Todd blasts to Superstock win at NW200

Davey Todd charged to victory in a keenly contested Saturday Superstock race

Davey Todd was the winner of a hotly contested Superstock race at the North West 200 on Saturday.

The Yorkshireman crossed the finishing line with just over half a second to spare from Dean Harrison, with Peter Hickman a further two-tenths of a second behind in completing the rostrum spots.

Record wins holder Alastair Seeley was the early pacesetter after lap one, with Todd, Harrison, Michael Dunlop and Hickman in hot pursuit.

Todd hit the front after the next nine miles of the Triangle circuit, with Dunlop's challenge ending when he retired.

A lap of 124.236mph on lap five moved Hickman ahead of Seeley and into contention for the win but Todd retained control and took victory on his 8TEN Racing BMW.

For the English rider, it was his second success of the event and the eighth of his North West career, the 29-year-old having won the Superbike curtain-raiser on Thursday evening.

Todd won both Superstock races last year.

Harrison achieved his runner-up finish on a top-five leaderboard dominated by German manufacturer BMW.

Seeley was fourth and Ian Hutchinson fifth, with Northern Ireland's Paul Jordan sixth.

"The boys have done a fantastic job to put these bikes together. We've had no testing at all," said Todd of his team after the race.

Saturday Superstock result

1 Davey Todd (Eng, BMW)

2 Dean Harrison (Eng, Honda)

3 Peter Hickman (Eng, BMW)

4 Alastair Seeley (NI, BMW)

5 Ian Hutchinson (Eng, BMW)

6 Paul Jordan (NI, Honda)

7 Erno Kostamo (Fin, BMW)

8 John McGuinness (Eng, Honda)