July

Year: 2016

Month: July

TT: Isle of Man Government to retain control of TT for 2017

03 August 2016 by MCN Sport

In a shock move the Isle of Man Government has announced the appointment of the new TT promoters, Vision Nine, has been delayed. After a long and controversial tender process aimed at privatising the...

Ulster GP: Dave Johnson to race for Wilson Craig

02 August 2016 by Oli Rushby

David Johnson will compete for the Wilson Craig Honda team at next week’s Ulster Grand Prix in the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes. Heading to Dundrod off the back of a successful Isle of...

Roads: Dunlop Brothers storms to Armoy domination

31 July 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Dunlop brothers of Michael and William have stormed to domination at the Armoy Road Races, taking two wins apiece at their local race. Michael took victory in both superbike races on the MD Racing...

Roads: No Ulster GP return for Guy Martin

26 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Fans’ favourite Guy Martin is unlikely to return to motorcycle road racing this season after it has been announced he will not ride at this year’s Ulster Grand Prix. With the ultra-fast Dundrod...

Roads: Dan Kneen out to make amends at Ulster GP

19 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Dan Kneen will be setting out to turn around his challenging 2016 road racing campaign at next month’s Ulster Grand Prix. The Mar-Train Racing rider was forced to miss the North West 200 and Isle of...

Roads: Four out of four for Dunlop at Southern 100

14 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop continued his domination on the final day of this year’s Southern 100 with victory in the Solo Championship and Senior races. Having already taken two wins prior to the two final big...

Roads: Dunlop dominates Southern 100 Senior race

14 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop took his second victory of the week at the Southern 100, cruising to another dominant win in the Senior Race. With a sublime display around the 4.250 mile Billown circuit, Dunlop beat...

Roads: Dunlop dominates opening Southern 100 race

13 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop was victorious as racing got underway at this year’s Southern 100 last night, the Ballymoney man taking a commanding win in the Corlett’s Trophies 600/1000cc outing. Riding his Hawk BMW...

Roads: Dunlop leads opening Southern 100 practice

12 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop led the way on the opening evening of practice at this year’s Sourthern 100, lapping the 4.250 mile Billown circuit in 2’23.277 to outpace the returning Dan Kneen. Returning to racing...

Roads: Dunlop and Shiels share the honours at Walderstown

11 July 2016 by Simon Patterson

Michael Dunlop and Derek Shiels shared the honours at this weekend’s Walderstown Road Races, with the duo taking a win apiece in the two superbike class races at the County Westmeath races. Dunlop,...

Roads: Guy Martin rules himself out of Southern 100 appearance

09 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Guy Martin has confirmed he will not ride at next week’s Southern 100 races on the Isle of Man. Speculation had been rife that Martin could return to racing at the Southern in recent weeks after the...

Ulster GP: Anstey to ride RCV at Dundrod

08 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

Bruce Anstey will roll out the Padgetts RC213V-S he rode at this year’s Isle of Man TT for the Ulster Grand Prix next month. The Valvoline-supported Padgetts squad both turned heads and ruffled...

Roads: Dunlop brothers enjoy wins at Skerries

04 July 2016 by Oli Rushby

The Dunlop brothers cleaned up the big classes at this year’s Skerries 100 road races, with Michael taking victory in the Open race while William took the 600cc honours. The Open class race was...