Motor Bike Racing

“Huge question mark” over North West 200 in 2023, warns Mervyn Whyte

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. North West 200 race chief Mervyn Whyte says there is a “huge question mark” over whether the event will go ahead in 2023. Whyte told a meeting of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council that the north coast road race is at a “crossroads” and warned it may not go

Phillip McCallen optimistic Ulster Grand Prix will return in 2023 as talks resume with Tourism NI

By Kyle White Belfast News Letter The Ulster Grand Prix should have been celebrating its centenary this week, but instead the wait for racing to return to the Dundrod course goes on. Last held in 2019, the fastest road race in the world was cancelled in 2020 due to financial trouble, with the event falling

Organisers hope returning Mid-Antrim 150 will become permanent fixture on Irish road racing calendar again.

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. Mid-Antrim 150 Club chairman Davy McCartney is hopeful the popular Irish road race will become a permanent fixture on the calendar again ahead of the return of the Clough meeting September 9-10. The event was officially launched at Wilsons of Rathkenny on Thursday evening and is set to be the

Jeremy McWilliams notches Bishopscourt double at Classic Bike Festival Ireland on Michael Dunlop’s Team Classic Suzuki

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. McWilliams twice had the edge over Michael Rutter in the Classic Superbike races, which were held as part of the two-day event for the first time. On Saturday, McWilliams – riding the Team Classic Suzuki GSX-R750 that Michael Dunlop will race at the Manx Grand Prix this month – dug

Armoy Road Races: Davey Todd sets blistering new 108mph lap record with sensational ‘Race of Legends’ victory

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Davey Todd completed a four-timer at the Bayview Hotel Armoy Road Races on Saturday with a sensational performance in the feature ‘Race of Legends’. The Milenco by Padgett’s Honda rider led all the way and blitzed the lap record twice, establishing a new benchmark of 108.534mph as he set the

Armoy Road Races: Imperious Davey Todd doubles up in Supersport class

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Davey Todd clinched a double with an emphatic victory in the second Supersport race at the Bayview Hotel Armoy Road Races on Saturday. Todd, who won the earlier Supersport race in the damp from Ballymoney’s Darryl Tweed, led all the way from pole on the Milenco by Padgett’s Honda in

Armoy Road Races: Road closing times and race order for the ‘Race of Legends’ in County Antrim

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter The Irish national road racing season continues this weekend with the Armoy Road Races in County Antrim. The organisers have secured the strongest line-up for a national meeting in years, with Michael Dunlop, Davey Todd, Jamie Coward, Adam McLean, Derek Sheils, Michael Sweeney, Mike Browne, Derek McGee, Paul Jordan, Dominic

DAY OF CELEBRATION TO MARK ULSTER GRAND PRIX CENTENARY ON AUGUST 20, 2022

A special day of celebration to mark the centenary of the Ulster Grand Prix motorcycle race will take place at the paddock area of the Dundrod circuit on Saturday, August 20. Organised by the Ulster Grand Prix Supporters Club and the Dundrod and District Motorcycle Club with the support of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council,

🏍🤩Quality List of Riders Bound for Armoy🤩🏍

By AMRRC Media Armoy Road Races Announce Todd’s Attendance FANS are set for some pure road racing come next weekend’s Armoy Road Races, that’s according to Chairman and Clerk of the Course of the Armoy Motorcycling Road Racing Club, Bill Kennedy MBE. Announcing some of the key riders, Bill Kennedy was enthused with the quality