Johnny Stewart has made history as the first person to ever win four Manx Grand Prix races in a single week with victory in the Okell’s Senior race.
The final race of the 2026 Manx Grand Prix would be the Okell’s Senior race, run over four laps of the Mountain Course.
In one of the closest finishes in recent memory, Caomhan Canny took the victory in the 2025 running of the event, beating Chris Cook to the top step of the podium by just 0.52 seconds with the fight for third being equally as close with Jamie Williams claiming the final podium spot by only 0.007 seconds from Ryan Whitehall.
An incredibly fast Glover Law Supersport race, run on the same machinery, saw Johnny Stewart claim the victory ahead of Graham McAleese and Eddy Wormald in second and third place respectively.
Although Stewart claimed the 36th and final spot in the Tommy Club, second place McAleese also recorded a 120mph lap along with Lee Hara as newcomer Laurent Hoffmann recorded a 119.612mph lap.
Heading into the final race of 2026 it is all to play for with Johnny Stewart chasing history as he tries to become the only person to claim four out of four Manx Grand Prix wins in a week.
The race began in glorious sunshine and was accompanied by a piper thanks to a request made by Johnny Stewart.
Yet again Johnny Stewart was the quickest out of the blocks and by Glen Helen, Johnny Stewart had pulled out a 1.5 second lead over Eddy Wormald in second place.
Owen Monaghan was a further 2.7 seconds back in third but only just ahead of Graham McAleese in fourth,
Andy Farrell and Harley Rushton completed the top six while Kyle Casement was the best placed newcomer in seventh place.
Further down the order around three seconds was all that separated positions seven to 13.
At Ramsey, Stewart had put the hammer down and jumped to a huge ten second lead over Wormald but the battle for third was incredibly tight with McAleese just a quarter of a second behind Owen Monaghan.
Crossing the line at the end of lap one Johnny Stewart recorded a lap of 121.585 to extend his lead to 12.5 seconds from Eddy Wormald.
In the battle for third place McAleese was able to jump past Owen Monaghan on the run over the mountain to climb onto the final podium position by 2.9 seconds over Owen Monaghan.
Once again the fight for the title of the best newcomer was between Kevin Lavery, Laurent Hoffman and Kyle Casement with Lavery leading the trio in sixth place overall.
By Ballaugh on lap two the top three remained the same while Owen Monaghan was putting in an impressive ride to put him in fourth place overall just five seconds off the final podium spot.
Further down the order Gabriel Pons joined the fight for best newcomer after he passed Kyle Casement on the road and began to chase down Kevin Lavery in seventh place.
At the Bungalow on lap two Stewart’s advantage at the front was nearing 30 seconds while second and third place riders Eddy Wormald and Graham McAleese were circulating together on the road separated by ten seconds on corrected time.
Heading into the pits Johnny Stewart was nearing a new outright Manx Grand Prix lap record with an average speed of 122.038mph.
After the second lap, Wormald sat in second with McAleese in third followed by Owen Monaghan, Harley Rushton and newcomer Gabriel Pons to round out the top six.
In the pits Dale Brew recorded the fastest stop with a time of 39.823 seconds, Markus Karlsson clocked the second fastest time at 42.379 to reduce the gap to second place and Graham McAleese was in for 42.66 to reduce the gap to second place
Unfortunately for Laurent Hoffmann, one of the contenders for fastest newcomer, was hit with a thirty second penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
With the effects of the pitstops now clear, Stewart now led by 25.8 seconds while Graham McAleese reduced the gap to second place Eddy Wormald to just three seconds due to a much quicker pitstop.
At Ramsey on the third lap, barring mechanical failure Stewart’s fourth victory of the 2026 looked assured with a 35 second lead, but the battle for second was still all to play for with the gap between Wormald and McAleese down to just one second.
On the run over the mountain Wormald had extended the gap to McAleese to just over five seconds heading into the final lap.
The battle for fastest newcomer looked well in Gabriel Pons’ hands as he lead Kevin Lavery while Laurent Hoffmann’s penalty meant he would have to put in the lap of his life to claim the honours for best debutant.
By Glen Helen on the final lap, Stewart extended his lead again to 34 seconds while Wormald was able to pull out a further second to McAleese in the battle for second.
Despite seemingly having the race in hand, Stewart pulled out his lead again by Ramsey to forty seconds with Wormald and McAleese still locked in a fierce battle for third with the gap now a shade under five seconds.
Crossing the line for the final time in the 2026 Manx Grand Prix, Johnny Stewart clocked a lap of 121.062mph as he took victory in the Okell’s Senior race by 35.8 seconds.
Eddy Wormald crossed the line in second place with Graham McAleese finished in third place for his second podium of the week.
Johnny Stewart entered the rostrum to a piper performing Flower of Scotland as he performed the biggest burnouts of the week.
The history making Scotsman and four time Manx Grand Prix winner said: “It doesn’t feel real, to be honest.
“Just at the start of the week, just to even finish a race is mega, but to win once, amazing.
“To win two is even better but four is just off the charts.”
Second place man and four time podium finisher this week, Eddy Wormald said: “I was actually a bit sloppy on the first lap or two.
“I actually didn't think I was going to be on the podium, but I came around and I saw P2 and I was a bit, you know, I need to get my head down now.
“So I managed to save it, so that was all right.”
Graham McAleese in third said: “It’s fantastic.
“I left myself a lot to do for a second.
“I think if we can get out of the park a wee bit quicker the next time that would be a lot easier on myself.
“But no, credit to the team, credit to everybody who looks after it.”
Ollie Neale, MD of Okell’s said: “This sort of finishes it out, we've had an amazing week.
“So pleased for Johnny.
“The week itself has been incredible, it's the first time I have been to the Manx as a sponsor and it’s just been brilliant.”
After Emmett Burke crossed the line as the last rider on the road, the curtain was drawn on a fabulous 2026 Manx Grand Prix.