Motor Bike Racing

Carl Phillips set for NW200 bid after surprise return

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Sunday, 3rd April Carl Phillips was a surprise entry at the opening Ulster Superbike round at Bishopscourt on Saturday as the Lisburn man confirmed his return to racing this season. Phillips won the Ulster Superbike title in 2019 but his only appearance over the last few years was an outing
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Reigning champion Alastair Seeley bags four-timer in Ulster Superbike opener at Bishopscourt

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Saturday, 2nd April 2022, 6:28 pm Carrick’s Alastair Seeley swept the board with a fabulous four-timer at Bishopscourt in Co Down on Saturday to begin the 2022 Ulster Superbike Championship in style. Last year, Seeley clinched the Superbike and Supersport titles as he completed a full season at home in

TODD AND CUMMINS FIRED UP FOR 2022 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200

TODD AND CUMMINS FIRED UP FOR 2022 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200 Clive Padgett’s Milenco Honda squad will be hoping for a repeat of their winning performance at the 2019 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 when the Yorkshire based team returns to the north coast on May 8-14. Davey Todd claimed
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Former Irish Supersport champion Ali Kirk hangs up leathers

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Ulster Superbike frontrunner Ali Kirk has called time on his career after admitting he has lost the motivation to continue racing in 2022. The Dromara man won the Irish Supersport title in 2008 and finished as the runner-up last season in the Ulster Superbike Championship, when he was beaten to
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Michael Dunlop breaks cover on PBM Ducati in two-day test at Bishopscourt Racing Circuit

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Michael Dunlop was in action at Bishopscourt Racing Circuit on a PBM Ducati Panigale V4R during a private two-day test on Friday and Saturday. Dunlop was joined at the Co Down track by British Superbike rider Josh Brookes, although big-name signing Tom Sykes – who replaces Christian Iddon in Paul
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Northwest 200 2022 RACE & PRACTICE SCHEDULE

RACE & PRACTICE SCHEDULE ROAD CLOSING TIMES ________________________________________________________ Tuesday 10th May Practice 9.15am – 3.15pm Thursday 12th May Practice 9.15am – 3.15pm Thursday 12th May Evening Racing 5.00pm – 9.00pm Saturday 14th May Race Day 9.15am – 9.00pm ________________________________________________________ RACE SCHEDULE ________________________________________________________ Thursday 12th May – Race Schedule (5pm to 9pm) Race No. Race (Times

JAMES ELLISON HEADLINES NEWCOMER LINE-UP AT 2022 fonaCAB AND NICHOLL OILS NORTH WEST 200.

Former BSB star James Ellison headlines a list of newcomers who visited the North West 200 circuit today ahead of making their debuts at the 2022 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils sponsored event. The vastly experienced Ellison, a runner-up in the BSB series in 2009, was about to make his first appearance on the famous 8.9
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40 YEARS AND COUNTING… WITH MILWAUKEE BMW MOTORRAD THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR TAS RACING AT TT 2022

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Some 40 years after winning the Senior 500cc TT as privateers with Norman Brown, Hector Neill and his TAS Racing team, now managed by his son Philip, will continue their lengthy and successful tenure on Mona’s Isle in June this year – competing as, Milwaukee BMW Motorrad, with 16-time TT
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Tweed joins Supersport 300 for Roads.

Darryl Tweed is the latest rider to join ranks with the Supersport 300 class on the Ulster Road race scene for 2022. The supersport 300 class, designed to boost the grids in the smaller classes on the roads, continues to gather momentum. Over the past couple of years, despite the lack of numbers on the
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