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DTRA Championships round one - Brindley rocks Rye House

11 April 2016 by MCN News

Round one of the 2016 Maxxis UK National Flat Track Championships put on by the DTRA (Dirt Track Riders Association) took place at Rye House Speedway at the weekend. With the largest numbers of...

Silverstone BSB: Hickman takes race two victory

10 April 2016 by Liam Marsden

JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider Peter Hickman regrouped from his race one DNF to take a well-deserved victory in the secon race, seeing off a late charge from BE Wiser Ducati’s Shane Byrne. Hickman ran...

Silverstone BSB: Laverty draws first blood

10 April 2016 by Liam Marsden

Tyco BMW rider Michael Laverty took his ninth BSB win with victory in the first race of the 2016 season, holding off all challengers from the first lap. Jason O’Halloran got the holeshot, but was...

2016 BSB season - all you need to know...

10 April 2016 by Phil Wain

The MCE British Superbike Championship blasts back into action later today so now is the time to get up to speed with the most competitive and innovative superbike series in the world. Our guide will...

Silverstone BSB: Haslam takes pole

09 April 2016 by Stephen Davison

Leon Haslam snatched pole position on his return to BSB after dominating Saturday qualifying on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10R. The 32-year-old took his last BSB pole at Knockhill in 2008 before...

Iddon and Tyco BMW lead the opening day of 2016 BSB

08 April 2016 by Sports desk

Tyco BMW’s newest recruit Christian Iddon got his 2016 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship campaign off to a flying start at Silverstone this afternoon, setting the pace on the opening day as...

Video: Lap Macau with John McGuinness

08 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

At last year’s Macau Grand Prix, we decided to get a slightly different look at the action – and fitted a GoPro to the back of John McGuinness’ Honda Racing Fireblade for the race itself. Check out...

Welsh minister refuses underwriting for ‘unacceptable risk’ of Circuit of Wales

07 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Welsh Assembly economy minister Edwina Hart has refused to underwrite the Circuit of Wales project, saying that it was an ‘unacceptable risk’ to the government in light of the “significant question...

Lorenzo to make Ducati switch

06 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo looks odds on to become a Ducati rider for the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP seasons, ending a long and lucrative partnership with Yamaha. MCN understands that the...

Crunch time for Circuit of Wales

06 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Circuit of Wales project has reached a critical point, with the next 24 hours being key to whether the ambitious project in South Wales will go ahead or not. The crunch comes from the imminent...

MCN’s Adam Child ready for the Spring Cup

05 April 2016 by MCN News

MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child will once again line up on the Norton supertwin machine built by the apprentices from the Derbyshire manufacturer’s British Motorcycle Manufacturing Academy for this...

World Trials Champion, Martin Lampkin − 1950 to 2016

05 April 2016 by Jonathan Pearson

Martin Lampkin died on April 3, aged 65. He was truly a larger-than-life character in the sport of trials and the wider motorcycling community. Nicknamed ‘Big Mart’, his career in trials spanned a...

Ulster Grand Prix introduces superpole qualifying

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

This year’s Ulster Grand Prix will see a first for a road race, with the introduction of a superpole format qualifying for the international road race’s headline superbike class. The new format will...

Farquhar gets first outing on IEG BMW machine

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Veteran road racer Ryan Farquhar has had his first taste of BMW machinery on the roads, taking to last weekend’s Mid Antrim 150 races on the S1000RR superstock machine he will campaign at the...