TT & road races

Amor wins Dundrod 150 superbike

Amor wins Dundrod 150 superbike

Keith Amor won yesterday’s six-lap Dundrod 150 Superbike race riding his superstock BMW with a fastest lap of 132.005mph. Amor’s task was eased after Ian Hutchinson’s Padgetts Honda engine expired on...

Ulster Grand Prix: Farquhar tops practice

Ulster Grand Prix: Farquhar tops practice

Ryan Farquhar topped the practice leaderboard in last night’s Ulster GP final combined superbike/superstock practice session. The KMR Kawasaki privateer lapped the 7.4mile Dundrod road course at...

Aberdare Park Road Races 2010

Aberdare Park Road Races 2010

The annual Aberdare Park road races took place last weekend at the unique Welsh parkland circuit. In past years the likes of Mike Hailwood and Phil Read and more recently Carl Fogarty and John...

Southern 100 - IOM

Dawn rose on historical Castletown, Isle of Man, with the crying of hungry seagulls and the salty smells of the freshly caught catch in the harbour. Castletown was the picturesque setting of the Southern 100 round of the motorbike racing and a strong contingency of Irish riders were waking for the four days of scheduled road racing. ortadown’s very own road racing champion, Wayne Hamilton, 19,...

Guy Martin out of Southern 100

Guy Martin out of Southern 100

Current Southern 100 Solo Champion, Guy Martin has withdrawn from the Steam Packet International Southern 100 Road Races, which commence next Monday 12th July and run through to Thursday 15th, on...

Move over Ryan!

Move over Ryan!

Luke Agnew getting into his first NW200

Cummins undergoes surgery

Cummins undergoes surgery

McAdoo Kawasaki Racing issued this update on the progress of their rider Conor Cummins who sustained serious injuries when he crashed at high speed in the Senior TT, just over two weeks ago.   “McAdoo...

Michael Dunlop returns at Skerries

Michael Dunlop returns at Skerries

Michael Dunlop has denied persistent internet rumours that he missed last week’s Bush Irish national road races due to problems within the team and he’ll return to racing this weekend at Skerries. At...

Farquhar left fuming by MCUI (UC) decision

Farquhar left fuming by MCUI (UC) decision

Ryan Farquhar has spoken about his decision to boycott the Bush Road Races in protest about the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland’s (Ulster Centre) decision to stop the 450cc machines from competing...

Enjoying MCN at the TT

Enjoying MCN at the TT

This is Lawson Thomas from Craven Arms, Shropshire at the Isle of Man TT 2010 reading MCN while waiting for the Supersport race to start on the Thursday.

Bush Road Races 2010

Bush Road Races 2010

Bush Road Races 19th June 2010: Amazing racing and great circuit, lots of twists and turn, lumps, bumps and jumps. Hard racing.

Where did Potter go at the TT?

Where did Potter go at the TT?

This year was my 18th year at the TT and second year as a marshal (not bad for a 21 year old). Along with my dad and friends we marshalled at Windy Corner. Fortunately we saw no major incidents except...

Cummins and Martin still hospitalised

Cummins and Martin still hospitalised

Conor Cummins and Guy Martin are still in Noble Hospital, Douglas following their respective crashes during the Senior TT. Cummins has a back injury, a fractured arm, dislocated knee and bruising to...

Loris Capirossi at Braddan Bridge

Loris Capirossi at Braddan Bridge

Loris Capirossi entertaining the crowds at Braddan Bridge during the 2010 TT parade lap!

Guy Martin's crashed Honda

Guy Martin's crashed Honda

Here’s a photo of Guy Martin’s bike after his crash in the Senior TT.

Cameron Donald's Senior TT

Cameron Donald's Senior TT

I think this shot says it all about the disappointment in Cameron Donald having the technical fault in the senior TT on Friday.

2010 TT pics from Ramsey

2010 TT pics from Ramsey

Just been watching the 2010 TT at Ramsey on the last day. Poor Guy Martin crashed out of the race and they had to restart. Hutchinson won again. Great day, great race.

Hutchie makes it five!

Hutchie makes it five!

Ian Hutchinson re-wrote the TT history book s when he won today’s Senior TT. It was his fifth win of the 2010 TT, the first time ever that anyone has won all five races in one year on the TT...

