Road Racing: Maria Costello becomes the fastest woman at the 2010 Ulster Grand Prix
Maria Costello MBE put in a sterling performance to become the fastest woman to lap the fastest road race in the world, the Ulster Grand Prix The Northampton racer took the female lap record in the Around A Pound Supersport race at the McKinstry Ulster Grand Prix at the weekend when she lapped at an average speed of 114.328mph on her CMS Yamaha R6. The... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Treble for Hutchinson at Ulster Grand Prix
Honda ace Ian Hutchinson, who celebrated his 31st birthday during UGP week added a hat-trick of wins in the Superstock, Supersport and first Superbike races to his record breaking five TT victories earlier in the season He was only denied a fourth win in the second Superbike race of the day in the last half second after it looked to have had it won. Victory... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Ian Lougher re-writes the Ulster GP history book
Ian Lougher became the second most successful rider in the history of the Ulster Grand Prix when he romped to victory in the 250cc race in Saturday’s event The win takes the popular Welshman to 15 wins, one more than Philip McCallen with only the great Joey Dunlop having secured more victories. Ian also moves into joint second with 18 wins in... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Anstey and his Suzuki make history at the 2010 Ulster GP
Kiwi Bruce Anstey and his Relentless by TAS Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike have made history by becoming the World’s fastest combination of rider and machine ever in Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod in Northern Ireland, averaging an astonishing 133.977mph in the final race of the day Anstey’s record-breaking lap aided his Superbike win in the final... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Stunning Ulster GP Bike Week for Keith Amor
Scots ace Keith Amor had one of his best ever week’s of road racing when he finished on the podium in all six of his races at the Ulster GP Bike Week. The KBMG Racing rider was in imperious form and he was able to take his second ever International Road Race win (his first at the Ulster GP), a win in the Dundrod 150 Superbike race and a brace... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Mixed fortunes for Ryan Farquhar at Ulster GP
Ryan Farquhar suffered mixed fortunes at the Ulster Grand Prix Bikeweek and although he was able to take two wins and a podium, this was offset by a number of machinery problems that caused him to miss all three Superbike races as well as retire from the second Supersport 600cc race However, the KMR Kawasaki rider did manage to chalk up a brace of... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Success for Keith Amor at Armoy
Keith Amor was back on the winner’s podium at the weekend with the KBMG Racing rider putting in a trio of fine rides at Saturday’s Armoy Road Races Having his first outing since Kells in mid-July, the Scotsman took the top step of the rostrum with his now, almost customary, Supersport 600cc victory and he backed this up with a brace of runner-up... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Four more wins for Farquhar at Armoy
The Ryan Farquhar success train showed no signs of slowing down at the weekend when the KMR Kawasaki rider added four more wins to his 2010 collection. The Dungannon rider was competing at the second running of the Armoy road races and with victories in the Grand Final, Open, Super Twins and 450 races, as well as runner-up spot in the Supersport 600cc... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Farquhar takes five from the Mid Antrim 150
Ryan Farquhar’s brilliant 2010 road racing season continued on Saturday when he dominated the Mid Antrim 150 road races Competing on the 3.6-mile Clough circuit, the KMR Kawasaki rider won no less than five races, including the Grand Final, extending his tally for the season to 38 victories. The five wins also took him to a total of 22 at the... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Armoy-Kells Cross Border Championship races: first details released
Farmleigh was the setting for the Launch of the Armoy/Kells Cross Border Championship Kells and Armoy have joined forces to launch Ireland’s first ever Cross – Border Championship. The first round of the Championship will take place on the 17th & 18th July at Kells and then on the 6th/7th August at Armoy. The Heritage Town of Kells is famous... [Continue reading...]
Skerries 100: Amor back in the saddle and back to winning ways
Keith Amor made a successful return to racing on Saturday when he took victory in the Supersport 600cc race at the Skerries 100 road races near Dublin The Falkirk rider had had a three-week break since the Isle of Man TT races but it didn’t take long for him to resume his rivalry with Ryan Farquhar. The duo had a race-long dice in the 600cc... [Continue reading...]
Road Racing: Farquhar left fuming by MCUI (UC) decision
Ryan Farquhar has spoken about his decision to boycott the Bush Road Races in protest about the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland’s (Ulster Centre) decision to stop the 450cc machines from competing directly alongside the 125cc bikes at Irish National Road Races. Over the winter, Farquhar was informed that the 450s would be allowed to compete in direct... [Continue reading...]