August

Year: 2009

Month: August

Keith Amor signs with JMF/Millsport Yamaha for 2010

29 August 2009 by Phil Wain

Keith Amor has today ended weeks of speculation by signing for the JMF/Millsport Yamaha team for the 2010 season with the news coming just a week after it emerged that he had ended his successful...

Whyte steps down from NW200

26 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

North West 200 race chief Mervyn Whyte MBE has announced he is relinquishing his position as Clerk of Course – but has offered to take on a more strategic role to ensure the North West continues to...

Amor and Wilson Craig part company

21 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

TT star Keith Amor and Wilson Craig will part company at the end of this season. The team made the following announcement today: “Wilson Craig Racing will no longer have an association with Keith Amor...

Meeting Guy Martin at the Ulster GP

20 August 2009 by clive vickers

guy martin and me at ulster gp with a little piss take t-shirt

Martin to stay at Hydrex?

19 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

The rumour mill has been in full swing regarding the rider movements on the road racing front. Top of those rumours has been the future of Guy Martin who finally clinched his first major...

Lougher to retire? No way!

19 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Two fourth places in the Supersport races on the Balckhorse Finance Yamaha during Saturday’s Ulster Grand Prix went a long way to shut up the armchair critics who reckon Ian Lougher should quit...

Donald at Ulster GP but still sidelined

19 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Aussie star Cameron Donald was at the Ulster Grand Prix but had to watch from the sidelines – his shoulder injuries sustained at the TT still not healed enough to allow him to race. The Relentless by...

Blog: Epic Ulster Grand Prix

19 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

What an epic Ulster Grand Prix. I’m just so glad I was able to get there on Saturday to witness what turned out to be a day packed with thrilling races. I was gutted to have missed out on being able...

UGP meeting the riders....

18 August 2009 by AnDyMcKiNsTrY

When i was at the UGP i got the chance to meet some of my favourite riders. Some pics of me with them: All the Dunlops, (Micheal,William and Sam)Stuart Easton,Conor Cummins,Keith Amor,Cameron...

Farquhars Ulster Grand Prix

17 August 2009 by suzukimad

. .Phil Wain PR wrote: Farquhar claims Man of the Meeting at Ulster GP Ryan Farquhar’s remarkable 2009 season continued on Saturday when he claimed the Man of the Meeting award at the International Ulster Grand Prix, the final International road race of the season. The KMR Kawasaki rider carried his National form on to the International stage and left the Dundrod venue with two wins, two seconds...

Ian Hutchinson smashes Ulster GP Superstock record

16 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Ian Hutchinson had to smash the lap record on the final lap of Saturday’s opening Superstock race at the Ulster Grand Prix to beat local favourite Ryan Farquhar. The race was run in two parts after a...

William Dunlop smashes Ulster GP Supersport record

16 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

William Dunlop took his first-ever victory on a four-stroke machine in an international road race when he won Saturday’s second Ulster GP Supersport race. Dunlop had already won the GP250 race earlier in the afternoon, beating brother Michael, but was a class apart in the second supersport, winning by over four seconds on a day where close finishes had been the order of the day. Dunlop led...

Cummins and Martin share UGP Superbike honours

16 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Manxman Conor Cummins proved that Thursday’s win and his new outright lap record in the Dundrod 150 Superbike was no fluke when he took the £4000 first prize in Saturday’s eight-lap Ulster Grand Prix...

Carl Fogarty at the Ulster Grand Prix

14 August 2009 by james fleming

I met Carl Fogarty at the Ulster Grand Prix.

Dundrod 150 superbike race

14 August 2009 by Phil Wain

The Dundrod race circuit in Northern Ireland has re-asserted itself as the fastest road race circuit in the world today when Conor Cummins lapped at an unbelievable speed of 133.282mph in Thursday...

Farquhar claims Armoy hat-trick

13 August 2009 by Phil Wain

Ryan Farquhar goes into this weekend’s Ulster Grand Prix full of confidence after another three race wins at last weekend’s inaugural Armoy Road Races took his season tally to 52 victories. Farquhar...

Donald out of Ulster GP

13 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Cameron Donald has been ruled out of the Ulster Grand Prix. The team took the decision that he wouldn’t ride yesterday evening, which means only Bruce Anstey will fly the flag for the Relentless...

McGuiness to race Superstock Blade at Ulster

13 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Honda Racing boss Neil Tuxworth has told MCN that John McGuinness will race Padgetts Hondas in the superstock and supersport races at this weekend’s Ulster Grand Prix. With HM Plant Honda not having...

Martin on Hydrex Hondas at Ulster GP

13 August 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Relentless Suzuki team boss Philip Neil denied any truth in the rumours that Guy Martin would be racing Relentless Suzukis at this weekend’s Ulster Grand Prix. He told MCN: I’ve just arrived at the...

UGP Wednesday Practice

12 August 2009 by poshbird1000

UGP newcomers waiting to go out for their first practice at Dundrod,also “Lionel Ritchie” fan William Dunlop warming up and at Quarry bends and fastest rider of the day Conor Cummins also at quarry...

Honda's update on Nick Crowe and Mark Cox

05 August 2009 by robcop5

Following Nick Crowe and Mark Cox’s accident during the second TT sidecar race in June, HM Plant Honda is pleased to issue an update on behalf of Nick and Mark and their families regarding the boys’...

Four more for Farquhar

04 August 2009 by Phil Wain

Ryan Farquhar’s dominance of the 2009 Irish national road races continued at the Mid Antrim 150 on Saturday with yet another four wins. The KMR Kawasaki took his fourth successive four-timer as he...