Michael Dunlop says he’s “too lengthy within the tooth” to race within the British Superbike Championship, however has admitted that he may need favored to have given the brief circuit collection “a shot”.
Dunlop has taken half briefly circuit races right here and there by way of his profession, together with in BSB within the Supersport class as just lately as final yr.
However in contrast to lots of his street racing rivals – corresponding to Peter Hickman, Davey Todd, and Dean Harrison – the Ballymoney man has by no means put severe effort right into a BSB marketing campaign, as a substitute sustaining a give attention to the roads in his racing programme.
By now, the 33-time Isle of Man TT winner feels he’s too outdated to begin making a extra substantial effort in British Superbikes, regardless that he does really feel he may “put in a half respectable cost at it,” given sufficient time.
“Too lengthy within the tooth now,” Dunlop mentioned when requested whether or not or not he would take into account racing in BSB, talking to BBC Sport NI.
“It is exhausting. Did we miss that boat? No doubt.”
Dunlop admitted that he by no means actually tried to make one thing occur in BSB, however that he may need prefer to have achieved so.
“However did I ever go searching for it? Most likely not, and I most likely would have favored to have had a little bit of a shot at it,” he mentioned.
“With time I may fall into it, there isn’t any cause that if we spent a little bit of time doing BSB I may put in a half respectable cost at it.”
Dunlop has loved one other profitable yr on the roads.
He claimed wins on the North West 200, the TT and the Tandragee 100.
