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Davey Todd dominates the opening day at the Southern 100

Davey Todd signaled his intentions for the rest of Southern 100 week by topping two classes on the opening night of practice on Monday.

In good conditions he set the fastest lap of the evening in the open class in a time of 2min 14.216sec (113.995mph) on his 8TEN BMW, almost two seconds quicker than Onchan’s Nathan Harrison (Honda) at 112..365mph.

Michael Dunlop MBE was next best at 111.620mph, with Laxey resident Dean Harrison at another second after travelling back from the BSB round at Knockhill in Scotland.

Manxmen Mikey Evans and Marcus Simpson (both Honda) were seventh and ninth best, with Joe Yeardsley 13th (Aprilia).

Todd also led the way in the Supersport class on his 600cc Honda at 109.161mph, nine 10ths of a second quicker than Paul Jordan (Honda), with Nathan Harrison third quickest.

He was followed by Mike Browne, Michael Sweeney and Rob Hodson.

The next best locals were Yeardsley (Yamaha) and Grant Thomson (Kawasaki), eighth and ninth quickest.

The Patons of Rob Hodson and Todd led the way in the Supertwin class, Hodson top of the pile at 107.77mph, seven tenths up on Todd.

Posted on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 in News

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