northwest 200

NZ Hill Climb Championships: Lap-Record Exceeding Rees Stars

Mitch Rees ensured 2026 Southern Hemisphere Hill Climbs/street racing action, opened in exhilarating fashion, setting a new outright lap-record at the Star Insurance New Zealand Hill Climb Championships. Rees (Team…

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Scott Hargreaves Takes On Honda Racing UK Team Manager Role

Replacing Havier Beltran, Scott Hargreaves is the new Honda Racing UK Team Manager for BSB, roads scene ‘Majors’ (Briggs Equipment Northwest 200/TT Races). Chassis Technician, Crew Chief, Project Leader, Louth’s…

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Platinum Club Racing To Head Kawasaki’s NW200, TT Presence

For the third successive year, Kawasaki’s official, factory backed roads scene team will be Platinum Club Racing. At present, there are no formal indicators regarding who will pilot Lee Hardy…

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Weekly News Encapsulation x2

• Last year’s quickest Manx Grand Prix newcomer Grant Thomson, is targeting this year making his Briggs Equipment Northwest 200 debut. The Port St Mary rider’s proposed 2026 race season…

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NW200 Latest: JKC BMW Back On Board As Vehicle Partner

Long term NW200 supporters, JKC BMW remain the official vehicle partner for Northern Ireland’s international road racing centrepiece in May. The Coleraine located dealership, has forged across recent times a…

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RVS Motorsport BMW, Zerowaste Ducati Metal For Kostamo

Finland’s leading pure road racer Erno Kostamo, has outlined his machinery stable for 2026 roads scene objectives. Back astride the RVS Motorsport M1000RR BMW, the former Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix…

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2026 Memorial Luca Salvadori: Roads Competitor Watch

This year’s Motor Bike Expo at Verona hosted last week, the premiere of ‘Memorial Luca Salvadori’ Supermoto race, celebrating the late, great 2024 CIVS Super Open 1000 (Superbike) Champion, lap…

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Road Racing News Podcast – Movers and Shakers

Five, four, three, two, one, the latest Road Racing News podcast is here. Today’s real roads related chat, discusses: * Glenn Irwin’s eagerly awaited NW200 comeback * 2026 Irish road…

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JLR by Ability Energy Ltd To The Roads, Sign IRRC Champion Tweed

Fireblade Honda power is at IRRC Superbike Champion Darryl Tweed’s disposal, for 1000cc race encounters through the Briggs Equipment Northwest 200, TT Races and Southern 100, having tied up a…

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2020’s Top 100 – The Triangle

Top 100 2020’s take two, circulating around the Northwest 200’s home circuit, the Triangle. (Best lap speed, positioned near racers names) 1. Glenn Irwin – 125.779 2. Davey Todd –…

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2025 Irish Motorcycling Awards Wrap Up

To popular acclaim, Michael Dunlop MBE last night, kept the Irish Motorcyclist of The Year award. Forthright, honest, candid as ever, the Ballymoney rider praised the people around him and…

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