2009 North West 200 Races

September 2021 The 2009 North West 200 Races took place on Saturday 16 May 2009 at the 8.966 mile circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, in Northern Ireland. The 2009 race week was the 80th anniversary of the festival, when Malcolm McQuigg, Harry Meagen and Ernie Nott picked up the race wins in 1929. Steve Plater and William Dunlop took double victories at the meeting, with Alastair Seeley winning the other race held. Two races were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Practice Superbike Bruce Anstey topped the timesheets on Tuesday, on his Relentless Suzuki ahead of the Hondas of John McGuinness, Keith Amor and Steve Plater. Anstey's team-mate Cameron Donald rounded out the top five, ahead of the first Yamaha of Michael Rutter and the Kawasakis of Ryan Farquhar and Conor Cummins.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race2_DeWaltSuperbike.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, DeWalt Superbike North West 200 12 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182635/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race2_DeWaltSuperbike.pdf 21 July 2011 dead http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race6_BlackhorseSuperbike.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, Blackhorse Superbike North West 200 12 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182721/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race6_BlackhorseSuperbike.pdf 21 July 2011 dead In the Thursday session affected by rain, Guy Martin topped the timesheets on the Hydrex Honda CBR1000RR, just ahead of a similar bike ridden by Ian Hutchinson. Denver Robb was third on his Suzuki GSX-R1000, as times were over ten seconds slower than Tuesday.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Thurs_Race6_BlackhorseSuperbike.pdf Qualifying Session Two, Thursday, 14 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, Blackhorse Superbike North West 200 14 May 2009 19 May 2009 October 2010 H3llBot Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NZL Bruce Anstey Suzuki 1000cc 4:25.371 121.632 mph 2 ENG John McGuinness Honda 1000cc + 1.400 120.994 mph 3 NIR Alastair Seeley Suzuki 1000cc + 3.383 120.101 mph 4 SCO Keith Amor Honda 1000cc + 3.843 119.896 mph 5 ENG Steve Plater Honda 1000cc + 4.774 119.483 mph 6 AUS Cameron Donald Suzuki 1000cc + 4.898 119.428 mph 7 ENG Michael Rutter Yamaha 1000cc + 5.739 119.057 mph 8 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 1000cc + 5.977 118.953 mph 9 IMN Conor Cummins Kawasaki 1000cc + 6.250 118.833 mph 10 WAL Ian Lougher Yamaha 1000cc + 6.637 118.664 mph Superstock Carrickfergus-born Alastair Seeley dominated the first Tuesday Superstock session, setting a lap of 4:28.754, giving him an advantage of over 2.5 seconds. The lap was also good enough for the third fastest lap in the Superbike/Superstock session. Dungannon's Farquhar was second on a Kawasaki, while an all-Irish top three was completed by Kilkenny's John Walsh on his Yamaha. Cummins was fourth on his Kawasaki while William Dunlop's Yamaha rounded out the top five. In the second session, Donald set the fastest time, just 0.7 seconds behind his team-mate Seeley, with the third Relentless Suzuki of Anstey in third.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race5_CPHireSuperstock.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, Superstock North West 200 12 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182819/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race5_CPHireSuperstock.pdf 21 July 2011 dead Thursday's session was affected by adverse weather conditions, with Derek Brien topping the timesheets but was some nine seconds off the pace of Seeley. Seeley was only sixteenth in the session, as he would only set three laps in the session. Les Shand was second, just edging out another Yamaha, ridden by Michael Pearson.