TT & road races

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Friday qualifying cancelled in Macau

18 November 2011 by Stephen Davison

Bad weather continued to play havoc with the Macau Grand Prix schedule with Friday morning’s qualifying session being cancelled because of rain. The packed car racing programme of practice and...

Macau GP: Rutter fastest in first practice as tropical storm strikes

17 November 2011 by Stephen Davison

Michael Rutter used all of his Macau experience to set the fastest lap in the opening practice session for Saturday’s race when he will try to win a record seventh Macau Grand Prix on the...

Macau GP Preview

17 November 2011 by Stephen Davison

Practice begins at 7.30am this morning (Thursday) for the 45th Macau Grand Prix in China. Michael Rutter, riding his Riders Ducati in the red, white and blue Team of Paris livery will start as...

Michael Dunlop to race Sidecar TT

16 November 2011 by Stephen Davison

Double TT winner Michael Dunlop has announced that he intends to race in both the sidecar and solo classes at the TT next year – in an attempt to become the first winner on both two and three wheels...

Manx GP under scrutiny

15 November 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

The Isle of Man Department of Economic Development has launched a comprehensive consultative review to clarify the costs, benefits and future potential to exploit the Manx Grand Prix Festival. The...

Irish road racing

30 September 2011 by Alanbrown46

Having been over to Ireland twice this year to watch the road racing I can say in all honesty that it is the best bike racing in the world today. The riders range from lads who live and work out of...

Klaffenbock announces TT retirement

20 September 2011 by Laura Halls

TT racer and ex-sidecar world champ Klaus Klaffenbock has announced his immediate retirement from TT racing. The three times TT winner debuted on the Isle of Man in 2004 before winning both sidecar...

Moffitt at the Manx

16 September 2011 by geoffo40

Dave Moffit, super twins winner at the Manx GP 2011 with replica meets Stevie and Budgie.

Michael Dunlop at the Manx

16 September 2011 by geoffo40

Michael Dunlop and Budgie at the 2011 Manx GP.

McGuinness at the Manx

16 September 2011 by geoffo40

Dave Moffet (super twins winner), John McGuinness and Budgie at the Manx GP 2011.

Meeting Guy at the TT!

23 August 2011 by Magda Zarek

This year my Dad took me to the TT for the first time and my goal was to meet Guy Martin. I managed to achieve this goal, although it wasn’t easy. I waited for Guy forfour hours but it paid off as I...

TT 2011: What the riders really thought...

23 August 2011 by MCN Sport

In this incredible behind the scenes footage, Guy Martin, Cameron Donald, John McGuinness and Bruce Anstey are caught on camera discussing the abandonment of the second Supersport race during the 2011...

Ulster GP

16 August 2011 by Hutch76

Here is my fiancé Janine with Michael Dunlop pre-race at the Ulster GP last weekend. It was our first time to a road race and we loved every second, made even more special by the fact we covered 800...

Michael Dunlop’s Ulster treble

15 August 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Dunlop had never won an Ulster Grand Prix going into this year’s event – but he left the Dundrod course on Saturday evening after being proclaimed the Man of the Meeting after three...

Ulster GP 2011

14 August 2011 by jamierob

Here are some up pics from the Ulster GP which I thought was very poorly attended. Organisers take note – £25.00 plus £5.00 a programme, plus £3.00 to park a motorbike is not going to drwa the crowds...

Weather plays havoc with Dundrod 150

12 August 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Yesterday morning’s Ulster GP practice and the afternoon’s Dundrod 150 races were thrown into disarray by rain, swirling mist and crashes with the big event of the day, the Dundrod 150 superbike...

Rain interrupts Ulster GP practice

11 August 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Red flags for crashes in earlier practice sessions, a cow on the track, cows eating haybales and rain contrived to make a mockery of the first day of practice at the Ulster Grand Prix yesterday. And...

Ulster Grand Prix preview

10 August 2011 by Stephen Davison

Irish road racing fans will be hoping that on-form Michael Dunlop can emulate the recent success of fellow countrymen golfer Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke to end the Irish famine of Superbike race...

Mid-Antrim Roadraces

10 August 2011 by Anonymous

Offers of sympathy go to the organisers, spectators and racers after the much anticipated Mid-Antrim roadraces near Ballymena, Northern Ireland had to be abandoned due to oil and diesel being split around most of the course the night before racing was due to commence. The police and organisers agree that it was malicious and done to ensure no racing could take place, despite the efforts of many to...