Major incident at TT involving Guy Martin - updated 4:03pm

Major incident at TT involving Guy Martin - updated 4:03pm

Today’s Senior TT has been red flagged – for the first time in its history – following what early reports say is a major incident involving Guy Martin. The incident took place near Balleygary, the...

TT organisers announce second Supersport death

TT organisers announce second Supersport death

The ACU have announced that Martin Loicht, 48, from Vienna, Austria was killed during yesterday’s Supersport 2 race in an incident near Quarry Bends. Loicht was competing in the TT at this year’s TT,...

Full report: Hutchinson’s fourth TT win in week

Full report: Hutchinson’s fourth TT win in week

Ian Hutchinson fended of a determined bid by Michael Dunlop in today’s thrilling four-lap Supersport race and by doing so equalled Phillip McCallen’s four-in-a-week feat of 1996.   The difference...

Hutchie nets record-equalling fourth TT win

Hutchie nets record-equalling fourth TT win

Man of the moment Ian Hutchinson grabbed his fourth win of the 2010 TT so far with victory in Thursday afternoon’s Supersport Race Two. The win means the Yorkshireman, who had already posted victories...

Revised schedule for Thursday’s TT races

Revised schedule for Thursday’s TT races

Last night the TT race office issued a third revision to today’s race programme. The statement read: The TT Race Organisation has issued a further revision to the Thursday Races schedule of practices...

IOM TT Superbike Race

IOM TT Superbike Race

A few images from the IOM TT Superbike Race.

Hutchinson beats Martin Supersport thriller

Hutchinson beats Martin Supersport thriller

Ian Hutchinson made it two wins from two races, adding today’s opening Supersport TT race to the Superbike TT he won on Saturday. But there was no let-up in this four-lap thriller with Guy Martin on...

Hutchinson's TT treble

Hutchinson's TT treble

Ian Hutchinson made it a TT treble when he won today’s Superstock TT race to add to the Supersport race he won this morning and the Superbike TT he took on Saturday. And, just like this morning’s...

June 7 TT Blog: Guy Martin

June 7 TT Blog: Guy Martin

Today’s post race press conference was a surreal affair. We had Michael Dunlop talking about going home because he’s let everyone down by finishing third – and second placed Guy Martin acting out a...

TT Blog: Mad sunday

TT Blog: Mad sunday

After Saturday’s racing, the electric bikes set off on a lap of practice. There were only eight bikes (well seven because the other one was a scooter), with one team not arriving in time but given...

Ian Lougher coming over Rhen Cullen

Ian Lougher coming over Rhen Cullen

Ian Lougher coming over Rhen Cullen in Superbike TT and taking his time getting the front back down.

Last Lap Shoot out

Last Lap Shoot out

Last lap dash at Saturday’s Superbike TT. Three abreast coming over Rhen Cullen are Keith Amor, Cameron Donald and Michael Dunlop.

Hutchinson takes TT Superbike race

Hutchinson takes TT Superbike race

Ian Hutchinson won today’s TT Superbike race on a Padggets Hondas. The six-lap race was delayed by three and half hours by swirling mist but once it got underway it was a typical six-lap TT race,...

TT blog June 5: The conundrum of the 132mph lap

TT blog June 5: The conundrum of the 132mph lap

Ian Hutchinson tops practice week with a 130.614mph. John McGuinness does 130.242mph on Wednesday but is robbed of a Friday night run by a curious HM Plant Honda decision to not let him ride because...

TT blog June 4: Things you don't see at short circuit races

TT blog June 4: Things you don't see at short circuit races

Tonight’s practice was about as chaotic as it gets. And the chaos was caused by a need to allow all the riders to test their pit lane limiters against the new 60kph limit. To test it the solos had to...

Hutchinson clocks 130mph

Hutchinson clocks 130mph

Ian Hutchinson joined the exclusive 130mph club when he clocked a 130.165mph lap in tonight’s practice session on his Padgetts Honda superbike – and then said he could have gone faster had it not been...

TT blog Tuesday June 3: The IoM goes all hollywood...

TT blog Tuesday June 3: The IoM goes all hollywood...

Yesterday began as one of those weird Manx days. Wake up to bright sunshine and next thing you know the mist has rolled in off the sea and you can’t see across the road – literally.   The forecast...

McGuinness picks up the pace

McGuinness picks up the pace

The weather was perfect, there were only damp patches reported at Quarry Bends and everyone was tipping McGuinness for some hot laps in tonight’s practice (Wednesday). He didn’t disappoint.     His...