Motor Bike Racing

Derek Sheils set to miss Cookstown 100

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Nine-time Cookstown 100 winner Derek Sheils is set to miss the event this weekend. Sheils has been the dominant force in the Superbike class around the 2.1-mile Orritor course in recent years and has won eight times in the showpiece class since his first victory in the Open race in
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MICHAEL Dunlop will line up in the Quattro British Supersport championship this weekend as he joins Dynavolt Triumph at Silverstone.

MICHAEL Dunlop will line up in the Quattro British Supersport championship this weekend as he joins Dynavolt Triumph at Silverstone. The road racing legend will join the PTR-run squad as he stands in for injured American Brandon Paasch, who fractured his scaphoid in a crash at Snetterton this past weekend. Dunlop and PTR have history
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McGee out of KDM Hire Cookstown 100

One of the leading riders entered for the 2021 KDM Hire Cookstown 100, Derek McGee, the Mullingar Missile has had to withdraw his entry for this year’s event, following a training incident last weekend. McGee, a past winner over the Orittor circuit, and the rider who finished closest to Michael Dunlop at the recent Armoy
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William Dunlop memorial statue in pipeline as proposal submitted to council

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Plans are in motion for a memorial statue in honour of Northern Ireland motorcycling star William Dunlop in his hometown of Ballymoney. The tribute would be situated beside his father Robert’s statue in the Joey and Robert Dunlop memorial gardens in Castle Street in the Co Antrim town. A proposal
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Adam McLean in British championship return on all-new Honda for Team ILR

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. Adam McLean will return to the British Superbike Championship in an exciting new venture with Ian Lougher to ride the all-new 2021 Honda in the National Junior Superstock class. The Tobermore man plans to contest as many of the remaining rounds as possible this season in the Team ILR colours
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WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPION JONATHAN REA TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST ROAD BIKE AFTER PASSING HIS MOTORCYCLE TEST

Despite winning the World Superbike Championship six times on the bounce, Jonathan Rea, only recently passed his UK motorcycle test. Unsurprisingly, the 34 year old was successful at his first attempt and has now acquired his first road bike, a Kawasaki Z900RS. The Ballyclare man’s first ride on his new machine was along the beautiful

Paul Jordan and Burrows Engineering/RK Racing split

ROADS ace Paul Jordan and the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing squad have parted company, John Burrows confirmed today. Following outings together at Oliver’s Mount and Armoy earlier this summer the ex-road racer and team boss released a statement this afternoon which reads: “Burrows Engineering/RK Racing have agreed to amicably part ways with Paul Jordan. “Unfortunately we
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Hat-trick for Seeley at rain-hit Bishopscourt

ALASTAIR Seeley showed his title-winning pedigree at Bishopscourt this weekend as the Ulster Superbike championship rolled into town for its third round. The Carrickfergus man aboard his IFS Logistics Yamaha put on yet another master class on Saturday, wining both Superbike outings which earned him the Temple 100 cup presented by the Temple Club to
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Michael Dunlop equals fellow road racing greats Phillip McCallen and Ray McCullough

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Michael Dunlop ruthlessly brushed aside the opposition to seal a record ninth straight ‘Race of Legends’ victory on Saturday at the Armoy Road Races to record his 16th Superbike win at his home circuit. Dunlop triumphed in the feature race for the first time in 2011 and claimed his maiden
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