Dunlops Reign at Armoy

01 August 2011 by Scott Carson

I was reminded of the old days of road racing on Saturday when the top riders were not in the main paddock at Armoy. They were in fact situated in a farm yard up a laneway opposite the start. Michael...

TT World Series project gathers pace

22 July 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

TT World Series took a step closer to reality today when the Isle of Man Government issued a press statement saying they were looking to engage a consultancy firm to investigate the viability of such...

Michael Dunlop wins Southern 100 title

15 July 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Dunlop is the new Southern 100 champion after dominating today’s big race, the nine-lap Solo Championship. The Street Sweep Kawasaki rider led from the first lap, set new lap and race records...

Martin turns tables on Dunlop at Southern 100

14 July 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Guy Martin reversed the odds in the superbike class at the Southern 100 when he beat Michael Dunlop in last night’s Senior race – after Dunlop had won the previous evening. But any chance of them...

Michael Dunlop beats Guy Martin in Southern 100 thriller

13 July 2011 by Gary Pinchin

The 2011 Southern 100 in the Isle of Man could not have kicked off in a more dramatic way with Michael Dunlop winning the opening 1000cc race by 0.12s from Guy Martin. Dunlop, riding his Street...

ACU appoint new TT Clerk of the Course

23 June 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

ACU Events has issued a press statement announcing a new Clerk of the Course for the TT. The reshuffle comes after ACU Events came under fire at the TT, firstly when Clerk of the Course Eddie Nelson...

"I'd not done much wrong" says Dan Kneen of infamous Senior TT near miss

20 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Dan Kneen – he of the TT save of the century – says he’d “Not done much wrong” to precipitate the near-catastrophe visited upon him in the 2011 Senior TT. The 23 year old’s Kawasaki had been difficult...

Isle of Man TT blog: Simply wonderful

11 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

After all the roller coaster of emotions of the week, the rain-delayed Senior ended the 2011 TT on a high note with John McGuinness beating Guy Martin in an epic six-lapper that will go down in...

Isle of Man TT: Senior race delayed until 5:15pm

10 June 2011 by Liam Marsden

The Senior TT race has been delayed for the second time today, with the new re-scheduled start time now 5:15pm. The seinor race was originally due to get underway at 12:15pm, but organisers decided to...

Isle of Man TT blog: Gary Johnson a worthy winner in re-scheduled Supersport race

10 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Gary Johnson was a worthy winner in yesterday’s re-scheduled Supersport TT on the East Coast Construction Honda. He had a great run to Glen Helen on the first lap to make up 3.2s on John McGuinness...

Isle of Man TT blog: Has the future of the TT changed?

10 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Has the future of the TT changed forever after Wednesday’s Supersport debacle? Early morning rain delayed the start of the race and there were still damp patches reported around the course when...

Isle of Man TT: McGuinness and Amor ready for Senior

10 June 2011 by MCN

The 2011 Isle of Man TT concludes today with the Senior superbike race at 12.15pm. 16-times TT winner John McGuinness and his team mate Keith Amor have been interviewed ahead of the event. McGuinness...

Isle of Man TT: Supersport race red-flagged

08 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Today’s Supersport race has been red-flagged during the early stages of the second lap due to rain falling around the course. Race leader Michael Dunlop had built a 10.69s cushion over his brother...

TT Supersport delayed by rain

08 June 2011 by Michael Neeves, in the Isle of Man

The supersport race should have started by now (10.50am), but it’s been raining hard over here and the circuit is still wet in places. These guys don’t run in the wet – wet tyres wouldn’t last – and...

Isle of Man TT: Guy Martin's crash at Creg Ny Baa

07 June 2011 by MCN

Relentless by TAS Suzuki rider Guy Martin ran wide at Creg Ny Baa in yesterday morning’s Supersport race and was captured on video heading into the safety barriers. Fortunately the padded barriers...

Isle of Man TT blog: Incredible highs and desperate lows

07 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

The TT continues to live up to its unenviable reputation of delivering incredible highs and desperate lows. In a split second a life is lost in a horrible high-speed crash. Not long after, racing...

Brit Burns second at Hengelo

07 June 2011 by Zoe Burn

Chris Burns stormed to second place in Sunday’s ONK Dutch Superbike Championship race at the historic Hengelo street circuit in Holland. In his first ever road race, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne rider...