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Reid ready to follow in dad's tracks
Simon Reid is the latest son to emerge from a Northern Ireland racing family with aspirations of following in the tyre tracks of his famous father.
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Simon Reid is the latest son to emerge from a Northern Ireland racing family with aspirations of following in the tyre tracks of his famous father.
Northern Ireland's World Superbike riders Jonathan Rea and Eugene Laverty both suffered crashes during the second day of testing at Jerez yesterday.
The Arenacross Tour arrives in Northern Ireland over the weekend of January 27/28 at the SSE Arena, Belfast, for the only double-header of the 2017 championship.
Motorcycle racing seemingly came to a standstill yesterday when Lincolnshire truck mechanic and TV celebrity Guy Martin announced his return to competition in an all-new deal, which will see him ride for the official Honda team this season - a first since his crash at the...
Peter Hickman, regarded by many as the man who could potentially dethrone big guns Michael Dunlop and Ian Hutchinson at the Isle of Man TT in June, has secured a deal that will see him ride for Smiths Racing BMW in 2017 - and he will make his road racing debut for the team...
Vauxhall International North West 200 record wins holder Alastair Seeley, who has recorded 17 stand-alone triumphs around the 8.9-mile north coast Triangle, will proudly see a documentary of his NW200 triumphs released on February 1.
Fourteen year old Scott Swann, one of Northern Ireland's latest band of prodigiously talented motorcycle racers, is hoping January will bring him his heart's desire - a Moto3 machine to compete in next season's British championship.
As 2016 comes to a close, we can be proud in the knowledge that Northern Irish talent rose to the top in many different motorcycling disciplines this past 12 months, topped once again by Ballyclare's Jonathan Rea - who is now a double World Superbike champion after...
The ever-popular Mondello Masters series, once regarded as the out-and-out premier championship on the Irish Short Circuit calendar, has had a major revamp ahead of the 2017 season.
Magherafelt butcher Paul Jordan is currently buried in turkey and gammon orders in the run-up to Christmas and New Year, but the talented racer will be looking to carve up a different type of challenge in 2017 when he will finally get to make his debut at the world's most famous road race - the Isle of Man TT.
Tyco BMW ace Ian Hutchinson, 14 times an Isle of Man TT winner and runner-up in the British Superstock Championship, is the first big name to be confirmed for the Blackhorse Northern Ireland Motorcycle Festival in February.
Record-breaking road racer Ryan Farquhar has revealed he is "bitterly disappointed" to be missing the International Island Classic in Australia next month, but also praised the team's decision to draft in British Superbike star Peter Hickman to replace him.
A well-respected broadcaster has already commented: 'The lunatics have taken over the asylum' following the implementation of some strange new rules for next season's Race Two format in the World Superbike Championship.
Josh Elliott suffered the curse of the number one plate in this season's British Superstock Championship with local team Tyco BMW. But the Ballinamallard Bullet, who was a convincing champion in the same series back in 2015, is now looking to re-load, with a number of...
Reigning back-to-back World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea hammered a plethora of MotoGP and WSB regulars during the third day of testing at Jerez in Spain aboard his 2017 specification Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR.
As part of the feature length documentary being made about Alastair Seeley's record-breaking 17 International North West 200 wins, the Carrickfergus-based motorcycle ace will film with 9th Bangor Scouts, who will endeavour to complete a mechanic's activity badge in the...
The world's fastest road racer Ian Hutchinson, who clocked up a staggering 134.089mph at this year's MCE Insurance Ulster Grand Prix, will be in Belfast on Saturday, December 3 to launch and sign copies of his new autobiography.
British Supersport Championship regular Andy Reid is currently at a crossroads in his career, with the inimitable Jordanstown ace now weighing up options to move into the Superstock 1000cc class on the British scene in 2017.
Monaco-based Ulsterman Eugene Laverty will say a fond farewell to the MotoGP World Championship this Sunday, having given his all on Honda and Ducati privateer machinery for two seasons in motorcycling's premier class.
Recently-crowned back-to-back World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea is gearing up to join children’s charity Action Medical Research at its Celebration of Motorsport dinner on Friday, December 9 at the Culloden Hotel in Holywood.
Glenn Irwin, a recent winner of the Sunflower Trophy, will remain in the BeWiser PBM Ducati factory-supported British Superbike team for a second season, it was revealed yesterday, where he will again partner five-time BSB champion Shane 'Shakey' Byrne.
Four-time World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty has paid tribute to Ulsterman Jonathan Rea, who he believes can go on to break multiple records in the series, beginning next season with his third consecutive WSB title with Kawasaki.
Ballyclare's Jonathan Rea is aiming to retain his World Superbike Championship crown in emphatic fashion this Saturday - with a race one victory in Qatar now the Ulsterman's only focus.
Motorsport legend John Surtees CBE, who won a total of eight World titles on both two and four wheels, is the special guest at this year's SPARKS NI Celebration of Motorsport Charity Dinner and Auction at Cultra's Culloden Hotel on Friday, December 9.
