Dan Hegarty joins Top Gun Racing for IoM TT
2016 TT Privateer champion Dan Hegarty joins forces with Top Gun Racing for the 2017 Isle of Man TT Races on the new CBR1000RR
Dan will be piloting the new Honda Fireblade SP2 and CBR 600 at the TT as well as the North West 200, Southern 100, Ulster Grand Prix and Oliver’s Mount. The team will have support from Honda Racing and will be working with Maxton suspension.
Dan’s 2016 campaign saw him firmly make his mark at the TT as the leading privateer, with four top 20 finishes including 11th place in both the RL360 Quantum Superstock and PokerStars Senior TT Races, which are his highest placed finishes to date at the TT.
He has a fastest lap of 128.431mph, which he achieved in the RST Superbike Race in 2016, that makes him the 25th fastest rider of all time around the Mountain Course.
He was also fastest newcomer at both the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix, achieved a podium in the Southern 100 and scored a win in the Bob Smith Spring Cup at the Oliver’s Mount Circuit at Scarborough and pole position at the International Gold Cup.
A former front runner in the British Superstock and Virgin Mobile R6 Cup Championships, Dan made his TT Mountain Course debut in 2011 with his best results being the two 11th place finishes achieved in last year’s Superstock and Senior races. In 2013, he rode as part of the factory Norton team and now has six silver and 11 bronze replicas to his name.
Dan Hegarty
“I am so happy to be riding with Wurz and the Top Gun team in 2017. Wurz is not a salesman – he’s a hands on team manager and a very genuine guy. Already he has underpromised and over delivered in many ways – my kind of guy! How he has grown the Top Gun team over the last few years is a great story and it will be a real team effort to achieve good results.”
The team will begin testing in February with their first outing planned for the Spring Cup at Oliver’s Mount at the end of April.
Adrian ‘Wurz’ Cox – Top Gun Team Owner
“Dan was our number one choice for 2017 as his ability and his desire to win are unquestionable. We believe that in Dan and the new Honda Fireblade we have a winning combination.”
The full race schedule for the 2017 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy is as follows:
Saturday 3rd June
1100hrs – RST Superbike TT Race
1400hrs – Sidecar TT Race 1
Monday 5th June
1045hrs – Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1
1415hrs – RL 360 Quantum Superstock Race
Wednesday 7th June
1045hrs – Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2
1415hrs – Bennetts Lightweight TT Race
1620hrs – SES TT Zero Race
Friday 9th June
1015hrs – Sidecar TT Race 2
1230hrs – PokerStars Senior TT Race
Qualifying takes place from Saturday 27th May to Fri 2nd June between 1820hrs – 2050hrs
