MILLTOWN SERVICE STATION NEW SUPERTWIN RACE SPONSOR FOR THE 2020 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200

By Stephen Davison NW200 Press Officer   The opening race of the 2020 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on May 10-16 will have a new sponsor. Milltown Service Station in Ballymoney will support the first Supertwin event run at this year’s north coast event. The four lap race will be run on Thursday
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PAUL JORDAN SIGNS FOR BURROWS ENGINEERING/RK RACING TO CONTEST IRISH NATIONAL ROAD RACES IN 2020

Ulster Grand Prix winner Paul Jordan has put pen to paper on a deal with Northern Ireland’s Burrows Engineering/RK Racing team to compete at the Irish national road races in 2020. The Magherafelt man has established himself as one of road racing’s brightest prospects over the past few seasons and although the former British Championship
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JAMES ELLISON HEADLINES 2020 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200 NEWCOMER LINE UP. 

    Stephen Davison NW200 Press Officer   Former BSB star James Ellison headlined the list of ten newcomers who visited the north coast circuit today ahead of their debuts at the 2020 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200.   The vastly experienced Ellison will make his first appearance on the famous 8.9 mile Triangle circuit that links the towns of Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine after a career that
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£300k debt spells end of road for world record breaking UGP

By Roy Harris Belfast Telegraph.   The famous Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod looks to have reached the end of the road. Officially in the record books as the world’s fastest road race, the UGP is saddled by debts of £300,000 with hopes of a rescue package fading. Despite their hopes of a reprieve, a
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Under-threat Ulster Grand Prix can be saved, despite £300k debts

By Roy Harris Belfast Telegraph. It may be too late for this year but the historic Ulster Grand Prix can still be saved in time for its 2022 centenary. With the event facing crippling debts in the region of £300,000, it seems impossible it will be saved this year with riders still awaiting payment for
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Ulster Grand Prix: Northern Ireland road racing event’s future remains in doubt.

Ulster Grand Prix organisers have said that the meeting’s future remains in doubt despite talks in recent months aimed at securing funding for the cash-strapped road races. In November, it was revealed that  debts in the region of £250,000 had created a major financial crisis for the event. A statement from the organising Dundrod and District
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Michael Dunlop ‘open to proposals’ over Superbike ride for 2020 road racing season

By Kyle White, Belfast Newsletter.   Michael Dunlop says he is ‘open to proposals’ over a Superbike deal for the 2020 road racing season. The Ballymoney man has kept a typically low profile over the winter months but took to social media on Wednesday to reveal he has nothing in place in terms of Superbike
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Carl Phillips: NW200 ‘gave me taste for road racing’, says Manx GP newcomer

  By Richard Petrie BBC Sport NI   Carl Phillips says competing at the North West 200 for the first time in 2019 “gave him a bit of a taste for road racing” after revealing he will ride at the Manx Grand Prix this year. The Lisburn racer will make his debut on the Mountain
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McGrady Insurance Stages Rally 7th March 2020

    The newly revised McGrady Insurance Stages are ready to roar into action once again around the Bishopscourt Racing Circuit Complex. Organised by the members of Ballynahinch and District Motor Club and supported by our local sponsor McGrady Insurance, the ever popular event will feature new and challenging stages to test the best of
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