Coronavirus: What will be the impact on Northern Irish motorsport?

By Andy Gray BBC NI Sport What will be the impact on Northern Irish motorsport?   We are in times like we have never experienced before. Much has been made about the future of our society, our schools, our businesses and our lives. Ultimately, the truth is, nobody really knows the impact this virus will
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Ulster Superbike Championship Round One 

Ulster Superbike Championship Round One Bishopscourt Racing Circuit  21st March 2020  With just over a week to go until the opening round of the 2020 Ulster Superbike championship the provisional entry list for the Superbikes and Supersport  classes have  been released. Any one still wanting an entry should contact race secretary Mark Harrison as soon as possible
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Ernie Coates Track Days

BISHOPSCOURT TRACK DAY – Saturday 4th April? NEW DATES NOW RELEASED! Tag your friends. BOOK YOUR SPOT >>> https://bit.ly/2FWfmkF Ernie Coates Track Days is back again this year with our first Bishopscourt Track Day on Saturday 4th April. We welcome riders of all abilities from novice to professional with different groups for each. At our Bishopscourt
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Classic Bike Festival

Motorcycle Racing in Ireland is world renowned since its first meeting in 1903 and for the very first time in Ireland there will be a dedicated motorcycle festival at the Bishopscourt racing circuit on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August. It has been a dream of 11-time TT winner Phillip McCallen to celebrate the unique

Circuit Access Road Closure Signs

              Anyone heading to Bishopscourt Racing Circuit from Downpatrick direction please Ignore the Road Closed Signs. The closure is due to a collapsed bridge which is past the circuit entrance so there are no access restrictions. Regards Roy Biggerstaff Circuit Manager

A prize fund of £50,000 has been secured for USBK with the backing of title sponsor AJ Plumbing Supplies

  Improved Ulster Superbike Championship launches alongside all new prize pot for competitors The MCUI (UC) has announced the launch of a revamped and reinvigorated short circuit championship, now known as the ‘Ulster Superbike Championship’. The governing body for road racing, short circuits and trials in Ulster has also revealed an all – new overall
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Arial Photos

A couple of photos of Bishopscourt Racing Circuit taken from a helicopter during the Sunflower Trophy weekend.

Sunflower Trophy Races Darren James.

  Darren James.                       Words and Pictures Baylon McCaughey.   Canadian Darren James is no stranger to Northern irish race fans, James has competed at the North West 200  where has taken top ten finishes, and Armoy road races as well as the Sunflower Trophy race

Sunflower Trophy Races Lewis Shand

                  Words and picture Baylon McCaughey   The name Shand  is quite popular when it comes to motorcycle race paddock, Looking back over the years, we have seen les Shand, frontrunner at road races, and we cannot forget the sidecar Shands who have been good supporters of