Farquhar was keen to impress at the home circuit of his sponsor and loyal supporter of pure road racing, Winston McAdoo, and he didn't disappoint as he clinched the feature and Open races.

The 31-year-old from Killyman, Dungannon, admitted that he had no answer to Wilson Craig rider Amor in the 600 Supersport race, when he had to settle for the runners-up spot.

"All credit to Keith (Amor), I had no answer to him on the 600 and he was riding very well, but I was happy to get two wins and a second place because Cookstown is Winston's (McAdoo) home circuit and I wanted to do well," he said.

"I was out on my 2006 Kawasaki Superbike because my new ZX-10 wasn't ready for Saturday, so I was happy enough with the results and I felt pretty good.

"The new Superbike will be ready for Tandragee this weekend and I'm really excited about riding it and I think we're in for some good racing on Saturday," he added. "Keith is riding well and I think it will be close between us and Martin Finnegan."

An electrical problem meant Scotsman Amor contested both the Open and Cookstown 100 feature races on his Supersport Honda and he rode superbly to secure a brace of thirds, with JMF Millsport Racing's Martin Finnegan second on each occasion.

"I was up against it on the 600 because my Superbike developed an electrical problem last Wednesday and in the feature race I was faster that Ryan Farquhar around the back of the circuit, but then when we got to the start/finish straight he was able to pull about 200 metres on me and I was always trying to make it up," said Amor.

"I tried, but I couldn't catch him and Martin Finnegan came through to take second, but I was happy with the results because there wasn't much more I could do."

Uel Duncan Racing's new signing, Gary Johnson, was the early leader of the Open race before Farquhar took control and remained at the head of affairs to take the chequered flag by almost six seconds from Finnegan, with Amor only just scraping third by a few hundredths of a second from Johnson.

Amor hit the front in the Supersport race and with Farquhar threatening to strike, the Scot upped the pace and blasted to a new lap record for the class on his Wilson Craig Honda at 88.743mph on lap seven to cushion his advantage and he took a deserved victory by 3.8 seconds. Finnegan was third, with Michael Dunlop and Johnson completing the top five.

Dunlop was also on lap record form in the unexpected sunshine on Saturday as he moved into the lead of the 250 race at the half-way point after first Ian Morrell from Portstewart and then Darren Burns had led the way. He blitzed the lap record on his fifth circuit with a speed of 83.161mph and saw off the attention Burns to win by 2.3 seconds.

Adrian McFarland, who set the fastest time in Friday's wet practice session, was third on his Aprilia from Morrell and Ivan Lintin.

Dungannon's Nigel Moore, a 125cc winner in 2004 and 2005, led this race for three laps on the roads before Michael Dunlop forced his way through, but it was the rapid progress through the field of his dad, Robert, that caught the eye after the veteran road racer had started from the second group.

He was undoubtedly the fastest rider on the circuit and this was confirmed at the end of the race with Robert declared the winner by 6.7 seconds from Michael, with Moore third and Marc Curtin fourth.

Dunlop senior (pictured left) also won the 250cc 'B' race in only his second outing on the larger two-stroke machines since his devastating Isle of Man TT crash in 1994.

Meanwhile, a rider and spectator were taken to hospital on Saturday following an accident. The rider was described as having serious leg injuries, while the spectator was reported as having sustained a leg injury.

n DON'T miss the News Letter's new motorcycle racing pull-out, Keep 'er Lit, for further coverage of the Cookstown 100 tomorrow.

RESULTS: Cookstown 100 - 1 R Farquhar, 2 M Finnegan, 3 K Amor, 4 G Johnson, 5 W Dunlop, 6 A Archibald. New lap record: Amor 89.018mph. Race B - 1 C Rennie, 2 T Czyzewski, 3 D Burns.
Open A - 1 R Farquhar, 2 M Finnegan, 3 K Amor, 4 G Johnson. Fastest lap: Farquhar 87.973mph. Race B - 1 W Dunlop, 2 C Rennie, 3 A Neill.
Supersport - 1 K Amor, 2 R Farquhar, 3 M Finnegan, 4 M Dunlop. Record lap: Amor 88.743mph. Race B - 1 A Courtney, 2 W Kirwan, 3 D Sheils.
250cc Junior race - 1 M Dunlop, 2 D Burns, 3 A McFarland, 4 I Morrell, 5 I Lintin, 6 B Davidson. Record lap: M Dunlop 83.161mph. Race B - 1 R Dunlop, 2 P Hedison, 3 D Hedison.
125cc race - 1 R Dunlop, 2 M Dunlop, 3 N Moore, 4 M Curtin, 5 A Neill, 6 M Young. Fastest lap: R Dunlop 79.246mph.
Senior Support - 1 D Young, 2 D Howard, 3 G Robinson, 4 J Croft.