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Farquhar celebrates best season yet
The hectic Irish road-racing scene continues tomorrow with the Aon bikecare
Skerries 100 meeting just north of Dublin where a renewal of the season-long
battles between Ryan Farquhar, Scotsman Keith Amor and the Dunlop boys
William and Michael are set to entertain the huge crowd who normally line
the 2.9mile circuit.
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Toughest exams are yet to come for champ Boyd
Friday, 3 July 2009
A-levels are over and school is finished for Wayne Boyd.
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Irish still a strong presence at Rally Isle of Man
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Despite the absence of main players like Eugene Donnelly and Eamonn Boland,
Irish drivers still hold a strong hand in next week’s Rally Isle of Man.
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Accident prone Latvala leaves Hirvonen speechless
Monday, 29 June 2009
A month ago it seemed the World rally championship was all but over.
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Dempsey on way to finding winning Formula
Monday, 29 June 2009
Morgan Dempsey moved his name up the list of potential Northern Ireland
Formula Ford champions with victory at Kirkistown on Saturday.
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Laverty in a title race spin at Donington
Monday, 29 June 2009
Toomebridge lad Eugene Laverty’s world championship hopes took a severe
battering yesterday, during round nine of the World Supersport Championship
at Donington Park.
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Farquhar is star of show with hat-trick
Monday, 29 June 2009
Ryan Farquhar seems to have put his TT disappointment firmly behind him in the
second part of June.
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Big names skip Manx for Ulster
Friday, 26 June 2009
The Ulster Rally in late August will effectively be the next round of the
Irish Tarmac championship.
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Rossi rocked by De Puniet
Friday, 26 June 2009
Frenchman Randy de Puniet was the surprise name at the top of the timesheets
after yesterday's opening practice session for the seventh round of the FIM
MotoGP World Championship season at Assen.
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FOTA boss delighted with Mosley toppling
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Luca di Montezemolo was last night revelling in the toppling of a man he has
described as a "dictator" in FIA president Max Mosley.
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Rossi chases 100th victory
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Valentino Rossi is riding high after claiming one of his “best wins ever” last
time out and has his sights set on a century of race victories at Assen
circuit this weekend.
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Mosley forced to call it quits
Thursday, 25 June 2009
FIA president Max Mosley suffered the most humiliating defeat of his career at
the World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris yesterday, and as the price
of peace in Formula One has been obliged to back down and confirm his
intention not to stand for re-election when his current term of office ends
in October.
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Mosley performs U-turn
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Max Mosley is prepared to stand again as FIA president following what he
describes as “wholly unjustified criticism” of world motor sport's governing
body.
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First new Northern Ireland road race in 50 years launched
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The first totally new road race in Northern Ireland for over 50 years was
launched yesterday.
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The Punter: Button to seal title sooner than later
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Red Bull gives you wings, and motor racing’s F1 team were certainly flying at
Silverstone with a one-two podium position in the British Grand Prix.
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Flying Ryan out to make up for TT
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Ryan Farquhar, who had a four-timer, at the Bush road races, near Dungannon,
last weekend is hoping that his change of form will side with the Ulster
Grand Prix, where he is bidding for a fifth win.
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Donald sure of fast return
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Relentless Suzuki’s road racing sensation Cameron Donald, will today return to
Melbourne for a three week sabbatical following his Isle of Man TT crash at
the start of June.
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MacHale leading the chase in Donegal
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Gareth MacHale was quickest out of the blocks on day one of the Topaz Donegal
International Rally.
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Vettel and Webber set the pace
Saturday, 20 June 2009
In a day that became increasingly overshadowed by the off-track escalation of
the FIA/FOTA war, it almost went unnoticed in many quarters that Sebastian
Vettel and Mark Webber dominated practice in their revitalised Red Bulls.
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Meeke stays safe in second
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Kris Meeke feared he would risk the wrath of his Peugeot bosses if he had
returned to the service halt leading the Ypres Rally after the opening trio
of stages.
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Mosley exit may save Formula One
Saturday, 20 June 2009
You can ponder whether Formula One is on the brink of disaster or the
threshold of a brave new world in the wake of the split between the FIA and
the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) who intend to start their own
breakaway series in 2010, but only two questions really matter.
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