Red flag halts Tuesday qualifying after late incident at Manx GP
It was the second red flag incident since qualifying began on Sunday, with a crash involving Bangor's Andy McAllister at the notorious Black Dub on Monday forcing an end to the action only ten minutes after qualifying began.
McAllister sustained a reported arm injury in the crash.
The organisers had hoped to restart the session on Monday, but made the decision to cancel the remainder of the schedule with the clean-up operation at the scene taking longer than expected. Fading light in the evening at this time of year also limits the amount of evening qualifying time for competitors.
Before last night's red flag, Manxman Jamie Williams set the fastest time in Senior qualifying on his NCE Racing Honda at 118.571mph. Williams was 4.3s up on Scotsman Chris Cook (118.121mph), while Donegal's Caomhan Canny – making his return from injury after a crash at the Tandragee 100 in June – was fifth fastest at 116.942mph.
Canny was narrowly ahead of Limavady's Michael Gahan, who clocked 116.663mph.
Southern Irish rider Andy Farell led the Junior Supertwin times on his Aprilia at 113.304mph from Liam Chawke on Ryan Farquhar's KMR Kawasaki (113.242mph) and Senior pacesetter Williams (113.135mph).
TT winner Davey Todd recorded the fastest lap overall on the Prosperity Racing Ducati 916 after being granted permission to participate in the Manx Grand Prix qualifying sessions.
Practice for the standalone Classic TT meeting is due to commence this evening from 6:30pm and will run in tandem with the Manx Grand Prix.
However, Todd will miss some Classic TT practice sessions this weekend, when he will travel to Cadwell Park to compete in the British Superbike Championship on the 8TEN Racing BMW.
The English rider co-owns the team with fellow TT winner Peter Hickman, who was injured in a crash in qualifying at the TT.
Todd will be one of the favourites in the Classic TT Formula 1 race next Wednesday.
The 29-year-old lapped at 121.688mph on the Ducati 916 machine from a standing start last night.
His opposition will include 33-time TT winner Michael Dunlop, who will ride the Wiz Norton, plus Mike Browne and Rob Hodson on Ducati 916 machinery.
The Classic TT line-up also includes Dean Harrison, John McGuinness, Conor Cummins, Ian Hutchinson, Jamie Coward and Paul Jordan.
Todd said: 'Myself and Dean Harrison are off to Cadwell Park and we're away from Thursday evening and don't get back until Tuesday, so we'll miss all of the practice over the weekend.
'The organisers have kindly let us jump in these Manx Grand Prix sessions to get a couple of laps in case anything happens later in the week, and we're unable to get any laps.'
Meanwhile, Shaun Anderson from Banbridge has secured a last-minute deal to ride a Yamaha YZF750 in the Classic TT Formula 1 class.
Anderson lost his ride on the Wiz Norton to Dunlop but will now be able to take his place in the race after HM Racing stepped in and offered him a lifeline.
Last year, Anderson toasted his first win around the Mountain Course when he beat 23-time TT winner McGuinness in a tight finish to secure victory on a Paton machine in the Classic Senior Manx Grand Prix.
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