All the winners from the 2019 Irish Motorbike Awards in Belfast

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Jonathan Rea won the feature Irish Motorcyclist of the Year award at the Irish Motorbike Awards in association with Cornmarket Insurance and Charles Hurst Motorcycles on Friday in Belfast. In all, a dozen awards were presented at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The full list of winners is as follows: Cornmarket
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The top 30 fastest road racers in the world – ever!

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter  Peter Hickman set a scorching new world road racing lap record in excess of 136mph at the 2019 Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod. Riding the Smiths Racing BMW S1000RR, the 32-year-old re-established the 7.4-mile course as the fastest road race in the world after lapping at 136.415mph on his way
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Road racing 2020 line-up: Who is going where next season?

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter A number of top names have already confirmed their plans for next season as the 2020 line-up for the international road races begins to take shape. Peter Hickman will be the man with the biggest target on his back after the British Superbike contender had a year to remember in
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2019 Ulster GP: Hickman makes it five wins in a day

By Phil Wain BSN at Dundrod, Peter Hickman’s phenomenal run of success at this year’s Ulster Grand Prix ended exactly as it had started with the Smiths Racing rider taking Saturday’s second Superbike race to make it a record-breaking seven wins from seven starts. With conditions the driest they had been all day, Hickman lapped
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2019 Ulster GP: Hickman edges Johnston for Supersport win

By Phil Wain BSN at Dundrod History was made at the Ulster Grand Prix late on Saturday afternoon when Peter Hickman took a thrilling second Supersport race win from Lee Johnston to become the first rider to win six races in a single meeting. The pair were never more than inches apart and each led
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2019 Ulster GP: Superbike double for BMW’s Hickman

By Phil Wain BSN at Dundrod, Peter Hickman equalled Phillip McCallen’s 23-year old record of five wins in a meeting at the Ulster Grand Prix when victory in Saturday’s feature Superbike race maintained his 100% winning record at this year’s event. The Smiths Racing BMW rider had to work a bit harder on this occasion
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2019 Ulster GP: Eight-second Supersport win for Hickman

By Phil Wain, BSN at Dundrod. Peter Hickman’s dominance of this year’s Ulster Grand Prix continued on Saturday afternoon when he swept to victory – his fourth of the meeting – in the opening Supersport race on the Trooper Beer by Smiths Triumph. Hickman moved ahead of Davey Todd on the run towards Leathemstown on
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2019 Ulster GP: Hickman dominates for wet Superstock win

Peter Hickman romped to his third victory at this year’s Ulster Grand Prix when he dominated proceedings in a heavily delayed Superstock race on Saturday afternoon. Heavy rain and mist in the morning meant it was 12.45pm before any track activity took place but when racing did get underway, the Smiths Racing BMW rider disappeared
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2019 Ulster GP: ‘We’re down on speed’ says Hickman after 136mph lap

By BSN Road Racing Staff. Smith’s BMW rider Peter Hickman has admitted his 2019 S1000RR is lacking a bit of top end compared to the Silicone Racing ZX-10RR despite shattering the Ulster GP lap record last night. Hickman returned the title of Fastest Road Race in the World to Dundrod when he lapped at 136.415mph
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