Glenn Irwin on BBC iPlayer: "It's nice to be back. It was almost like a warm-up as such. We need to be quite clever. My arm is an issue, for sure, but it's mind over matter and you find a way.

"I still feel good out there and the guys have worked hard on the bikes, we've got a great package. A fast bike certainly helps."

Dean Harrison on BBC iPlayer: "I got off to a good start and I was sitting there to figure out who was in the group and the plan for later on. It's about being in the right place at the right time."

There's going to be a 10-minute delay before a full restart.

So we'll have one warm-up lap and a full six-lap race.

North West 200 organisers have said there will be a slight delay after an "minor incident" at Church corner.

Dean Harrison has a look into Juniper but Irwin holds it.

There's only 0.251 between them at the line, with Cooper third.

Behind that, it's Brookes, Hutchinson, Hickman, Dunlop and Stacey.

The leaders head onto the coast road for the first time and it's Irwin ahead of Harrison and Cooper.

Irwin leads! The local rider hits the front into Mather's Cross.

Harrison holds the lead into Ballysally, with Irwin and Cooper in hot pursuit.

Brookes is fourth and Ian Hutchinson is fifth, with Storm Stacey in sixth ahead of Dunlop.

Harrison leads Irwin and Cooper into Mill Road as they head down to University for the first time.

The first Superbike race is under way!

It's a great start from pole sitter Dean Harrison!

Richard Petrie
BBC Sport at the North West 200

If qualifying is anything to go by, the fastest lap speed by a newcomer will come under real threat today.

The benchmark currently stands to Richard Cooper at 120.659 on his debut on a Buildbase Suzuki in 2019 with 120.659mph.

This year Storm Stacey unofficially broke the record in Thursday's qualifying at a speed of 122.179mph in Superbike qualifying.

To officially enter the record books the speed must be recorded during a race however.

Final preparations are taking place on the grid before this one. Your guess is as good as mine.

Storm Stacey appears to be racing Michael Rutter's bike for this one, with a #79 put over the number four.

Front row

1. Dean Harrison

2. Glenn Irwin

3. Richard Cooper

Second row

4. Josh Brookes

5. Michael Dunlop

6. Storm Stacey

Third row

7. Ian Hutchinson

8. Peter Hickman

9. Erno Kostamo

Storm Stacey did go out for the sighting lap, so hopefully the issue on his Ducati is sorted.

The Superbikes are off on their sighting lap as you hear them roar into Portstewart.

We've just heard that Storm Stacey has an issue with his Ducati so won't start this race.

That's a real shame for the debutant, who had made a big impression.

Richard Petrie
BBC Sport at the North West 200

On his last appearance in 2024 Glenn Irwin made some history by becoming the most successful Superbike rider in the history of the North West 200 as he made it 11 wins in a row in the premier class over the Triangle circuit.

Were Irwin to win both Superbike races today he could join Joey Dunlop as the fourth most successful rider ever at the North West with 13 wins.

A double win today would also see him draw equal with Alastair Seeley as the most prolific winner in an individual class. Seeley currently holds that record with 13 successes in the Supersport class.

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