Harrison straight into record books

Incredible start to TT

TT 2018 is officially underway - and a record's already been smashed.

The outright lap record on the TT course has been broken by Dean Harrison.

From a standing start on his Kawasaki, the Bradford rider did 134.432 in the first lap of the RST Superbike TT.

The previous record was held by Michael Dunlop and stood at 133.962.

Harrison currently leads the race - 15 seconds ahead of Michael Dunlop.

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