he had recorded his fastest ever lap of the TT course on the second lap just missing out on joining the 130 club with a speed of 129.954mph..
After a rapid pit stop Hicky was out again on his way to Glen Helen for the penultimate time and up to fifth place which he held through lap three. He was beginning to catch the rider in fourth place and when he reached the midway stage of the final lap he was just over a second away from him on corrected time. He was also looking at another flying lap but ran out of fuel on the run to the Grandstand and coasted over the finish line to claim fifth place.
Hicky commented: "I thoroughly enjoyed myself out there again today and fifth is a great achievement for me. I was on for a mid 130mph lap on the final run and would have done it if I hadn't run out of fuel! Thanks to Lee Hardy Racing and Briggs Equipment UK as they did a mega job again today."
Hicky has little time to rest on his laurels as he is out again on Wednesday riding the Lee Hardy Racing/Iron Maiden Trooper Beer MV Agusta in the second four lap Supersport race.