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With deteriorating conditions around the 8.9 mile Triangle circuit, the feature Merrow Hotel and Spa Superbike race of the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils has been called off after the riders carried out their sighting lap. Heavy rain and non-racing incidents disrupted the earlier part of the programme. As conditions improved in the early … Read More

Under the road closing order contingency plan of the fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils the closure of roads can be extended until 9pm today. Following the difficulties experienced earlier today caused by bad weather and non-racing incidents this extension will be implemented.

It has been a tough day at the office so far for the organisers and competitors at the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils. After dry and sunny weather throughout practice and qualifying on Tuesday and Thursday, heavy skies hung over the north coast on Saturday morning with heavy rain falling around the 8.9 mile … Read More

Hundreds of race fans turned out in Coleraine town centre today to meet the stars of the 2019 fonaCAB international North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils. Thursday night race winners Peter Hickman and Lee Johnston were joined by a line-up that included Alastair Seeley, Daley Mathison, Davey Todd, Horst Saiger, John McGuinness and Maria Costello. 95 visitors from … Read More

Three races produced three different winners during the first evening of racing at the fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils. 24 times North West winner Alastair Seeley (EHA Yamaha) and Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Yamaha) were locked in battle at the front of the six lap Tides Restaurant Supersport race that opened proceedings. James Hillier (Quattro … Read More

Glenn Irwin took pole position with a new unofficial lap record on the Quattro Plant/Wicked Coatings Kawasaki ZX10RR in Thursday’s final qualifying session for Saturday’s Superbike races at the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils. The winner of the last three big bike races on the 8.9 mile Triangle circuit lapped in 4min 21.767sec, 0.328 … Read More

Honda Racing’s Ian Hutchinson has forfeited his times from today’s opening Superstock qualifying session after his machine was found to be using non-compliant fuel.The organisers of the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils stipulate the use of a control fuel only in each machine.

Dean Harrison topped the superbike class speeds on the Silicone Kawsaki ZX10RR in the opening practice session of the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils. The Bradford rider was 0.531 seconds faster than local favourite, Michael Dunlop on the Tyco BMW S1000RR during the dry and sunny first day of action that saw no red … Read More

LEE JOHNSTON TO HAVE H&J MARTIN BACKING AT 2019 fonaCAB INTERNATIONAL NORTH WEST 200 IN ASSOCIATION WITH NICHOLL OILS Fermanagh racer Lee Johnston will be racing at this week’s fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils in an all new livery after his switch from the Honda Racing squad to the Ashcourt Racing team for 2019. The … Read More

MICHAEL RUTTER TO RACE WITH NO 90 PLATE IN SUPERBIKE RACES AT 90TH ANNIVERSARY fonaCAB INTERNATIONAL NORTH WEST 200 IN ASSOCIATION WITH NICHOLL OILS 14 times NW200 winner, Michael Rutter, will run the No 90 plate on his Bathams/Aspire-Ho RCV213S Honda in both superbike races at the 2019 fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils on May … Read More