Fermanagh's Lee Johnston made a breakthrough to secure his maiden victory in th♛e Superstock class at the North West 200 on Saturday, halting Alastair Seeley's victory streak.

Johnston, who clinched a double in last year's Supertwins races at the North Wes🐓t, forced his way past Tyco BMW rider Alastair Seeley on the final lap to clinch a popular victory.

Seeley had led into Metropole on the final lap but Johnston refused to give in a✃nd squeezed ahead on the Coast Road on his ECC/Burdens BMW, holding on toﷺ win by only 0.1 seconds.

Ian Hutchinson continued to impress on the PBM Kawasaki as the rejuvenated Yorkshire rider �♊�fended off a challenge from Michael Dunlop (MD Racing Yamaha) to seal the final place on the podium.

The Bingley rider set a new lap record of 121.680mp🍸h as the top three all bettered Austrian Horst Saiger's previous benchmark in a red-hot race.

A delighted Johnston said: "Alastair got me down into Metropole but I got a good run out of Black Hill and𝓰 I just made it on the brakes into Juniper.

"I gave up the Supertwin to focus on the big bikes♉ so I'd have looked 🌺pretty stupid if I didn't get a result."

William Dunlop took fifth on the Tyco BMW behind his brother Michael, with Martin Jessopp✱ a close six𝓡th on the Riders Motorcycles BMW.

Quattro Plant Kawasaki's James Hillier came out on top of his battle with Scots♛man Keith Amor for seventh, with Conor Cummins (Jackson Honda) and David Johnston (BMW) completing the top ten.