In terms of victories, statistically the most successful International roads team of the 2010’s thanks to tumultuous moments with elite names such as Alastair Seeley, Ian Hutchinson, Guy Martin and the much missed William Dunlop is TAS Racing.
Hector Neill/Philip Neill’s team throughout the past ten years has acquired no less than 28 victories combined from competition at the North West 200, TT Races, Ulster Grand Prix, Macau Grand Prix and Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough.
Photo by Rod Neill
Others with enviable roads records during the 2010’s include the Batley based Padgetts Racing (24 wins) and Smiths Racing (21 wins) who have enjoyed unprecedented success in recent times with world’s fastest road racer Peter Hickman.
Just a further two outfits have recorded ten International roads wins or more through the 2010-2019 period, they are Michael Dunlop’s MD Racing team (18 wins) and Ryan Farquhar’s KMR Kawasaki squad (11 wins).
The full list of those with two or more premier roads event triumphs to their credit from the past decade, are as follows:
(Number located near teams name, indicates amount of race wins secured)
TAS Racing 28
Padgetts Racing 24
Smiths Racing 21
MD Racing 18
KMR Kawasaki 11
Honda Racing 8
East Coast Racing 7
Paul Bird Motorsport 7
RC Express Racing 7
Hawk Racing 7
Mugen 6
Team Traction Control 5
Silicone Engineering Racing 5
Gearlink Kawasaki 4
Logan Racing 4
Riders Motorcycles Racing 4
Motocsyz 4
Bob Wylie Racing 3
Mar Train Racing 3
Bournemouth Kawasaki Racing 3
Ashcourt Racing 3
SC Project Paton 3
MSS Kawasaki 2
EHA Racing 2
Wilson Craig Racing 2
Davy Morgan Racing 2
McKinstry Racing 2
CB Racing 2
Lee Hardy Racing 2
SMT Racing 2
Words by Stevie Rial