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Anstey wins opening race after Martin crashes out

06 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Bruce Anstey has won the opening race of the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix race week, taking victory in the rescheduled Dundrod 150 race after Guy Martin crashed out of the lead on the final lap of the...

Martin on superbike pole for UGP

06 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Guy Martin will start the superbike races at Saturday’s Ulster Grand Prix from pole position, after qualifying 0.2 ahead of Bruce Anstey and Ian Hutchinson at the Northern Irish road race. He also...

Guy Martin tops first day at Ulster Grand Prix

05 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider Guy Martin has topped the opening day of practice for the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix – but had to battle the conditions before mist and rain brought a premature end to the day. Conor...

Conor Cummins' UGP video diary: End of day one

05 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

An early bath at the Ulster Grand Prix, after the mist rolled in, but we caught up with Conor Cummins before he even got out of his leathers.

Ulster Grand Prix set for full coverage

05 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

This year’s Ulster Grand Prix is set for a full onslaught of coverage both online and on TV and radio, as partner BBC Northern Ireland lines up a packed schedule over the coming days. The highlight of...

Conor Cummins' UGP video diary: Riders' briefing

05 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Our video diaries are back again! This time, we’ve got Conor Cummins with us for the Ulster Grand Prix, and despite the rain, we’ve just caught up with him for the first time.

William Dunlop takes Armoy clean sweep on opening night

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

William Dunlop has taken a clean sweep of pole positions and wins on the opening night of this year’s Armoy Race of Legends, with a win in the Supersport 600 race from pole position as well as taking...

Martin Jessopp to make Classic TT debut

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCE British Superbike regular Martin Jessopp will make his debut at this year’s Classic TT, after teaming up with a joint effort from Kevin Pearson’s Team York Suzuki and Craig Brookes’ CMB...

Cock of the North abandoned after oil spillage

19 July 2015 by Stephen Davison

The Cock of the North meeting at Scarborough had to be abandoned on Sunday after an oil spillage in the Sidecar race on the Farm Bends section of the Yorkshire circuit made it unsafe to...

Kneen for success at Ulster Grand Prix

17 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Manx rider Dan Kneen, who took his maiden international win last year at the Ulster Grand Prix, says he’s keen to repeat last year’s successes come this year’s races in two weeks time. This year...

Jamie Hamilton making steady progress after TT smash

17 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Northern Irishman Jamie Hamilton is making slow but stead progress after the horrific crash that almost cost him his life during this year’s Senior race at the Isle of Man TT. Saying this week from...

Guy Martin headlines all-star line-up for Armoy Race of Legends

17 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider Guy Martin is set to headline an all-star line-up at next weekend’s Armoy Race of Legends, with Michael and William Dunlop, Keith Amor, and KMR Kawasaki riders Ryan Farquhar and Jeremy...

Guy Martin to make Supertwin debut at Armoy Road Races

16 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider Guy Martin will make his Supertwin class debut at this year’s Armoy Race of Legends, deputising for the injured Jamie Hamilton on the BE Engineering Racing Kawasaki ER-6 machine. Martin...

Guy Martin draws first blood at rain-struck Southern 100

09 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Guy Martin has drawn first blood at this year’s Southern 100, starting where he left off twelve months ago by taking victory in the Senior race. The race comes after two days of heavy rain that has...

TT schedule set for major revamp

08 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The schedule for the 2016 Isle of Man TT will look very different form the past few years, with both Solo and Sidecar champions set to be crowned on a single day, as the second chairs race moves to...

Bikers pay tribute to ‘Doc John’

08 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Bikers have turned out in their hundreds to help escort home the funeral cortege of Doctor John Hinds, the Irish road race medic who tragically lost his life in a crash during qualifying for the...

Doctor John Hinds has died

04 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tributes have poured in from both the racing and medical communities for Doctor John Hinds, one of the world-famous Irish road racing medical team known as the ‘flying doctors’, who tragically lost...

Hutchinson set for Ulster Grand Prix comeback

03 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Triumphant Isle of Man TT comeback hero Ian Hutchinson is set to return to this year’s Ulster Grand Prix, as he continues his incredible bounce back from the horrific injuries he suffered at the end...

