Isle Of Man TT Festival – Race Day Two June 5, 2006. Bruce Anstey held off a fierce challenge from Ian Hutchinson to win the four lap Superstock race as the Isle of Man TT Racing Festival continued in near perfect conditions, but there was disappointment for the pre-race favourite John McGuinness who failed to find a good race rhythm and trailed in fifth aboard the HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR. New Zealander Anstey, who had won the corresponding race last year, was at his most determined, battling to shrug aside the memories of a first lap breakdown that had sidelined him in the opening Superbike race. Ian Hutchinson (Kawasaki) finished second with Jason Griffiiths (Yamaha) completing the podium. Guy Martin (Yamaha) took fourth place well clear of McGuinness. Ian Lougher brought his Blackhorse Finance backed Honda Fireblade home in sixth place, just ahead of the similar machine, running in Klaffi colours, in the hands of Martin Finnegan. Mark Parrett, Yamaha; Gary Carswell, Suzuki and Rob Frost aboard the CD Racing Honda Fireblade completed the top ten finishers. “I had a lazy first lap and had a couple of moments you could say I had lost the plot,” said McGuinness. “It took a time to get into a good fast rhythm. I rode as hard as I could, but could not make any impression.” Honda powered the winning outfit in the first of the festival’s two Sidecar races, with Manx crew Nick Crowe and Darren Hope romping to an easy victory, some 47 seconds clear of Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell. The local crew were running an outfit built by Dave Molyneux, the record eleven times winner of the event, who after crashing heavily during practice last Thursday has decided not to race the Mountain Course again. Norbury threatened in the early stages to deny Crowe his second TT victory, running just ahead on the opening lap as they powered into Ramsay, but after the dash across the mountain, the locals were thrilling their fans as they moved ahead. “We took it steady on the opening lap, and then wound it up,” explained Crowe who made good use of his power, running some 16 seconds ahead at two thirds distance, and then with a final lap at an average speed of 112.625mph pulling out a massive lead. Norbury, aboard the Shelbourne Yamaha, could make no impression, but had no complaints. “He drove a good race, and I’m happy enough. I was able to control the last lap to secure a strong second place.” John Holden and Andrew Winkle brought their Honda unit home in third place, ahead of Roy Hanks and Dave Wells but there was disappointment for former World Champ. Results TT Superstock race 4 laps 1 / B Anstey (New Zealand) / TAS Suzuki / 1h 12m 56.34s, 124.147mph 2 / I Hutchinson(GB) / McAdoo Kawasaki / 1. 13:04.64 3 / J Griffiths (GB) / Yamaha / 1. 13:28.19 4 / G Martin (GB) / AIM Yamaha / 1. 13:39.09 5 / J McGuinness (GB) / HM Plant Honda / 1. 14:09.48 6 / I Lougher (GB) / Blackhorse Honda / 1. 14:42.43 7 / M Finnegan (Ireland) / Klaffi Honda / 1. 15:04.30 8 / M Parrett (GB) / Yamaha / 1. 15:28.65 9 / G Carswell (GB) / Suzuki / 1 15.30.51 10 / R Frost (GB) / CD Honda / 1. 15:41.70 Sidecar 3 laps 1 / N Crowe / D Hope (GB) / DMR Honda / 1h 00m 27.15s, 112.342mph 2 / S Norbury / S Parnell (GB) / Shelbourne Yamaha / 1. 01: 14.26 3 / J Holden / A Winkle (GB) / Honda / 1. 01:56.71 4 / R Hanks / D Wells (GB) / DMR Yamaha / 1. 02: 07.38 5 / G Bryan / C Hardman (GB) / Baker Yamaha / 1. 02:15.02 6 / A Laidlow / Patrick Farrance (GB) / LCR Suzuki / 1. 02:33.45