Harrison races to Isle of Man TT Superstock double

Dean Harrison made it a double of Superstock wins at the 2025 Isle of Man TT

Dean Harrison made it a double in the Superstock class at this year's Isle of Man TT by taking victory in Friday's three-lap race over the Mountain Course.

It was a fifth TT victory of the Honda Racing rider's career and his fifth podium finish of the 2025 event.

The 36-year-old had 16 seconds to spare over runner-up, Davey Todd on the 8TEN Racing BMW, with Michael Dunlop a further 32.8 seconds in arrears in third on his MD Racing BMW, the same top three as in the first Superstock outing on Tuesday.

Harrison and Todd both had spells at the head of the timesheets on lap one but by the end of the first circuit it was the Honda rider who had a narrow advantage of half a second thanks to the fastest lap of the race at 133.464mph.

Todd's hopes of a win effectively ended however when his bike failed to fire after his pit-stop and he lost 12 seconds, one of his crew having to push the machine almost the entire length of pitlane before it could be coaxed back into life.

Harrison controlled the race from the front thereafter to take victory.

"Words can't describe it, what it's like to do a double in the Superstock class," said the Bradford rider, who is now resident in Laxey in the Isle of Man.

"I got off to a real hard start and the lead was swapping but coming out of Glen Helen on lap two I saw '+13' on my board and then I kept going as hard as I could, kept the head down," he added on TT Plus.

"I saw the advantage was '+20' so I managed my lead to the finish from there."

Pit-stop misfortune ends Todd hopes

Harrison led by 2.2 seconds at Glen Helen on the first lap but Todd battled back and moved in front by just two hundredths of a second by Ramsey Hairpin.

A strong response over the mountain section saw Harrison regain top spot by 1.1 seconds but the leader's cushion over his fellow Yorkshireman was just 0.5 seconds when the riders came into the pits.

As so often in the context of TT racing, there was drama in the pits however as Todd's challenge petered out as a result of the time he lost trying to get his bike to fire. His deficit after the second lap increased to 20 seconds and he was forced to settle for second.

"I'm disappointed. I really thought we could challenge for that win but the bike just wouldn't start after the pitstop.

"We had made improvements to the bike and I went really steady on the first lap and was in the mix.

"I'm gutted for the team as they have all worked so hard. We don't deserve this bad luck really."

Dunlop was never in contention for the win on this occasion as he struggled with an electronic issue from the outset, overshooting at Braddan Bridge on lap one and suffering a top speed deficit with his BMW.

The record 32-time winner battled back from the time lost in that setback as he worked his way up the leaderboard to claim the 50th rostrum finish of his TT career.

James Hillier finished fourth, with Conor Cummins fifth and Josh Brookes rounding out the top six.

Sixteen-time TT winner Ian Hutchinson was contending for a podium place when he retired at Ramsey on lap one.

Superstock TT race two results

1 Dean Harrison (Eng, Honda)

2 Davey Todd (Eng, BMW)

3 Michael Dunlop (NI, BMW)

4 James Hillier (Eng, Honda)

5 Conor Cummins (IOM, BMW)

6 Josh Brookes (Aus, Honda)

7 Nathan Harrison (IOM, Honda)

8 John McGuinness (Eng, Honda)