Bruce Anstey is now the fastest ever rider around the Isle of Man TT Circuit on a Supersport machine, after recording a lap of 126.549mph on his GSX–R600 in the Relentless Supersport race on Tuesday.
Unfortunately, both Bruce and the Relentless Suzuki team suffered cruel luck in the same race, when a broken rectifier cable forced a retirement at Brandywell after 146 miles of racing. Bruce was less than five miles away from TT win number eight and win number sixteen for the TAS Racing team.
In Tuesday night’s Superstock race Bruce Anstey retired at the end of the opening lap after struggling with the settings on his GSX–R1000.
Bruce Anstey “My GSX–R600 was faultless in the Supersport race until it stopped on the last lap. I’d settled into my rhythm early on and was comfortably in the lead when I got caught up with other riders on the last two laps, but I had the race in the bag. I just felt the bike starting to cut out at the Bungalow and it eventually stopped at Brandywell. I will be doing my best to win the second Supersport race tomorrow.”
Philip Neill – Team Principal"What can we say, it just wasn't our day today at the TT. You need a lot of luck around here with the nature of the races and today we didn't have any. What is pleasing, was watching Bruce recording the fastest lap on our Relentless Suzuki GSX–R600. He was leading comfortably in the Relentless Supersport race, but due to a minor failure with a broken wire on the last lap we lost out on the win.
"In the Superstock class, Bruce never quite found the set-up he required on his GSX–R1000 and we all know if Bruce is not fully confident, he will not race. This is the first time TAS Racing has been beaten in the Superstock class at the TT, but we still have tomorrow's Supersport race and Friday's Senior Superbike TT to make our mark on this year's event."
Bruce Anstey is now the fastest ever rider around the Isle of Man TT Circuit on a Supersport machine, after recording a lap of 126.549mph on his GSX–R600 in the Relentless Supersport race on Tuesday. 
