By Celebrating it’s 95th anniversary, Northern Ireland’s longest running roads event, the Cookstown 100, which retains title backing from KDM Hire, marks the second round of the 2017 Irish road race championships.
Alongside the practice and qualifying sessions, today on the Orritor Circuit, also sees three races scheduled, which include the opening Supersport encounter.
Derek Sheils (Cookstown BE Racing), Derek McGee, Guy Martin (Honda Racing), William Dunlop (Temple Golf Club Yamaha), James Cowton (McAdoo Kawasaki), Adam McLean, Paul Jordan and Michael Sweeney (Martin Jones Racing) are just some of the roads stars in action at Cookstown.
Photo by Rod Neill
KDM Hire Cookstown 100 – Practice/Race Schedule is as follows:
Friday 28th April: – roads close 12:00 PM
Practice Session 1: Newcomers A
Practice Session 2: Newcomers B
Practice Session 3: Open Practice A – Numbers 2 to 44
Practice Session 4: Open Practice B – Numbers 47 to 119
Practice Session 5: Open Practice C – Numbers 126 to 311
Practice Session 6: Moto 3/125
Practice Session 7: Senior Support A – Numbers 11 to 72
Practice Session 8: Senior Support B – Numbers 74 to 777
Practice Session 9: Junior Classics
Practice Session 10: Supersport A – Numbers 5 to 56
Practice Session 11: Supersport B – Numbers 59 to 164
Practice Session 12: Supersport C – Numbers 170 to 311
Practice Session 13: Senior Classics
Practice Session 14: Super Twins A – Numbers 2 to 59
Practice Session 15: Super Twins B – Numbers 64 to 120
Practice Session 16: Super Twins C – Numbers 131 to 777
Practice Session 17: Junior Support A – Numbers 4 to 79
Practice Session 18: Junior Support B – Numbers 80 to 191
Practice Session 19: Junior Support C – Numbers 256 to 800
Practice Session 20: Supersport 400 A – Numbers 6 to 96
Practice Session 21: Supersport 400 B – Numbers 97 to 381
includes Numbers 31 and 74 Forgotten Era class
Race 1: Senior Support B 6 Laps
Race 2: Supersport Invitation race 7 Laps
Race 3: Open Non Championship B 6 Laps
Saturday 29th April: – roads close 10:00 AM
Race 1: Open Race 7 Laps
Race 2: Moto 3/125 7 Laps
Race 3: Supersport 7 Laps
Race 4: Supersport B 6 Laps
Race 5: Junior Support A 7 Laps
Race 6: Junior Support B 6 Laps
Race 7: Junior Classics 7 Laps
Race 8: Super Twins A 7 Laps
Race 9: Super Twins B 6 Laps
Race 10: Senior Classics 7 Laps
Race 11: Cookstown 100 Grand Final 8 Laps
Race 12: Cookstown 100 B Race 6 Laps
Race 13: Senior Support 7 Laps
Race 14: Supersport 400 A 7 Laps
Race 15: Supersport 400 B 6 Laps
Race 16: Non Qualifiers Race 5 Laps
Words by Stevie Rial
