By Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments Illiam Quayle 2026 NW200 tenure, has concluded having been-ruled out of remaining action, due to not completing the required five-laps during Wednesday’s newcomers introductory laps session, the same issue for Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Team Owner David Williams.
Discussing this matter on social media, Quayle stated the following within an IQ Racing statement:
“So where do I start? After months of preparation and planning, we arrived at the NW200 ready to race, as ready as I’ve ever been, with feelings of excitement and nerves.
Wednesday morning on the grid ready to do my speed-controlled laps. I was following the very experienced John Burrows in the third wave of Newcomers.
Lap 1 someone in the wave before me crashed and the session was red flagged, my group got held on the course so never completed a full lap, we got taken back to the grid and after a few minutes on warmers were told to go again.
I got into a great rhythm and had 3 good laps, unfortunately on lap 4 | had an intermittent misfiring so safely pulled over to the side to try and figure out what was going on, it started up again with no problem so rejoined the session only for it to happen again, so again safely pulled to the side where it just stopped, so couldn’t continue the session and got bought back in the recovery truck.”
Statement continues:
“All good I thought!! Until about an hour later Ian (Lougher) got a call from the organisers to say I couldn’t continue with the meeting as I hadn’t Qualified?
Apparently unbeknown to me I needed to do 5 full laps in that single 6 lap session.
Not once was I told L’HAR’ te that to qualify for qualifying, I did the compulsory Newcomers NW200 weekend in February and it was never mentioned, I did the Newcomers briefing on Tuesday and nothing was said then, other than it was 4/5 lap session behind an instructor.
Obviously, myself and Team ILR are devastated by this, we haven’t asked to bend the rules and allow me to ride, all that has been asked is that I can go out again at the end of any session today/tomorrow with an instructor to complete the last 1/4 of my laps and have been met with a flat NO.
So it seems they have zero contingency for this eventuality which to me seems very unfair, it seems they would rather I had carried on and risk myself and potentially others just to qualify for qualifying, if I was slow, unprepared and inexperienced I would fully accept this decision, but to be 1/4 of a lap short to even get into qualifying stings, A LOT.”
Famous faces spotted yesterday included Hawk Racing’s Rhys Irwin, Caolan Irwin, BTCC front-runner Dan Cammish, five times British Supersport Champion Jack Kennedy, Jack Burrows and F1 technical, design supremo Gary Anderson.
Gobs***e Racing’s Michael Allen crashed out unscathed of Super Twin/Sportbike Q2, after an incident at Mather’s Chicane.
Wishing Grant Thomson a swift, speedy recovery, with the rising IOM roads talent sidelined from races tomorrow, due to breaking his left-ankle, following a high-side incident in Superstock Q2.
Dean Harrison last night, went through the run down to University Corner speed-trap, faster on Superstock apparatus (203.4) than on SBK equipment (202.8).
Jeremy McWilliams remains atop of the Super Twin/Sportbike speed-trap leaderboard (163) whilst Michael Dunlop MBE topped the Superbike speeds, twice recorded at 204 mph.
TH Racing are now x3 within the Super Twin/Sportbike class as Graham McAleese joins AJ Venter, Joey Thompson on RS660 Aprilia metal.
Quotes via IQ Racing statement on Illiam Quayle Facebook page.
Photo credit: Tommy Vennard
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
