Tag Archives: road racing
Hat-Trick for Farquhar at Athea
Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Ryan Farquhar became only the second rider to record 100 Irish road race wins on Sunday when he took a hat-trick of victories at the Athea road races.
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Record Breaking Tinmouth Thrilled with TT Debut!
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Jenny Tinmouth has become the new female outright lap record holder on the famous 37.73 mile mountain course during the 2009 Isle of Man TT, setting her best time of 19 minutes 22.56 seconds on lap four of the Senior TT, riding the sorrymate.com Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, at an average speed of 116.835mph.
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Kallio Has Stone Problem in Barcelona. Canepa 18th
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Not the easiest start for the Pramac Racing Team in the first day of free practice in the Grand Prix of Cataluña. Mika Kallio began with interesting lap times, but in the last part of the session he couldn’t improve on seventeenth position
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Outright TT Lap Record for Mcguinness but no Race Win
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Morecambe’s John McGuinness set a new outright lap record during Friday’s Senior TT race but he was cruelly denied a 16th TT win when the chain broke on the fourth lap. Having broken his own lap record on the first lap, he totally smashed it on the second and, with a sensational lap of 131.578mph, he moved clear but the retirement put paid to any hopes of claiming the race for a fifth consecutive year.
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Honda’s Steve Plater Storms to Victory in Senior TT
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
The HM Plant Honda dynamic road race duo of John McGuinness and Steve Plater dominated today’s Senior TT race, with Steve Plater saving his best until last by storming his way to victory in the dramatic TT race week finale, while team-mate John McGuinness faced heart-break when forced to retire on lap four with a broken chain, having led from the start and achieving an impressive 20+ second lead.
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Cummins Produces Pirelli’s Fastest Ever Lap in Senior TT Race
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Pirelli star Conor Cummins took a sensational second place in a record breaking Pokerstars Senior TT race. The McAdoo Kawasaki rider gave Pirelli it’s fastest ever lap of the TT course on his fourth lap (despite slowing down for his second pit stop) with an average speed of 130.225 in a time of 17min 23.02 cementing his place as the fastest ever Manxman in the process.
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Amor Ends 2009 TT With Senior Race Retirement
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Falkirk’s Keith Amor ended the 2009 Isle of Man TT Races with a fourth lap retirement during the Senior race. The Wilson Craig Honda rider was lying in a very strong sixth place when he came in to his second pit stop but the rear spindle of the machine refused to come out as the team went to change the rear tyre and he had no option other than to retire.
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Ian Hutchinson - My Hardest Race Ever
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Ian Hutchinson started Tuesday morning eager and determined, ready for the two great races that lay ahead of him - the TT Supersport and the TT Superstock. Both races had the same result - Ian Hutchinson first, Guy Martin second and Keith Amor third.
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Anstey Takes 19th Podium
Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Relentless Suzuki’s Bruce Anstey enjoyed his first podium of TT 2009 in the Relentless Supersport Race 2 yesterday. The Kiwi finished second on his GSX-R600 machine, making it 19 career TT podiums
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Top Seven for Farquhar in Supersport TT Races
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Ryan Farquhar finished sixth and seventh in the two Supersport races, held on Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Isle of Man TT races. Tuesday’s races also saw Ryan set his best ever lap on both the 1000cc and 600cc machine and went some way to ease the disappointment of retiring from Tuesday evening’s Superstock race