Tuesday 21 May 2013
"I'll certainly not be doing a rain dance for Thursday," was reigning North West 200 champion Alastair Seeley's opening comment, after what can only be described as a tough opening qualifying session at the Vauxhall International North West 200 for the Kawasaki rider.
As this week's action gets underway at the Vauxhall International North West 200, Motorcycle Union of Ireland chiefs have commended spectators who attended recent national race events at Cookstown and Tandragee and have called on fans to continue to 'think and act safely' during this week's action.
Honda TT Legends rider John McGuinness first raced at the North West 200 all of 20 years ago.
Scottish rider Stuart Easton returns to the International North West 200 with four wins from six races under his belt this season in the British Supersport Championship with local team Mar-Train Racing.
Last year crowd favourite and local hero Michael Dunlop played the ‘maverick’, riding whichever make of machine he and his plethora of individual sponsors felt was best suited to each class.
Donagh Kelly extracted a degree of revenge with his victory on the Tour of the Sperrins, the third round of the Northern Ireland rally championship.
Fernando Alonso ended a seven-year wait to claim his second Spanish Grand Prix triumph to thrill his fans in Barcelona.
The 2013 Vauxhall International North West 200 will fire into life tomorrow morning at 10am with the opening practice session for all classes, and once again Mervyn Whyte and his dedicated team at Coleraine & District Motor Club have acquired a top-class line-up for this year’s showpiece.
Aprilla Racing’s Eugene Laverty narrowed the gap to just 13 points over team-mate Sylvain Guintoli at the top of the World Superbike Championship standings, after taking second place in race one and a stunning victory in race two, yesterday at Monza.
Denmark is set to commence work on one of Europe’s largest ever infrastructure projects, with the construction of an 18km-long undersea tunnel to Germany. The planned Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link will be the world’s longest combined road and rail tunnel. Interactive graphic shows how tunnel will be constructed.
One of the Vauxhall North West 200's highest profile newcomers has made a last minute switch of machinery ahead of next week's big event.
Fernando Alonso led a Ferrari one-two at the end of first practice for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.
Steven Kane admits he is stepping in at the deep end when he makes his rally debut on the Tour of the Sperrins on Saturday.
The first international road race of 2013, the Vauxhall North West 200 double header on May 16 and 18, promises a series of fascinating duels between the heavyweights of the pure road racing world.
Derry sharpshooter James Kielt views past failures in finals at club and county level as his greatest incentive in striving to bring the Oak Leaf side to Ulster Championship success.
Jamie Hamilton is the proud new leader of the Duke Road Race Rankings going into the Vauxhall International North West 200.
Saintfield-based Mar-Train Yamaha were celebrating after Stuart Easton pipped Alastair Seeley by less than a 10th of a second after 12 frenetic laps around Oulton Park in another epic British Supersport race.
The 53rd Tandragee 100 Road Races have been blessed with a packed entry in all classes today.
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
Sir Alex Ferguson was on Monday night named the LMA's Premier League manager of the year.
Jonny Wilkinson has vowed to do everything he can to be fit and ready to answer an injury SOS from the British and Irish Lions if the call was to come this summer.
Paul O'Connell has spoken in glowing terms of his successor as British and Irish Lions captain, Sam Warburton, describing the Wales flanker as "wise beyond his years".
Former British and Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell has spoken in glowing terms of his successor Sam Warburton, describing the Wales flanker as "wise beyond his years".
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