‘Selfie sticks’ banned for Southern 100

03 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The organisers of next week’s Southern 100 races have taken pre-emptive action to ban ‘selfie sticks’ from this year’s racing on the Billown course, after numerous complaints from riders during this...

Stage is set for close Ulster Grand Prix

30 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Noel Johnston, Clerk of the Course at the Ulster Grand Prix, says the stage is set for some of the closest racing in years at the Northern Irish event, as a host of top stars confirm their attendance...

Jamie Hamilton making progress after TT crash

29 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Jamie Hamilton is continuing to make progress after his crash at the 2015 Isle of Man TT races, with the Cookstown BE Racing rider transferred last week from hospital in England back to Northern...

Dunlop on the road to fitness after TT crash

25 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michael Dunlop is well along the road to full fitness after his crash in the opening race of this year’s Isle of Man TT, where a collision with a backmarker only a mile from home cost him second place...

Dunlop fails to finish Donegal Rally

24 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michael Dunlop has failed to finish the International Donegal Rally for the second year in a row, crashing out on stage fifteen of the twenty-stage, three-day event while lying in twenty-fifth in his...

Mercer joins Lintin at RC Express for Ulster Grand Prix

24 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Steve Mercer will join the RC Express Kawasaki team that took Ivan Lintin to his first Isle of Man TT win for this year’s Ulster Grand Prix in six weeks’ time. Mercer ran his own bikes at this year’s...

Bonner and Hankocyová make their mark at Kells

22 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

The 2015 Kells 100 proved to be a day of firsts – and once again confirmed why it is among the favourite meetings on the Irish national road racing circuit, after a day of exciting racing at the...

McGee top of the times in Kells Road Races practice

20 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Fresh from his Isle of Man TT debut where he had a brace of top 20 positions and a fastest lap of 123.7mph, Derek McGee has topped the time sheets and set pole position in the Superbike class for the...

Magnificent McGuinness takes Senior TT

12 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

John McGuinness has taken an incredible Senior TT win, upping the pace to well over 132mph to hold off a brilliant James Hillier and three-time winner this week Ian Hutchinson. McGuinness was one of...

Senior TT red flagged

12 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

The Senior TT has been red flagged for only the second time in it’s 108 year history, after an incident on the second lap involving Northern Irishman Jame Hamilton. Hamilton crashed at the Eleventh...

Lintin takes first ever TT win

12 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ivan Lintin has taken his first ever win at the Isle of Man TT, after taking the RC Express Kawasaki that Dean Harrison won on last year to victory in today’s Lightweight TT. He led from the first...

Hutchinson stamps his authority on TT with Supersport win

10 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson has continued to stamp his authority on the 2015 Isle of Man TT by taking his third win of the week in this afternoon’s second Supersport TT race. The Bingley Bullet led from start to...

McGuinness takes yet another TT win in Zero race

10 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

John McGuinness has extended his TT record to twenty-two wins, taking victory from Bruce Anstey in this morning’s TT Zero electric bike race. McGuinness took the win by only four seconds from teammate...

Amor the latest rider ruled out of TT with injury

09 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

RigDeluge Racing rider Keith Amor has become the latest rider to be ruled out of the 2015 Isle of Man TT, after he Scottish racer crashed heavily at Stella Maris during Monday’s opening Supersport...

Dream TT continues for Hutchy with superstock win

09 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson’s dream return to the Isle of Man TT has continued to improve, after the Bingley Bullet took his second win of the week in today’s Superstock race, holding off Michael Dunlop for his...

Hutchinson completes fairytale comeback with TT win

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson has finally completed his return to the form that saw him become the only ever five-in-a-week TT winner, by standing on the top step of the podium at the Isle of Man TT five years after...

William Dunlop out of TT

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider William Dunlop is out of the 2015 Isle of Man TT after only one race, after a crash during this morning’s practice lap on his BMW superstock machine. Dunlop crashed out at Laurel Bank...

Guy Martin to ride in 2015 TT Zero race

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Guy Martin has secured a last minute entry for the TT Zero class at this year’s Isle of Man TT race, taking over from injured teammate William Dunlop on Victory’s new electric machine. Dunlop was...