Future bright for Ulster GP thanks to new deal
Ulster Grand Prix chiefs have clinched a major new sponsorship deal with leading motorcycle tyre manufacturer Metzeler.
Ulster Grand Prix chiefs have clinched a major new sponsorship deal with leading motorcycle tyre manufacturer Metzeler.
Guy Martin may have taken Saturday’s blue riband Ulster Grand Prix Superbike race victory and the Man of the Meeting Award for his day’s efforts — ending a 12 month long drought on the international road racing scene for the Tyco Suzuki rider — but it was Michael Dunlop who stole the headlines.
When autograph hunters are standing patiently five deep in a road racing paddock, it can only mean one thing — Guy Martin is ‘in the house’.
The on-track action at the ‘world’s fastest road races’ begins this afternoon with practice and qualifying for tomorrow’s Topaz Dundrod 150 and Saturday’s 90th anniversary McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix.
Michael Dunlop is the in-form rider coming into this week’s Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod.
Lisburn City Council hosted the launch of the McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix at Lagan Valley Island where last year’s triple winner Michael Dunlop and Manxman Dan Kneen were among the guests.
It was power of a different kind that took centre stage at Stormony yesterday but this time the winner will be the first to take the chequered flag and not first past the post.
Michael Dunlop took the Man of the Meeting award at Saturday’s McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix, the 23-year old Ballymoney rider racing to an electrifying hat-trick of wins on board his Street Sweep Kawasaki and Yamaha machines.
Guy Martin was the rain master at Dundrod yesterday when he put his Relentless Suzuki by TAS on pole position for tomorrow’s McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix Superbike races.
New Zealander Bruce Anstey re-wrote the record books during his winning ride in the final Superbike race at the Ulster Grand Prix on Saturday when he took his Relentless Suzuki by TAS around the 7.4mile Dundrod Circuit in three minutes 18.870 seconds — a speed of 133.977mph.
The Lisburn City Council Superstock race opened Ulster Grand Prix proceedings at a sunny Dundrod with the huge crowds lining the circuit entertained by an amazing dual between Ian Hutchinson and Keith Amor.
Supersport 600cc racing usually produces high quality racing and Saturday was no exception with Ian Hutchinson and Keith Amor taking a win each, Michael Dunlop setting a new lap record for the class, and four riders now over the 128mph mark.
Ian Hutchinson may have been declared man-of-the-meeting with three wins and two second places at the McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix on Saturday, but it was Kiwi Bruce Anstey who rode one of the best and fastest laps ever around the 7.4-mile Dundrod Circuit to claim victory in the final Superbike race with an astonishing absolute lap record of three minutes 18.870 seconds, a speed of 133.977mph — the fastest lap of any circuit in the world currently in use.
The first Ulster Grand Prix was held in 1922 around the 20 mile Clady Circuit with its infamous Seven Mile Straight that stretched the competitor’s machines reliability and endurance to the limit.
Relentless Suzuki by TAS road racing duo Cameron Donald and Bruce Anstey will be in the thick of the action at today’s McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix around the 7.4mile Dundrod Circuit, the fastest road race circuit in the world currently in use.
Keith Amor scored his first ever Dundrod victory yesterday with a convincing victory in the Topaz Dundrod 150 race.
The last shots were fired in final qualifying yesterday for tomorrow’s McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix where the action is sure to be fast and furious around the 7.4mile Dundrod Circuit — currently the fastest road circuit in the world.
Practice for the Topaz Dundrod 150 and McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix yesterday afternoon at Dundrod was punctuated in the early stages by red flag stoppages.
Michael Dunlop is a man on a mission when Ulster Grand Prix practice begins today around the 7.4-mile Dundrod Circuit (roads close 1.30pm).
Of all the world renowned road racing stars in action at the McKinstry Skip Hire Ulster Grand Prix this week, one in particular will have a huge target on his back, namely Yorkshire rider Ian Hutchinson.
Hangover star takes 87-year-old to premiere
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
Watching Philipp Lahm and Thomas Müller face questions yesterday at Wembley was an emphatic reminder of how they regard themselves.
Speaking ahead of hosting the Champions League final tonight, the ITV presenter Adrian Chiles said that the biggest English clubs cannot match the vocal support produced by fans in other parts of Europe and appealed to clubs to consider lowering ticket prices.
Calum Clark is a doubt for England's tour of Uruguay and Argentina after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday's Aviva Premiership final.
Stuart Lancaster has been formally set the challenge of leading England into the 2015 Rugby World Cup as one of the two top-ranked nations on the planet.