Davey Todd claimed a second win of the week at the Isle of Man TT Races, the Milwaukee BMW rider taking victory in a dramatic Milwaukee Senior by 39.084 seconds from Josh Brookes (Monster Energy BMW by FHO Racing) with Dean Harrison (Honda Racing UK) in third.
That only tells half the story though as Brookes’ team-mate Peter Hickman led at the end of lap one after lapping at 135.523mph. He was on course for a new outright lap record only to come off, uninjured, at Ginger Hall whilst record 29-time winner Michael Dunlop (MasterMac Hawk Honda) retired on the first lap.
Todd’s success gave TAS Racing their first Senior victory since Adrian Archibald won in 2004 whilst it was also their 21st TT victory in total.
With an evening start time of 6pm, conditions around the Mountain Course were the best they’d been all day and it was Hickman who led through Glen Helen on the opening lap, just a tenth up on Todd. Dunlop was 2.3 seconds adrift in third with Harrison only 1.3 seconds back of him as Brookes and James Hillier (WTF Racing Honda) rounded out the early top six, the latter only a second ahead of John McGuinness (Honda Racing). KTS Racing’s Jamie Coward, meanwhile, withdrew from the race due to an ongoing arm injury.
