Farquhar takes nine from nine at Oliver’s Mount! Ryan Farquhar quite simply dominated proceedings at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough over the weekend and the Dungannon ace took a stunning nine wins from nine starts around the 2.43-mile woodland venue. The KMR Kawasaki rider was in imperious form at the public road circuit and was also able to claim the Cock o’ the North trophy for the first time in his career. Saturday saw extremely warm, humid conditions on the North Yorkshire coast, which meant it was going to be a tough day for Ryan but, after taking a Superbike heat win, he opened his ‘proper’ race account with a comfortable victory in the first leg of the Supersport 600cc. A quick drink was all he had time for before jumping on the KX450 single for the 125cc/400cc race and he was involved in a race long battle with the 400cc Kawasaki of Mick Goodings before coming out on top by just 0.684s. It was then back on to the KMR Kawasaki Superstock bike for the 8-lap Superbike race where, aided by the fastest lap of the race 1m45.728s he ran out victor by over ten seconds. The races were coming thick and fast and next up was the Minitwins where he saw off the challenges of Ivan Lintin and David Bell to take the chequered flag by almost 4 seconds. Sunday saw a lot cooler conditions with a strong wind blowing throughout the day and Ryan got off to a great start with a 8.8s victory in the second leg of the Superbikes as he set what proved to be the fastest lap of the weekend at 1m45.704s. The second leg of the 125cc/400cc was again his toughest race of the day but, after sitting in second for the first half of the race, he managed to pass Alistair Haworth to take yet another win, this time by just one second. The second leg of the 600cc was also a lot closer as Michael Pearson took the early initiative but, by half race distance, Ryan was in the lead and he duly took the victory from his fellow countryman by almost two seconds. The second Minitwins race saw Ryan maintain his 100% win rate and that just left the feature 10-lap Cock o’ the North Open race to negotiate. With a brilliant start once more, Ryan grabbed the holeshot going into Mere Hairpin and, lapping consistently half a second a lap quicker than his rivals, he was able to ease off on the final lap to come home ahead of fellow Kawasaki men Pearson and Ian Lougher to claim another piece of silverware. Speaking afterwards, a delighted Ryan said; “Well, it doesn’t get much better than that and to come away with 9 wins from 9 starts is absolutely brilliant! I always enjoy coming to race at Scarborough and this weekend has been no exception and it’s been a superb two days for me and the team. It was quite frantic with the races coming one after the other but the team did a great job in making sure everything was fully prepared and ready and that allowed me to concentrate on my riding.” “None of the races were easy and the 125/400 races, in particular, were tough as the 400s had quite a speed advantage over my 450 but I was able to utilise the handling and cornering speed of the bike to come out on top. Oliver’s Mount is very physical too with a lot of braking so my hands feel quite sore now and I’m pretty tired but it’s all been worth the effort and I’m over the moon to finally get my hands on the Cock o’ the North Trophy. It’s a busy time of the year for me so let’s hope I can carry this form over to the next few meetings.” There’s no let up for Ryan and he now heads to the Isle of Man where he’ll be taking part in this week’s Southern 100 road races with practice getting underway on Monday evening. More, from a press release issued by FTR MOTO: FTR AND COGHLAN SCOOP ARAGON VICTORY FTR MOTO and Team Joe Darcey Monlau’s Kev Coghlan won Sunday’s fourth round of the CEV Buckler Spanish Moto2 Championship at the Motorland Aragon circuit after a dominant display on the Honda-engined M210. Coghlan qualified in fourth place and lead from the start of the 15-lap race, he set a new lap record on the third lap 0.2s faster than his qualifying time and eventually ran out winner by 2.2s from Spain’s Ivan Moreno. Young Scotsman Coghlan added to his second round race victory at Albacete and now sits just five points off the lead of the series with three rounds remaining. Round five is at Albacete on September 12. FTR’s Steve Bones said: “We’re over the moon with the performance of Team Joe Darcey Monlau and Kev. The Spanish programme is really progressing well and the Team Joe Darcey Monlau performances have put FTR to the forefront of the new Moto2 series almost immediately. “The next round at Albacete is one we would hope Kev could win again but the final two rounds at Valencia and Jerez in November may be a different proposition as some of the World Championship teams will be competing. “But Kev has shown a maturity beyond his years to win last year’s European and Spanish Supersport titles so we’re sure he’s more than capable of challenging for and winning the title.”