michael sweeney racing

KDM Hire Cookstown 100 Preview – Part 1 – Supersport/Open/Grand Final Races

After what has felt like an eternity, Irish road racing finally returns next week with the longest running current national roads meeting, the KDM Hire Cookstown 100. Road Racing News…

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KDM Hire Cookstown 100 Latest: Excitement Building For Irish Road Racing Return

As we close in almost a year since Irish roads action last took place, anticipation, excitement is increasing and increasing ahead of next month’s KDM Hire Cookstown 100. Whilst the…

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Road Racing’s Great Races – 2019 Armoy Hilton Car Sales Supersport

Racing at last year’s Armoy Road Races began in thrilling, drama filled style as a selection of Irish Road Racing’s biggest stars treated the track side crowd to a Supersport…

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Stats: Sub 1 Minute 40 Second Skerries Racers

Given that this weekend should have seen the Skerries 100 take centre stage, it’s a good time to look at the quickest event exponents over the past 10 years. Fastest…

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Manx GP Top 6: Michael Sweeney

Twice Junior class winner, overall four times a podium finisher, 21st century MGP great Michael Sweeney is the next racer to take part in Road Racing News, hugely popular Manx…

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Road Racing’s Great Races – 2019 Armoy Race Of Legends

It was just incredible that Michael Dunlop was racing last year at Armoy, given the pelvis, wrist, multiple injuries he was carrying from a big spill during the Southern 100…

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Road Racing’s Great Races – 2019 Faugheen 50 Open Championship

Last July, it was a great privilege to report on what was without a doubt one of the greatest national roads encounters of modern times, the Open Championship race at…

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Stats: Mid Antrim 150 Race Winners 2010’s

Despite only taking place on five occasions during the 2010’s, no less than 29 different racers secured at least one race victory at one of Irish Road Racing’s longest running…

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Weekly News Wrap Up

• Seven times Duke Road Race Rankings Champion Ryan Farquhar was officially inducted at last night’s Irish Motorcycle Awards into the Irish Motorcycling Hall of Fame. • Peter Hickman, Michael…

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That Was The 10s: Race Of The Decade – 2018 Tandragee 100 Grand Final

I could have selected 100’s of races for the Road Racing News race of the decade accolade, the 2018 Senior TT, 2017 North West 200 feature Superbike race, 2016 Senior…

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2019 Duke Road Race Rankings Championship – Series Results Wrap Up

Following on from the confirmation of Michael Sweeney becoming 2019 Duke Road Race Rankings champion, the overall top fifty finishers within this years series have also officially been confirmed. Outside…

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