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Thurs_Race5_CPHireSuperstock.pdf Qualifying Session Two, Thursday, 14 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, Superstock North West 200 14 May 2009 19 May 2009 October 2010 H3llBot Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR Alastair Seeley Suzuki 1000cc 4:28.754 120.101 mph 2 AUS Cameron Donald Suzuki 1000cc + 0.724 119.778 mph 3 NZL Bruce Anstey Suzuki 1000cc + 2.115 119.163 mph 4 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 1000cc + 2.594 118.953 mph 5 ENG Gary Johnson Honda 1000cc + 3.092 118.735 mph 6 SCO Keith Amor Honda 1000cc + 3.333 118.630 mph 7 IRL John Walsh Yamaha 1000cc + 3.550 118.535 mph 8 SCO Les Shand Yamaha 1000cc + 3.896 118.385 mph 9 IMN Conor Cummins Kawasaki 1000cc + 4.788 117.999 mph 10 ENG Guy Martin Honda 1000cc + 5.509 117.688 mph Supersport After a decent session with his 250cc bike, Michael Dunlop surprised the rest of the field by setting the fastest lap in the Tuesday Supersport session. His 4:33.664 lap was over a second and a half faster than the next best lap, by Plater on the HM Plant Honda. Amor was third ahead of Anstey, Ian Hutchinson, William Dunlop and McGuinness.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race3_ClintonSupersport.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, Supersport North West 200 12 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182918/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race3_ClintonSupersport.pdf 21 July 2011 dead Thursday's session was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/62.aspx Thursday night practice called off due to weather conditions North West 200 14 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090517084957/http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/62.aspx 17 May 2009 dead Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR Michael Dunlop Yamaha 600cc 4:33.664 117.946 mph 2 ENG Steve Plater Honda 600cc + 1.745 117.199 mph 3 SCO Keith Amor Honda 600cc + 2.914 116.703 mph 4 NZL Bruce Anstey Suzuki 600cc + 4.521 116.029 mph 5 ENG Ian Hutchinson Honda 600cc + 4.626 115.985 mph 6 NIR William Dunlop Yamaha 600cc + 4.749 115.934 mph 7 ENG John McGuinness Honda 600cc + 5.115 115.782 mph 8 IRL John Walsh Yamaha 600cc + 7.199 114.923 mph 9 ENG Gary Johnson Honda 600cc + 8.580 114.361 mph 10 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 600cc + 9.180 114.118 mph 250cc Sunny conditions marked the start of the 250cc session on Tuesday, in which Christian Elkin topped the timesheets. Elkin's Honda lapped the circuit in a time of 5:02.594, edging out defending race winner Michael Dunlop's Honda by just over a tenth of a second. McGuinness was third, with a lap of 5:05.326, narrowly shading another Honda, ridden by Belfast's Mark Lunney. The first Yamaha rounded out the top five, with David Craig edging out Darren Burns.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_%20Race1_Greenline250.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, 250cc North West 200 12 May 2009 12 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182510/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_%20Race1_Greenline250.pdf 21 July 2011 dead Thursday's session was completed before adverse weather conditions curtailed the day. Elkin continued his good form, with a lap of 4:56.654, nearly eight seconds faster than the next competitor. Denver Robb was second, ahead of McGuinness and Phil Harvey. Paul Robinson rounded out the top five on his Honda.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Thurs_%20Race1_Greenline250.pdf Qualifying Session Two, Thursday, 14 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, 250cc North West 200 14 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721183103/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Thurs_%20Race1_Greenline250.pdf 21 July 2011 dead Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 ENG Christian Elkin Honda 250cc 4:56.654 108.806 mph 2 NIR Michael Dunlop Honda 250cc + 6.059 106.628 mph 3 NIR Denver Robb Honda 250cc + 7.850 106.001 mph 4 ENG John McGuinness Honda 250cc + 8.206 105.877 mph 5 NIR Mark Lunney Honda 250cc + 8.719 105.699 mph 6 ENG Phil Harvey Honda 250cc + 8.764 104.824 mph 7 NIR David Craig Yamaha 250cc + 10.219 105.182 mph 8 NIR Darren Burns Honda 250cc + 10.323 105.147 mph 9 NIR Davy Morgan Honda 250cc + 11.669 104.688 mph 10 NIR Barry Davidson Honda 250cc + 11.760 104.657 mph 125cc The only Aprilia in the field topped the Tuesday timesheets, with Ballywalter's David Lemon riding it to a lap of 5:20.756 and the only 100 mph lap of the session. Although, William Dunlop recorded a 100 mph lap, he did not complete enough laps to qualify. Lemon's time was good enough to give him a three-second advantage over Oliver Linsdell's Honda, with Chris Palmer, Paul Robinson and James Ford, all on Hondas, rounding out the top five.