Hutchy’s week, which included two other victories, was a pure ‘fairy-tale’ ending for the rider from Yorkshire who endured horrific injuries at a UK mainland race and then many subsequent operations during a slow five year return to full racing fitness. He was cheered around the 37 ¾ mile (60 kilometre) course which comprises villages, jumps, long straights and a mountain section as well as over 200 corners.

TT Week started on a high for Kawasaki with a double podium in the opening six lap RST Superbike race. PBM Kawasaki rider Hutchinson made an emotional return to the podium with a stunning second place, whilst Quattro Plant Muc-Off Kawasaki star James Hillier enjoyed a strong start to his TT by taking the final podium slot in third.

The Royal London 360 Superstock race saw ‘Hutchy’ power his Superstock Ninja ZX-10R to victory in an enthralling four lap race. Overcoming early race leader Michael Dunlop, Hutchinson took the victory by 17 seconds with Hillier missing out on a podium by just 0.2s. Such was the pace of this year’s event, ‘Hutchy’ smashed the existing race record by 32 seconds with an average speed including a pit stop, with tyre change, of 129.197 mph (207.922kph).

Further Kawasaki success came in the Lightweight race as Ivan Lintin secured his first ever Isle of Man TT victory with a dominating display in the three lap race on his ER-6f based machine. Hillier again climbed onto the podium with a second place finish on his exquisite racing version of Kawasaki’s popular sporting twin-cylinder machine.

It was a record-breaking PokerStars Senior race as Hutchinson topped off his TT week with a podium in third, despite suffering machine trouble in the closing stages. Hillier enjoyed a stunning final ride of his TT campaign to take second place, breaking into the 132mph (212kph) average lap record ‘club’.

To make it a truly memorable week for the thousands of fans thronging the walls and hedgerows, Hillier took the mighty supercharged Kawasaki Ninja H2R around the circuit for a parade lap. Despite it only being a demonstration lap, the star still recorded an incredible 206mph (331kph) down the Sulby straight on a GPS tracker he had operating on his mobile telephone. The Kawasaki Racing Team duo of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes also completed a demo lap on unique World Superbike replica Ninja ZX-10R road going machines.