Cookstown 100: McLean, Browne and Dunn lead winners list

ADAM McLean, Mike Browne and Forest Dunn were among the winners at an action-packed KDM Hire Cookstown 100 road races on Saturday. Both McLean and Browne shared top the honours in the little bike, 600 and Open races, taking two wins and a runner-up finish apiece, while a delighted Dunn scored the feature race victory
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Podium aim for Mike Browne at Cookstown 100

By Kyle White, Belfast Newsletter Cork’s Mike Browne has set himself a minimum target of finishing on the rostrum at this weekend’s KDM Hire Cookstown 100. The Burrows Engineering/RK Racing rider made his debut for John Burrows’ team at the Co Tyrone meeting in 2020, where he finished fourth in the Supersport race. Browne will
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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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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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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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Armoy Road Races: Dunlop dominates with ninth straight Race of Legends win

MICHAEL Dunlop stole the show this weekend with his ninth consecutive Bayview Hotel Race of Legends win at Armoy. The SynetiQ BMW rider controlled the action from lights-to-flag to beat Wilson Craig Racing’s Davey Todd and Derek McGee by almost 10sec. After dominating Friday’s event-opening 250GP and Supersport scraps, Dunlop won three more today between
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