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Tonight’s Milltown Service Station Supertwins race has been cancelled due to deteriorating conditions and a lack of time. With failing light and a lot of surface water on the track it would not be possible to complete the two sighting laps and four lap race by 9pm when the roads must be re-opened.

Glenn Irwin is on pole for Saturday’s Superbike races at the 2022 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 after blitzing the 8.9 mile Triangle circuit on the Honda Racing Fireblade during Thursday’s final qualifying session. Lapping at 124.102mph, Irwin was 1. 8 seconds faster than Michael Dunlop’s official lap record. Irwin, who was also fastest in the final Superstock … Read More

Josh Brookes topped the Superbike time sheets on the PBM Ducati during the opening practice session for the 2022 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on a day of sunshine and showers. The Australian BSB racer, who last raced at the event in 2014, completed a sighting lap of the 8.9 mile circuit, in the opening Newcomer’s practice. “As … Read More

Michael Dunlop has dramatically unveiled the machine he will race in the Superbike races at this year’s fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on the eve of the opening practice session. Dunlop has turned to his old friends, Stuart and Steve Hicken of Hawk Racing, who have produced a superbike-spec GSXR1000RR Suzuki for the Ballymoney man at the eleventh … Read More

Jeremy McWilliams and Alastair Seeley enjoyed pre-North West 200 shakedowns in the sunshine at Kirkistown today. 58 year old McWilliams was having his first ride on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Yamaha R6 that he will race in both Supersport races at the fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils backed event this week. Also in action in the Dungannon team’s colours was last … Read More

Three-time Northwest 200 winner, Jeremy McWilliams, is a last minute entry in both Supersport races at next week’s fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 aboard a Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Yamaha R6. The former MotoGP star, who raced a Mar-Train Yamaha in the 600cc class at the north coast event in 2016, will replace the injured Mike Browne. The Cork … Read More

Josh Brookes will race a PBM Ducati V4 Panigale in both Superbike races at the 2022 fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on May 8-14. The Australian double British Superbike champion will return to the north coast on the machine that Michael Dunlop had been set to race at this year’s event before the Ballymoney man’s dramatic announcement last … Read More

Richard Cooper, the leading newcomer at the fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 in 2019, will return to the north coast event on May 8-14 aboard an impressive line-up of machinery. Cooper, who finished an impressive second in the CP Hire Superstock race on his first appearance at the 8.9 mile Triangle circuit three years ago, will compete in … Read More

Three-time North West 200 winner, Ian Hutchinson, will return to this year’s fonaCab and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on May 8-14 on a TAS Racing prepared Milwaukee BMW. The Yorkshireman, who is rejoining the Moneymore-based squad he last raced with in 2017, rode the M1000RR BMW to a 9th place finish during the opening round of the British Superstock … Read More

Former Grand Prix star and three time North West 200 winner, Jeremy McWilliams, will return to the fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 on May 8-14 on a new machine as he chases another Supertwin race win at the event. McWilliams won the Saturday Twins race in 2019 aboard Ryan Farquhar’s KMR Kawasaki. His two previous NW200 victories had … Read More