Josh Brookes finished Tuesday's opening practice session on provisional pole for the fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils Superbike class at the North West 200.
Brookes (Ducati) finished ahead of Michael Dunlop who secured a late entry with Hawk Racing Suzuki.
Davey Todd was third quickest ahead of record race winner Alastair Seeley, Glenn Irwin and James Hillier.
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Dunlop was fastest in the Superstocks, while Fermanagh's Lee Johnston came out on top in the Supersport class.
Meanwhile, in the Supertwins it was Richard Cooper who emerged fastest on his Kawasaki.
Mixed conditions greeted the riders on Tuesday morning, with some early sunshine being replaced by rain which briefly halted the session.
Second practice takes place on Thursday morning ahead of that day's racing.
Superbikes
- Josh Brookes (Ducati) 120.045mph
- Michael Dunlop (Suzuki) 119.967
- Davey Todd (Honda) 119.648
- Alastair Seeley (Yamaha) 119.640
- Glenn Irwin (Honda) 119.095
- James Hillier (Yamaha) 118.081
Supersport
- Lee Johnston (Yamaha) 114.132mph
- Michael Dunlop (Yamaha) 113.642mph
- Dean Harrison (Kawasaki) 113.330mph
- Davey Todd (Honda) 113.088mph
- Alastair Seeley (Yamaha) 112.923mph
- Adam McLean (Kawasaki) 112.898mph
Superstocks
- Michael Dunlop (Honda) 115.273mph
- Michael Rutter (BMW) 114.929
- Richard Cooper (Suzuki) 113.43
- Dominic Herbertson (BMW) 113.015
- Ian Hutchinson (BMW) 112.874
- James Hillier (Yamaha) 112.169
Supertwins
- Richard Cooper (Kawasaki) 101.465mph
- Pierre Yves Bian (Paton) 101.086
- Jeremy McWilliams (Paton) 100.477
- Michael Rutter (Paton) 100.374
- Joe Loughlin (Paton) 98.419
- Christian Elkin (Kawasaki) 98.221
What they said...
Josh Brookes: “As soon as we went out in the practice proper for the Superbikes I could ride my own way, get a feeling for the bike and lean it over in the turns. Luckily the sun was out and we had the track completely dry so once I got into my own rhythm the track just came back to me.”
Hawk Racing boss Steve Hicken: “We are happy enough to be P2 on a new bike. Michael seemed happy with the bike and we have some changes to make now.”
Davey Todd: “I was really surprised to be up there. The bike was overgeared and I was barely using sixth gear, so to be just 0.8 seconds off pole when I wasn’t pushing and was just getting used to the track, is good."
Michael Rutter: “There were a lot of wet patches. I got held up a bit on the last lap but the bike feels good and it is fast. I just need to do more laps so that I can get up to speed and have the trust to outbrake people at these high speeds.”
Richard Cooper: “The track was drier towards the end but I was still cautious in parts and was trying to pick my lines. I managed to sort out my braking markers which I never got to grips with when I was here in 2019 so that is something to build on for the rest of the week.”
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