TT & road races (June 2009)

Ryan Farquhar continued to dominate Road Racing on the Irish roads, as he claimed another treble at the Athea National Road Races, the first of seven in Southern Ireland this year and the tenth round...

Scot Keith Amor recorded yet another win on the Irish roads at the weekend when he won the Open race at the Athea road races. The Wilson Craig Racing Honda rider also finished a close second in the...

Ryan Farquhar became only the second rider to record 100 Irish road race wins on Sunday when he took a hat-trick of victories at the Athea road races. Held on the 3.3-mile circuit in County Limerick,...

Me and a friend of mine at the NW200.

After Ryan Farquhar‘s disappointing Isle of Man TT he was back to his top form at the Bush National Road Races, the ninth round counting towards the Duke Road Race Rankings 2009. The Dungannon man,...

Ryan Farquhar bounced back strongly from a disappointing Isle of Man TT campaign to rack up four race wins on his KMR Kawasaki's at the Bush Road Races on Saturday, the local meeting for the Dungannon...

Me discussing the finer points of how to become a world record TT racer with a certain John McGuiness.

My son Jack with the HM Plant Honda boys. Taken on Mad Sunday at the Honda garage in Douglas.

The marshall at Brandywell who filled Bruce Anstey's bike up which ran out of fuel.

MCN editor Marc Potter was lucky enough to ride alongside Valentino Rossi during his parade lap around the infamous Isle of Man TT course. Watch the video highlights to see the lap from Potter's point...

I was at the Isle of Man and managed to snap Rossi on his parade lap.

Some photos from the TT and some people we met

I had a brilliant week at the TT. I managed to get this shot of Rossi coming out of Governors Dip on his parade lap. What a week

Me and my new best mate William Dunlop just before his big win.

Isle of man mad Sunday 2009. We thumbed a lift to all the pubs on the course and had a pint in each. Cheers to Bradley smith for picking us all up in his van, signing all our shirts and dropping us...

Reading my MCN, cruising home from the TT 2009, up the Kilbrannan Sound, with Arran in the background. Sid Brierley.

Attached photos of Rossi at TT2009,watching start of Superbike Race, and returning to pits after finishing his Lap.

Just back from the 2009 TT. I must be mad as the roads are terrible for these things and my riding buddies were on 916s, buells and Aprilias! I built this chop five years ago and have...

We’ve just seen Steve Plater win an incident-filled Senior TT. John McGuinness won the Superbike TT and has decimated the outright lap record again today. Michael Dunlop took the first TT win of his...

TT racer John Crellin has died after crashing in the 2009 Senior TT. The 58-year-old civil engineer from Douglas in the Isle of Man crashed on his 1000cc Suzuki on the Mountain Box of the course. He...

Agostini and Rossi at Hailwood Heights on their parade lap.

Steve Plater has just won today’s Senior TT but it could not have been a more dramatic race to close the 2009 TT races on the 37.73mile Mountain course. HM Plant Honda duo John McGuinness and Plater...

Yesterday saw a rest day for most of the island, with most people enjoying an ice cream or two. But Hydrex Honda’s Guy Martin – ever the hard worker – was down at Jurby Airfield, trying out some...

TT history was created this morning when Rob Barber won the first-ever no emissions TT race. Barber led the TTX GP from the early stages and crossed the line at the end of the one lap race with a...

They didn't finish the first practice lap and limped across the line in the second, but MotoCzysz say they're looking "very good" for today's race, according to comments posted on...

The 'Lotus' bike of Evo Designs (officially the Ev-0RR) looks unlikely to race in the inaugural TTXGP. The team worked through Wednesday night with the bike's electronic control systems, but chassis...

Just came back from the TT races. Fantastic atmosphere over on the Isle of Man and superb racing. Saw Valentino and Agostini on the mountain, just coming into the bungalow section. Got a good photo...

Few photos from the TT. Taken in Ramsey.

The second Sidecar TT race was red-flagged and subsequently cancelled after TT lap record holder Nick Crowe and Mark Cox crashed on the first lap of the three-lap race. Crowe, from Jurby in the Isle...

Rossi following Agostini on the approach to Whitegates.

Michael Dunlop has won today’s heavily delayed second Relentless Supersport race on his privately entered Yamaha, leading from start to finish, following in the footsteps of father Robert and Uncle...

TT rookie and Supersport racer Jenny Tinmouth has lapped the circuit – yellow bib and all – at a blistering 116.483 mph average speed. She rode a Sorrymate.com Racing Honda Fireblade in yesterday’s...

This year, ITV4 has spent more money on its coverage of the Isle of Man TT to make it as good as possible, but how do you think they did? Whether you think the coverage was spot on, or lacked...

David Madsen-Mygdal, 53, became the first person to crash a TTXGP entry on the TT course in Tuesday’s practice session, when he slid off the German eRockit Pro-class entry at Braddan. The...

Hear the Norton NRV run while Michael Dunlop tests it on the Isle of Man.  Latest TT news The British team is planning to debut in the senior TT on Friday.