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea, who is on the verge of retaining his title, and MotoGP star Eugene Laverty have both thrown their support behind a fundraising night in aid of injured Motocross star Wayne Garrett.
Fresh from a podium finish in the British Superbike Championship last weekend, Carrickfergus ace Glenn Irwin will now be gunning for his debut Superbike win at the Sunflower Trophy Races this Saturday at Bishopscourt.
A pro-am celebrity golf tournament held during this summer's Vauxhall International North West 200 Festival has raised £10,000 for the all-new Air Ambulance NI charity.
He's normally super cool under pressure, but the next few days are going to be nerve-jangling for reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea as he looks to close out his second title campaign with the factory Kawasaki team at Jerez in Spain.
Antrim's Nikki Coates currently holds a healthy lead going into the final two rounds of this year's Irish Superbike Championship. Although the former British Supersport and Spanish Moto2 regular is taking nothing for granted, he will be aiming to get his hands on the trophy at the...
Eglinton-based David Allingham started this season as a virtual unknown in the British Supersport Championship paddock. But now, with just two rounds remaining, the 21-year-old - who competes for EHA Racing - is on course to end the campaign in the top five.
Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison will go head-to-head on Sunday at the Steve Henshaw International Scarborough Gold Cup Races, with Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness also on the entry list.
Reigning World Superbike champion and 2016 series leader Jonathan Rea is back in action this weekend at the Lausitzring in Germany, which returns to the SBK calendar for the first time since 2007.
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea is ready to welcome fellow Ulsterman Eugene Laverty back into the WSB fold in 2017, after yesterday's exclusive announcement in the Belfast Telegraph that the latter - currently in MotoGP with Aspar Ducati - will be joining...
Welsh based Ulsterman Michael Laverty is hoping that his share of misfortune is now behind him, as he looks to resurrect his aspirations of a maiden British Superbike Championship title - beginning this weekend at Thruxton in Hampshire.
Jordanstown's Andy Reid has already measured the mantelpiece in anticipation of his third British Supersport winner's trophy, prior to this weekend's sixth round of the series at Thruxton.
Josh Elliott has suffered a frustrating opening four rounds to the British Superstock 1000cc series, and following an on-track coming together with current series leader Taylor Mackenzie last time out, the reigning champion is now ready to re-load and fight tooth and nail to defend...
Carrickfergus schoolboy Scott Swann enjoyed his first taste of British Championship podium success last weekend at Knockhill in the Santander Consumer Finance KTM Junior Cup.
Double North West 200 and former 250cc Grand Prix winner Jeremy McWilliams will make a return to the British Championship paddock on July 10 at Snetterton, taking up the vacant EHA Aprilia Racing seat in the National 1000cc Superstock class.
Ballymoney's William Dunlop is set to be the star attraction at the upcoming SGS International Armoy Road Races on July 29-30, but there's every chance his brother Michael will be an 11th hour entrant, with the potential of a certain Mr Guy Martin making an appearance still very...
Ulster Grand Prix hat-trick hero Lee Johnston will make a return to British Championship action this coming weekend at Knockhill in Scotland, as he looks to rediscover the form that brought him major success at Dundrod last August - in the final international road race of the season.
Meath racer Alan Bonner is looking to avenge the disappointment of crashing out of last year's UGP, when he returns to Dundrod for this year's MCE Insurance Ulster Grand Prix with new team RC Express Racing in August.
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea holds a handsome 56-point advantage, as the second half of the season gets under way this weekend in Italy. Round eight of the 13-round championship takes place at the Misano Marco Simoncelli Circuit, the scene of the Ulsterman's...
Toomebridge MotoGP ace Eugene Laverty will celebrate his 30th birthday this weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya by paying tribute to the man he was named after, Gene McDonnell.
World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will be looking to get back to winning ways with his Kawasaki Racing Team this weekend at Donington Park - a venue the Isle of Man-based Ulsterman classes very much as his home round.
Local team Mar-Train Racing have been forced to withdraw from the Isle of Man TT Races, which start next week, after their rider Dan Kneen was declared unfit to compete by the event's chief medical officer.
When things go wrong in life, it's human nature to look around and point the finger of blame in every other direction, when in reality the foundation of the problem is usually at our own feet.
Malachi Mitchell-Thomas has taken the National Road Racing scene by storm this season with wins and podiums at Mid Antrim, Tandragee and Cookstown.
Loughbrickland brothers John and Jason Meara are certainly on their way to making history as, jointly, they currently lead all of the major Motocross championships in Ireland.
Current British Supersport Championship leader Andy Reid is looking forward to Oulton Park's Bank Holiday meeting with his Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki team - a venue that served up his maiden win in the class last year and afforded him a high-profile award.
This weekend's KDM Hire Cookstown 100 is a sure bet to produce a battle royal in the Superbike class between the men in form - Manxman Dan Kneen on the Mar-Train Racing R1 and Cookstown B.E Racing's Derek Sheils and Malachi Mitchell Thomas.
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