Tom Weeden in imperious form at the P&K Barry Sheene Festival

The Englishman was in imperious form across the weekend, taking pole position in qualifying with a best lap of 1:49.673 before backing it up with victories in all three SuperSport races.

In the opening race he had to work hard to hold off Ryan Dixon and Joey Thompson, who crossed the line just 5.3 seconds adrift, with impressive Scotsman Johnny Stewart fourth.

The second race saw Weeden again lead from the front, this time with Stewart and Thompson completing the podium.

By race three the pattern was firmly established, Weeden taking the win on his Next Generation Triumph 765 machine by just under four seconds from Stewart, Dixon third and Thompson fourth.

In the Stock SuperSport class it was an equally dominant performance from John Marsh, who swept all three class victories to take maximum points.

Marsh finished fifth overall in each race, with Joey Lambden second in class throughout and Fred McMullan and Scott Aitkin closely matched behind him.

The combined Barry Sheene Classic feature race provided one of the weekend’s most entertaining contests, bringing together CSBK, 400cc and 2-Stroke machinery for a cross-class classic bike shootout.

Weeden again led the CSBK runners, but it was Curtis Milburn who ran him closest, to achieve a career best finish in second place, with just 8.6 seconds separating the two at the flag.

Paul Marley and Johnny Stewart completed the top four.

In the Potter Plant CSBK class — run alongside the 2-Strokes — Weeden and Joey Thompson staged an entertaining battle across three races.

Weeden won the opening encounter convincingly with Thompson second, but the positions were reversed in race two, Thompson heading Weeden home in a much tighter contest.

Weeden clinched the overall class honours with 402 points to Thompson’s 399. Stuart Hall was untouchable in the 2-Stroke class, winning all three races again to finish on maximum points, with John Hannaford second overall.

The SuperTwins class provided some of the closest racing of the weekend.

Thompson opened with a narrow win from Weeden and Stewart in race one, the three covered by just 1.4 seconds.

Race two went to Thompson again, though Gorton, Weeden and Stewart all finished within a second of each other.

The final Twins race — shortened to three laps — went to Stephen Gorton, who edged Thompson by just over a second.

The MiniTwins category saw Dean Carver take a solo win.

Stephen Gorton proved equally dominant in the 400cc class, winning all three races and finishing on maximum points.

He had to fend off consistent pressure from Steve Sewell and Roddy Taylor, who swapped second and third across the three encounters.

Isle of Man’s Dan Sayle swept the Moto3/125cc class with three wins from three, with Tony Flinton and Tom Snow filling the minor places.

Ricky Martin took the CB500 class honours, winning races one and three to finish on 70 points from Steven Allan (62) and Shaun O’Hara (60).

The Classic Solo category went to Russell Brook, who won the opening two races before finishing second in race three; Andrew Guy was a consistent runner-up throughout.

The F2 Sidecar class was the tightest contest of the weekend, with three different crews winning a race apiece.

Stephen and Matty Ramsden (99) took race one, Carl Fenwick and Jake Roberts (87) won race two, and Kieran Clarke and Rob Coppock (9) claimed race three.

All three outfits finished level on 97 points overall — Clarke/Coppock taking the tie-break by virtue of their race three victory counting.

Sadly Pre-Injection and Classic sidecar driver Greg Lambert sustained an ankle injury in the second sidecar race of the day on Sunday and we wish him well for a speedy recovery.

In the Classic Sidecars, Clarke and Coppock added a second class to their haul, winning all three races convincingly from Swiss debutants Guido and Zita Reichmuth in second and Alistair and Patti Lewis in third.

Seven-time TT winner Dave Molyneux, partnered by Dan Sayle, finished second in the opening race before being sidelined in round three with mechanical issues.

The weekend’s support races provided an opportunity for additional competitors, with impressive newcomer Bradley Burn taking the opening L.May Plant Support Race from Michael Knorr, and Oliver Dean heading the Pro SuperSport runners.

Aside from the thrilling racing, there was a large selection of classic bikes on display and being paraded by former racing legends Steve Parrish riding one of Barry Sheene’s actual Suzuki RG500 race bikes and Ian Simpson on his Honda SP race bike.

Add in an evening Steve Parrish hosted chatshow with 17 times TT sidecar Winner Dave Molyneux and his brave partner Dan Sayle, followed up with live music in the beer tent, and everyone had an amazing weekend bathed in sunshine.

The Mount will hosts The Cock o’ The North Races on July 18-19.