For the second time in three years, Saturday's race action at the International North West 200 fell victim to the weather as torrential rain led to just two laps of racing being completed. The rain that began to fall overnight ceased to stop falling, getting heavier as the day wore on, and a final course inspection by Event Director Mervyn ...
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- TT & road races
- 18 May 2013
Michael Dunlop took victory in Saturday's North West 200 Supersport race although heavy rain meant conditions were treacherous and the result declared at the end of the second lap after four riders crashed out, fortunately without injury. "A win's a win, I guess," said Dunlop "but it was hard going and there's no grip at all. I tried to take Station ...
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- TT & road races
- 18 May 2013
Alastair Seeley dominated the opening evening of racing at the Vauxhall International North West 200 with victories in both the Ballymoney Borough Council Supersport and Live Wire AV Solutions Superstock races. The 33 year old Carrickfergus man took his North West victory tally into double figures as he won from the second group on the Gear Link Kawasaki in the ...
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- TT & road races
- 16 May 2013
A steward’s meeting at the Vauxhall International North West 200 has decided that Alastair Seeley will start on the 4th row of Group B in the Supersport races and on the 2nd row of Group B in the Superbike races at this year’s event. The decision was made after Seeley failed to qualify during Tuesday’s dry practice after he struck ...
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- TT & road races
- 16 May 2013
Michael Dunlop continued to dominate the 2013 Vauxhall International North West 200 practice today with fastest times in every category except the Supertwins during a very wet session this morning. The damp conditions meant that the times set on Tuesday will determine the grid positions for this evening’s three races and the five events on Saturday. Nevertheless the Ballymoney man ...
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- TT & road races
- 16 May 2013
Metzeler Tyres recently caught up with Tyco Suzuki racers Guy Martin and Josh Brookes prior to the start of their 2013 road racing campaign. Hear what they had to say here. brightcove.createExperiences();
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- TT & road races
- 15 May 2013
Michael Dunlop continued his meteoric start to the 2013 season by setting the fastest time in the Superbike class during the opening practice for the Vauxhall International North West 200 today. The Honda TT Legends rider, who dominated the recent Cookstown and Tandragee road races, was a massive 7.6 seconds faster than second placed Bruce Anstey on the HM Plant/Padgett’s ...
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- TT & road races
- 14 May 2013
Two of the most iconic race teams- and colour schemes- in British bike racing have merged at this year’s Vauxhall International North West 200. HM Plant Honda has joined forces with Clive Padgett’s mega successful race team for both the North West and the TT. Bruce Anstey and 19 times TT winner John McGuinness will race the black and orange ...
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- TT & road races
- 14 May 2013
Honda TT Legends rider John McGuinness first raced at the North West 200 20 years ago. In that time he has only missed two meetings- in 2001 when the Foot and Mouth epidemic led to the race being cancelled and in 2011 when world endurance championship duties kept him away from Portrush. ‘I have many happy memories of racing at ...
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- TT & road races
- 14 May 2013
The first International road race of 2013, the Vauxhall North West 200 on May 18, promises to be the scene of a series of fascinating duels between the heavyweights of the pure road racing world. Milwaukee Yamaha mounted William Dunlop will be locked in sibling rivalry with his younger brother Michael for the first time in their now factory supported ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- TT & road races
- 08 May 2013