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race4_McKendryFabrications125.pdf Qualifying Session One, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, 125cc North West 200 12 May 2009 12 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182553/http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Tues_Race4_McKendryFabrications125.pdf 21 July 2011 dead Thursday's session was completed before adverse weather conditions curtailed the day. William Dunlop topped the session, improving on his non-qualifying time from Tuesday, but was still over a second shy from the best time of the week, set by Lemon. Lemon was only fourth in the session, with Palmer and Robinson both slotting in between.http://www.northwest200.org/files/download/2009_Thurs_Race4_McKendryFabrications125.pdf Qualifying Session Two, Thursday, 14 May 2009 KENNEDY International NORTH WEST 200, 125cc North West 200 14 May 2009 12 May 2009 October 2010 H3llBot Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR David Lemon Aprilia 125cc 5:20.756 100.630 mph 2 NIR William Dunlop Honda 125cc + 1.205 100.253 mph 3 ENG Chris Palmer Honda 125cc + 2.058 99.988 mph 4 ENG Oliver Linsdell Honda 125cc + 3.104 99.665 mph 5 NIR Paul Robinson Honda 125cc + 4.099 99.360 mph 6 NIR Mark Lunney Honda 125cc + 10.457 97.453 mph 7 ENG James Ford Honda 125cc + 10.993 97.295 mph 8 ENG Jon Vincent Honda 125cc + 14.687 96.224 mph 9 NIR Nigel Moore Honda 125cc + 15.160 96.088 mph 10 NIR Graham Wilson Honda 125cc + 15.366 96.029 mph Races Race 1; 250cc Race final standings Saturday 16 May 2009 3 laps – 26.79 miles Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR William Dunlop Honda 250cc 14' 48.194 108.455 mph 2 ENG Chris Palmer Honda 250cc + 6.149 107.709 mph 3 ENG Phil Harvey Honda 250cc + 7.174 107.586 mph 4 NIR Mark Lunney Honda 250cc + 8.400 107.439 mph 5 NIR Denver Robb Honda 250cc + 10.234 107.219 mph 6 ENG John McGuinness Honda 250cc + 14.900 106.665 mph 7 NIR Paul Robinson Honda 250cc + 22.986 105.719 mph 8 NIR Andrew Neill Honda 250cc + 29.812 104.933 mph 9 NIR Barry Davidson Honda 250cc + 37.496 104.062 mph 10 NIR David Mateer Yamaha 250cc + 1 lap 103.344 mph Fastest Lap: Michael Dunlop, 4'55.591 on lap 2 (109.197 mph km/h) Race 2; Superbike Race Race final standings Saturday 16 May 2009 2 laps – 17.862 miles Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 ENG Steve Plater Honda 1000cc 8' 45.964 121.779 mph 2 NZL Bruce Anstey Suzuki 1000cc + 0.639 121.631 mph 3 ENG John McGuinness Honda 1000cc + 2.019 121.313 mph 4 AUS Cameron Donald Suzuki 1000cc + 2.488 121.205 mph 5 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Kawasaki 1000cc + 3.266 121.027 mph 6 ENG Guy Martin Honda 1000cc + 4.516 120.742 mph 7 SCO Keith Amor Honda 1000cc + 5.351 120.552 mph 8 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 1000cc + 5.823 120.445 mph 9 ENG Gary Johnson Honda 1000cc + 7.969 119.961 mph 10 ENG Ian Hutchinson Honda 1000cc + 9.515 119.540 mph Fastest Lap: Steve Plater, 4'22.577 on lap 2 (122.926 mph km/h) Race 3; Supersport Race final standings Saturday 16 May 2009 4 laps – 35.725 miles Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 ENG Steve Plater Honda 600cc 18' 16.091 117.332 mph 2 NZL Bruce Anstey Suzuki 600cc + 0.515 117.277 mph 3 NIR Michael Dunlop Yamaha 600cc + 2.632 117.051 mph 4 ENG John McGuinness Honda 600cc + 3.144 116.996 mph 5 NIR William Dunlop Yamaha 600cc + 9.420 116.332 mph 6 ENG Ian Hutchinson Honda 600cc + 9.761 116.296 mph 7 ENG Michael Rutter Yamaha 600cc + 10.588 116.209 mph 8 ENG Gary Johnson Honda 600cc + 11.070 116.159 mph 9 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 600cc + 17.337 115.505 mph 10 Wales Ian Lougher Yamaha 600cc + 28.697 114.338 mph Fastest Lap: Steve Plater, 4' 33.126 on lap 2 (118.178 mph km/h) Race 4; 125cc Race final standings Saturday 16 May 2009 4 laps – 35.864 miles Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR William Dunlop Honda 125cc 21' 26.004 100.005 mph 2 ENG Chris Palmer Honda 125cc + 7.243 99.445 mph 3 ENG Oliver Linsdell Honda 125cc + 12.846 99.016 mph 4 NIR Mark Lunney Honda 125cc + 26.632 97.976 mph 5 NED Stephan Savelkouls Honda 125cc + 28.534 97.799 mph 6 ENG James Ford Honda 125cc + 29.009 