Southern 100 2026

The 2026 Southern 100 kicked off last week on Monday evening, of which would follow a thrilling four-day event featuring some incredible racing. With a diverse range of classes such as superbikes, supersports, lightweights and classic sidecars that took to the Billown Circuit from the 6th to 9th of July. 

Roads closed at 6:30pm on Monday evening to get the first practice sessions underway, Dean Harrison topped the timesheets straight away in the Superbike class by setting a 2m 12.430s lap followed by Nathan Harrison and Michael Dunlop in third. It was very clear after the first sessions that Dean had a point to prove over the coming week, as he continued to set the pace in Tuesday evening's practice and qualifying putting the Factory Honda CBR Fireblade onto pole position for race 1. 

Both the Superbike and Supersport class also featured for the first time TT star Peter Hickman who to everybody’s amusement was wearing an orange rookie vest during the first sessions, however just like in the TT, he found his rhythm early on and was very competitive come raceday. 

Paul Jordan secured pole position for both the Lightweight and Supersport categories with local Manx rider Joe Yeardsley in third for the Lightweight class. In Supersport race B, Joey Lambden secured pole position and in sidecars, Keiran Clarke & Rob Coppock took the overall top spot. 

Come the racing, Dean Harrison went on to make history securing his fourth Solo Championship victory, to tie with legends the likes of Joey Dunlop and Guy Martin and to top it off, claiming the new lap record during the final race on Thursday afternoon, a breathtaking 2 minutes 10.032, with an average lap speed of 117.663 mph. Other Superbike podium spots during the week were taken by Nathan Harrison, Peter Hickman and Michael Browne.

Michael Browne also took top honours by securing the S&S Motors Supersport Title, while Joe Yeardsley and Paul Jordan traded blows in the Lightweight classes with each rider taking a win. 

There was also some heated competition in the classic sidecars between number 9 Keiran Clarke and Rob Coppock, and number 32 Will & Andy Smith, who were beaten both times by the 9 crew in very close battles across both sidecar races.