It was back to the Isle of Man for the Southern 100 at Billown next and after being the best newcomer in 2007, Davy was looking for a few more top ten finishes at the quick and dangerous 4.2 mile circuit. It was to be an eventful week with a couple of excellent results achieved between the heavy rain showers.

Monday practice was just a case of getting dialled back in to the dangerous wall lined circuit and Davy was more than happy with his times. Then Tuesdays practice was more of the same and Davy was pleased with his third row starts on both CSC Branson 600 and Investasure 1000 Honda machines and a second row start on the Ballygowan 250 Honda.

First Race on Tuesday was the Senior Solo Founders and Davy made a complete mess of the start and found himself languishing back in sixteenth at the end of the opening lap. He knuckled down and set about moving up through the field setting his fastest ever lap around Billown. On the final lap he got past Paul Dobbs to claim a creditable tenth place finish. He was out for his second run of the evening on the 250cc Honda and again made a mess of the start and was eighth in to the first corner, at the end of the opening lap he was up to sixth and by the end of the race he crossed the chequered flag in fourth.

Wednesday was wiped out completely after heavy rain left a lot of standing water on the circuit so more valuable track time was lost, but definitely the correct decision.

Thursday and the weather was changeable, with damp patches around the circuit after the overnight rain Davy took the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha to the grid. He was battling for eighth early on in the race, but as the conditions changed and the rain began to fall he dropped off the pace and finished tenth. By the time the 250cc Race took to the circuit the rain was falling steady and the road was definitely wet. Davy took it steady in the difficult conditions and brought the Ballygowan Honda home in sixth, not as high as he would have liked, but it was another safe top ten finish.

The rain continued to fall and the roads got wetter and wetter as the day progressed and by the time the final race came around, the Solo Championship, Davy decided it was too dodgy to take out the Investasure Honda out and so his 2008 Southern 100 was over.

Speaking later Davy said, “I really enjoy this meeting and the organisers are brilliant, there is no favourites and all the riders are all treated as equals. The circuit is definitely a riders circuit, but you need to show it a lot of respect as it is dangerous place with little margin for error. It was another good week’s results for me and could have been better if I had got my starts better and the rain had stayed away. It’s a pity the rain came, but again George (Peach) and his team did a terrific job and made all the right calls. I will definitely be back”.