County Waterford native Brian “Big Mac” McCormack earns a replica in only his second race over the Mountain Course in the Royal London 360 Superstock TT race. After a superb showing in Saturday’s Superbike bike race that saw McCormack finish a highly creditable 40th with a personal best lap of 119.838mph, the Waterford native was confident... [Continue reading...]
Gary Mason faces a ‘learning week’ as he joins his MSS Colchester Kawasaki team-mates Ryan Farquhar and Stephen Thompson at the prestigious North West 200 ‘road race’ course. The 2009 British Superbike mirror.co.uk Privateer Champion is looking forward to his first ‘road racing’ foray whilst Northern Irish roads specialists Ryan and Stephen... [Continue reading...]
Reigning British Superbike Privateer Champion Gary Mason will be standing in for injured team mate Simon Andrews to tackle the awesome North West 200 course on his MSS Colchester Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Superbike. Gary is looking forward to his first ‘road racing’ foray whilst Andrews recovers from foot and heel injuries he sustained at the... [Continue reading...]
Irelands first ever Armoy/Kells Cross-Border Road Racing Championship launched Road Racing Clubs from Armoy and Kells have joined forces to launch Ireland’s first ever Cross-Border Championship event on 17th/18th July and 6th/7th August. The initiative is the brainchild of committee members form both the Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club and Kells... [Continue reading...]
The recruitment of new talent has been one of the undoubted success stories in the Isle of Man TT’s recent history with numerous recent newcomers going on to take wins and rostrums and this year will be no exception 2010 sees a new group of newcomers, all intent on following in the footsteps of some of the stars of today and all of whom have tremendous... [Continue reading...]
Fastest American Mark Miller joined by TT newcomer Stephen Thompson thepeoplesbike.com team, who made their Isle of Man TT debut in 2009, have confirmed that they will be returning to the TT for the 2010 event. Mark Cubbon’s innovative idea, which saw hundreds of race fans sponsor the team and have their picture displayed on the race fairing in return,... [Continue reading...]
A group of promising riders are visiting the Isle of Man this weekend (27th-28th Feb) to familiarise themselves with the Mountain Course ahead of this year’s TT Around 20 newcomer solo and sidecar competitors are coming in for the trip to complete laps of the course with TT Rider Liaison Officers Johnny Barton and Milky Quayle and a number of experienced... [Continue reading...]
Momentum building for the “Irish Superbike Easter Festival Races” at Bishopscourt Race Circuit on 2nd and 3rd April 2010 The Motorcycle Road Racing and Killinchy & District Clubs play host to the first three rounds of the Irish Superbike Championship, over Good Friday and Easter Saturday. The Feature Race on Saturday the 34th Enkalon... [Continue reading...]
MSS Colchester Kawasaki will be supporting three Northern Irish riders with a twin-pronged attack at the North West 200 and backing Kawasaki UK’s efforts in British Supersport. Irish ‘roads’ specialist Ryan Farquhar will be joined by Stephen Thompson at the prestigious Kennedy International North West 200 road races whilst Junior Superstock Champion... [Continue reading...]
Easton on form with a new qualifying lap record at Macau The 2008 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix winner Stuart Easton set a new qualifying lap record on his way to provisional pole for this Saturday’s 43rd Edition of the Far East Classic The 26-year-old lapped the street circuit in 2min 25.476sec to top the leaderboard by over 1.6sec from closest... [Continue reading...]