Gary Dunlop announces 2021 swansong for Joey’s Bar racing team
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter After confirming his retirement from the sport this summer Gary Dunlop has now revealed that the 2021 Irish road racing season will herald the swansong for the Joey’s Bar MCC racing team. The 37-year-old – who is engaged to road racer Melissa Kennedy – told the News Letter in July
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Indomitable Jonathan Rea crowned World Superbike champion for record sixth time at Estoril in Portugal
Saturday, 17 October 2020
By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Jonathan Rea has won the World Superbike Championship for a record sixth consecutive season Estoril in Portugal. The Kawasaki rider incredibly finished fourth despite starting from 15th place on row five after crashing during qualifying. Rea only needed a top-13 finish to guarantee the title but the championship was effectively over
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Next year’s North West 200 could be delayed until September as Covid-19 poses ‘major challenges’
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Next year’s North West 200 could be pushed back until later in the year to improve the prospects of the event taking place amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The international road race was cancelled this year along with the Isle of Man TT as a direct result of the coronavirus
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Mervyn Whyte to step down as Event Director of the North West 200
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
North West 200 Event Director, Mervyn Whyte, MBE, is stepping down from the role. Whyte has been at the helm of the north coast race for the past twenty years, Ireland's largest outdoor sporting attraction. “I had intended to retire at the end of 2019 but Coleraine and District Motor Club asked me to stay
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Ryan Farquhar recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours list with British Empire Medal
Friday, 09 October 2020
By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Ryan Farquhar says he is ‘proud and honoured’ after being awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The Dungannon man is Ireland’s most successful ever Irish national road racer and his achievements were also recognised last year, when Farquhar went into the Guinness Book of World Records
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