97.779 mph 7 ENG Jon Vincent Honda 125cc + 41.470 96.881 mph 8 ENG Phil Harvey Honda 125cc + 57.258 95.742 mph 9 NIR Andrew Neill Honda 125cc + 57.376 95.733 mph 10 NIR Graham Wilson Honda 125cc + 1' 00.132 95.537 mph Fastest Lap: William Dunlop, 5' 18.482 on lap 2 (101.348 mph km/h) Race 5; Superstock Race final standings Saturday 16 May 2009 2 laps – 17.862 miles Rank Rider Team Time Speed 1 NIR Alastair Seeley Suzuki 1000cc 8' 50.296 120.784 mph 2 NIR Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 1000cc + 0.899 120.579 mph 3 SCO Keith Amor Honda 1000cc + 3.802 119.924 mph 4 AUS Cameron Donald Suzuki 1000cc + 4.242 119.825 mph 5 ENG Guy Martin Honda 1000cc + 5.133 119.626 mph 6 ENG Ian Hutchinson Honda 1000cc + 5.717 119.496 mph 7 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Kawasaki 1000cc + 5.984 119.436 mph 8 SCO Les Shand Yamaha 1000cc + 6.722 119.272 mph 9 ENG Gary Johnson Honda 1000cc + 11.226 118.280 mph 10 NIR James McBride Honda 1000cc + 20.942 116.195 mph Fastest Lap: Alastair Seeley, 4' 27.40 on lap 2 (120.872 mph km/h) Notes The final two races of the day were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/81.aspx Rain Causes Race Day To Finish Early North West 200 16 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090519230924/http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/81.aspx 19 May 2009 deadhttp://www.northwest200.org/news_article/82.aspx Updated North West 200 Statement – Cancellation of last 2 races North West 200 17 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090521175738/http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/82.aspx 21 May 2009 dead There were a number of serious crashes during the week. Firstly, during the Supersport session on Tuesday, John Anderton fell off his bike at around 120 mph at Station Corner, and suffered leg and head injuries.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8047063.stm NW200 crash rider still critical BBC Northern Ireland BBC 14 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090516195901/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8047063.stm 16 May 2009 livehttp://www.northwest200.org/news_article/46.aspx North West 200 Statement – Rider John Anderton North West 200 13 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721183236/http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/46.aspx 21 July 2011 dead During a restart of the opening race of Saturday, Christian Elkin crashed out while battling Michael Dunlop for the lead. Both riders fell and Dunlop ploughed into the Macclesfield rider. Elkin suffered a broken leg in the incident.http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/80.aspx Christian Elkin crashed in last lap of Race 1 North West 200 16 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090519194111/http://www.northwest200.org/news_article/80.aspx 19 May 2009 dead In the original start of that particular race, Cookstown's Mark Young fell off at Mather's Cross, the infamous corner that killed Robert Dunlop at the 2008 North West 200 Races. Young was taken to hospital with internal injuries,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/8053810.stm Rider critical after NW 200 crash BBC Sport 16 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090518094527/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/8053810.stm 18 May 2009 live Sadly, he would succumb to his injuries to become the fourteenth fatality in the history of the North West 200.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/northern_ireland_politics/8054508.stm Rider dies following race crash BBC Northern Ireland BBC 17 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520235027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/northern_ireland_politics/8054508.stm 20 May 2009 live An inquiry into the accident is under way.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8055000.stm Inquiry into death of road racer BBC Northern Ireland BBC 18 May 2009 19 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090521094123/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8055000.stm 21 May 2009 live See also North West 200 – History and results from the event References External links Official website Map of "The Triangle" #2009 North West North West North Category:May 2009 sports events in the United Kingdom