Isle Of Man May 30, 2007 Practice Results: TT Superbike: 1. John McGuinness (Hon CBR1000RR), 17:37.09, 128.492 mph 2. Guy Martin (Hon CBR1000RR), 17:50.10, 126.931 mph 3. Ian Lougher (Hon CBR1000RR), 17:55.05, 126.346 mph 4. Ian Hutchinson (Hon CBR1000RR), 17:55.70, 126.269 mph 5. Martin Finnegan (Hon CBR1000RR), 18:10.32, 124.576 mph 6. Adrian Archibald (Suz GSX-R1000), 18:14.02, 124.155 mph 7. Ryan Farquhar (Hon CBR1000RR), 18:20.29, 123.447 mph 8. Michael Weynand (Kaw ZX-10R), 18:34.82, 121.839 mph 9. Paul Hunt (Yam YZF-R1), 18:38.62, 121.425 mph 10. Ian Armstrong (Yam YZF-R1), 18:39.73, 121.304 mph 28. Steve Plater (Yam YZF-R1), 19:24.04, 116.687 mph 40. Michael Rutter (Kaw ZX-10R), 19:34.71, 115.627 mph 48. Jimmy Moore (Hon CBR1000RR), 19:52.36, 113.916 mph 64. Mark Miller (Apr RSV1000), 21:09.19, 107.020 mph Supersport Junior TT: 1. Bruce Anstey (Suz GSX-R600), 18:39.47, 121.332 mph 2. Ryan Farquhar (Kaw ZX-6R), 18:47.72, 120.445 mph 3. Ian Lougher (Hon CBR600RR), 18:50.86, 120.110 mph 4. Ian Hutchinson (Hon CBR600RR), 18:52.17, 119.971 mph 5. John McGuinness (Hon CBR600RR), 18:52.19, 119.969 mph 6. Shaun Harris (Suz GSX-R600), 19:07.27, 118.393 mph 7. James McBride (Yam YZF-R6), 19:10.64, 118.046 mph 8. Michael Rutter (Kaw ZX-6R), 19:12.27, 117.879 mph 9. Mark Parrett (Yam YZF-R1), 19:13.87, 117.715 mph 10. Chris Heath (Hon CBR600RR), 19:15.73, 117.525 mph 13. Martin Finnegan (Hon CBR600RR), 19:21.04, 116.988 mph 14. Adrian Archibald (Suz GSX-R600), 19:22.50, 116.842 mph 16. Steve Plater (Yam YZF-R6), 19:25.36, 116.555 mph 38. Jimmy Moore (Hon CBR600RR), 20:21.10, 111.234 mph 49. Mark Miller (Suz GSX-R600), 20:39.44, 109.589 mph TT Superstock: 1. Bruce Anstey (Suz GSX-R1000), 18:03.70, 125.338 mph 2. Martin Finnegan (MV Agusta F4-1000), 18:24.70, 122.954 mph 3. Paul Hunt (Yam YZF-R1), 18:36.16, 121.692 mph 4. Adrian Archibald (Suz GSX-R1000), 18:38.34, 121.456 mph 5. James McBride (Yam YZF-R1), 18:45.26, 120.708 mph 6. John McGuinness (Hon CBR1000RR), 18:45.47, 120.686 mph 7. Ian Pattinson (Suz GSX-R1000), 18:47.71, 120.446 mph 8. Dan Stewart (Yam YZF-R1), 18:48.13, 120.401 mph 9. Nigel Beattie (Yam YZF-R1), 18:51.90, 120.000 mph 10. Ian Lougher (Hon CBR1000RR), 18:51.98, 119.992 mph 34. Jimmy Moore (Hon CBR1000RR), 19:52.36, 113.916 mph 55. Mark Miller (Apr RSV1000), 21:09.19, 107.020 mph More, from a press release issued by Klaffi Honda: Successful practice for Finnegan but problems for Klaffi and Parzer. The Alpha Boilers Racing team had mixed results during Tuesday night practice at the Isle of Man TT in preparation for the TT Centenary races. Martin Finnegan had a good run out in fine weather conditions on his Superbike and Supersport machines. “The Superbike feels really good,” he said, “I went out for one lap and came back in to make some adjustments and then went back out. I was fifth fastest overall and the problems we had at the North West all seem to have been solved. The conditions were prefect last night, on my very last lap there was a little bit of rain but it was ok.” Finnegan also put in one lap on the smaller machine. He said, “The 600 is pretty well set up so I’m not spending much time on it but I’m planning on taking all my bikes out again tonight. I just hope the good weather stays for practice.” His sidecar team-mates didn’t have such a good night with a technical problem leaving them stranded at the Sulby Straight for the entire session. “When we started I knew in the first few moments that there was something wrong,” said Klaffenbock, “We had a leak from the fuel pipe and it was landing on the exhaust. I was worried that the sidecar would catch on fire.” Klaffi pulled in on the first lap on the Sulby Straight where some local people helped him repair the sidecar but is was not possible to continue at a competitive speed so they had to wait until the end of the practice and ride back to the pits. More, from a press release issued by Steve Plater’s publicist: STEVE PLATER MAKES TT DEBUT Road Racing expert Steve Plater has made his debut appearance at this year’s centenary TT races, taking part in three evening practise sessions so far this week. Saturday saw Steve, from Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, lead the TT newcomers off on a controlled speed lap behind the travelling marshal and after that he rode the AIM Yamaha around at his own pace to begin his familiarisation of the 37.73-mile public roads course that winds around the Island, through towns and villages, and over the heights of Snaefell Mountain. “We managed to get in four laps in all, three on the Supersport bike and one on the Superstock,” said Steve. “It was an enjoyable experience but a little frustrating at times. I took my time, taking it nice and steady, finding some parts really comfortable but was a little inaccurate in others, especially the Mountain section which I found was definitely the most difficult to learn.” Timed practise began on Monday evening but the weather conditions were unpredictable preventing him from getting anywhere near the pace he wanted. Steve posted some respectable times on all three machines, Superbike, Superstock and Supersport and continued to learn his way around the course, gaining confidence with every outing. Conditions on Tuesday evening were perfect and the Steve took advantage of the warmer and dry weather to gain as much experience as possible. He began the evening with two laps on the AIM Yamaha R6 Supersport bike improving his lap time to 116.555mph before taking the Superstock bike around the course for a lap, again improving his times in that class to 113.728mph. Finally he hopped onto the Superbike and posted a faster lap of 116.687mph to provisionally claim the fastest newcomer title after two sessions in both the Superbike and Supersport classes. “I followed Bruce Anstey around for a while on the Superbike in an effort to learn different sections of the course and was out again on Wednesday at 6.30am in the car going through a few sections I am not too happy with,” explained Steve. “But overall I am going well, we have tried a few different settings on all three machines to enable me to feel a little more comfortable on the roughest sections of the course and will implement those next time out.” Wednesday evening’s practise was not looking good as the weather forecast was for rain and mist on the mountain. This proved to be the case and by 4.30pm the practise session was called off. If weather conditions improve Steve will be out again on Thursday and Friday evening for the final two sessions before taking to the track under race conditions for the first time on Saturday in the 6-lap Superbike TT race starting at noon weather permitting!