Johnny Stewart grabbed his second race win of the week after he dominated the Glover Law Supersport Manx Grand Prix.
After a thrilling Road Racing News Sportbike race, attention at the 2026 Manx Grand Prix turned to the Glover Law Supersport race, run over four laps around the Mountain Course.
Last year’s running of the race saw Jamie Williams take the win ahead of Caomhan Canny in second place and Ryan Whitehall in third to round out the podium.
Fresh off a victory earlier in the day, Johnny Stewart headed into the afternoon’s race as the favourite after he recorded multiple 120mph laps in qualifying.
Not far behind him, 20-year-old Lee Hara also recorded a 120mph lap in qualifying sessions as the Coleraine man looked to make a push for the top spot on the podium.
As well as competing for the race win both Stewart and Hara were competing for the 36th and final place in the Tommy Club, named after the late Tommy Clucas, awarded to riders who complete a racing lap at the Manx Grand Prix at over 120mph.
Chris Cook, Andy Farrell, Eddy Wormald and Graham McAleese all headed into the race as outside bets for the victory.
Once again Johnny Stewart put in a blistering first sector and pulled out a 6.3 second lead on the run to Glen Helen ahead of Andy Farrell in second place.
Lee Hara was not hanging around either, just 0.6 seconds off second place while local newcomer Kyle Casement slotted into fifth place.
At Ramsey on lap one, Johnny Stewart was leading on the road as well as on timings after overhauling Andy Farrell to lead charge over the Mountain.
Lee Hara and Graham McAleese were able to leapfrog Andy Farrell to claim second and third place at the hairpin.
The end of the first lap saw Johnny Stewart lap at a race record 121.663mph as he claimed the 36th and final place in the Tommy Club.
The Scotsman was pulling away at the end of the first lap, leading by over 17 seconds from Lee Hara who in turn held an 11 second advantage over third place.
Heading into lap two, the third and final podium position was incredibly close with Eddy Wormald holding a 0.26 second advantage over Graham McAleese and Andy Farrell three seconds behind.
By Ballaugh on lap two, Stewart, Hara and Wormald remained the top three though further down the order Chris Cook, Harley Rushton and Kyle Casement were separated by less than a second in a battle for eighth.
At the Bungalow Johnny Stewart had extended his advantage over Hara to 25 seconds while Graham McAleese and Eddy Wormald remained locked in their battle for third.
Heading into the pits for the mandatory stop at the end of lap two, Johnny Stewart broke his own lap record again with a time of 121.689mph.
Lee Hara also managed to lap at over 120mph, finishing his second circuit with an average speed of 120.944mph.
The battle for third took another twist as Graham McAleese’s advantage slipped to just 0.27 seconds over Eddy Wormald.
Andy Farrell had the fastest stop with a time of 46.031 seconds, followed by Graham McAleese with a 46.3 second stop and Liam Chawke with a time of 47.833.
By the time the leaders got to Glen Helen on lap three, the effects of the pitstop became apparent as a slower stop by both Stewart and Hara meant they lost time to the chasers.
Graham McAleese benefited from a quick stop as he extended his advantage over Eddy Wormald to 3.7 seconds while Andy Farrell closed the gap to fourth place to three seconds.
Despite losing around ten seconds to the chasers Stewart and Hara’s advantage had grown by the time they reached Ramsey with the Scotsman leading the 20-year-old by 28 seconds while Graham McAleese was 26.9 seconds further back in third.
Kyle Casement sat in ninth place as the best newcomer, holding an 18 second advantage over fellow newcomer Laurent Hoffmann in tenth and Gabriel Pons in 11th.
Going into the final lap Stewart held an advantage of 31.9 seconds over Hara in second but like the earlier Road Racing News Sportbike race all eyes were on the battle for third with McAleese now just 1.293 seconds ahead of a charging Eddy Wormald.
At Glen Helen, Johnny Stewart remained at the front of the race though a crash for Lee Hara at Braddan Bridge meant Graham McAleese jumped to second while Eddy Wormald now sat in third.
On the run from Glen Helen to Ramsey McAleese now looked more secure in second place as he extended his advantage to just under seven seconds ahead of Eddy Wormald in third place.
In a battle for fifth place, Owen Monaghan was just 0.85 seconds behind Liam Chawke with just the mountain section left to race.
Johnny Stewart finished the race with a final lap of 121.078mph, over one minute ahead of Graham McAleese in second who, on his final lap, recorded an average speed of 120.667mph.
Eddy Wormald secured his second podium of the day with a third place finish, 9.2 seconds behind McAleese.
Andy Farrell, Owen Monaghan and Liam Chawke rounded out the top six.
Further back, a last lap charge from Laurent Hoffmann meant he finished as the best placed newcomer in eighth place with a blistering 119.612mph lap ahead of Kyle Casement in ninth.
After the race, now two-time Manx Grand Prix winner, Johnny Stewart, said: “It was, it was a bit unbelievable, to be honest, it was good.”
Second place man Graham McAleese said: “It was immense.
“We always knew, I think we've got a 120 on that last lap there, sort of.
“That's the aim of the game at the Manx Grand Prix.
“I think you need to be doing that before you move on.
“The race was perfect, we just sort of ripped it there.
“It was close between me and Eddy, but I just kept going.
“I got to the pit stop, and they said that there was one second between us and I just sort of put the hammer down after that and see if we could just bridge it and if I couldn't then fair play.
“But we just put the head down and went for it.”
Eddy Wormald, in third place, said: “I really enjoyed it, it felt really good.
“Just need to calm it down, I've been a little bit quick, get a bit nervy over the bumps.
“I would say I'm losing time on the run up to Glen Tramman.
“It's getting extremely lively over the bumps, so just rolling it a little bit when it should be flat out.
“I think we'll do a couple of setup changes, maybe, I think from here.”
Paul Glover from Glover Law, sponsor of the race added: “It was an amazing race really.
“The weather's perfect, the best conditions of the week.
“Johnny Stewart's been going great all week and it's a good win.”
Racing action returns to the mountain course on Monday with the Carole Nash Junior and Okell’s Senior races.