2022 Ulster Grand Prix to Go Ahead :
2022 Ulster Grand Prix is Scheduled to run on 16th – 20th August 2022
Things have taken a positive turn for the Ulster Grand Prix today.
It has become public knowledge that Mervyn White (former North West 200 Event Director) will take the helm of the struggling Ulster Grand Prix.
The event last ran in 2019 and it was disclosed that the Club and Event had been crippled by huge debt.
Then came Covid and the Ulster Grand Prix was cancelled in 2020, like every other event. (except for Cookstown who through some great planning managed to run a September 2019 event). Covid cancellations maybe even saved a bit of face for the UGP as it was now able to be declared as cancelled due to the pandemic. Covid also managed to ruin the 2021 race season, save the Cookstown 100, along side Armoy who were both lucky enough to get events on the Calendar.
So, as almost in a strange and positive twist of fate the UGP wouldn’t have ran in 2020 or 2020 anyway and that pause has given time for plans to be made and measures to be put in place to attempt to save the historic event and club.
On another positive note, the 2022 Ulster Grand Prix will also mark the event’s Centenary.
The new promoting Club running the event have sought a funding package from the Northern Ireland Executive believed to be in the region of £2,000,0000, which will also go towards supporting the North West 200.
Bigger plans are also bubbling under the surface to support the born again UGP. Philip McCallen is also reportedly involved in the event and it is believed that the McCallen run Classic Bike Festival at Bishopscourt will run on the week before the new UGP in an attempt to tempt many teams over to Northern Ireland just before the scheduled Classic TT.
There are also ambitious proposals to bring a round of the British Superbike Championship to Northern Ireland at Bishopscourt, which would be held on the calendar prior to the North West 200, making logistical sense for those teams – such as Honda Racing and FHO Racing – that will participate in the north coast road race, which will return next year from May 10-14 after back to back cancellations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Talks have already taken place with BSB Director Stuart Higgs but it is unlikely to happen until 2023 at the earliest.
Official confirmation of the plans is expected within days.
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