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2019 Tandragee 100 Photos : (Qualifying & Race Day)

May 5, 2019 by TomBoyNI

You are bound to already know that the 2019 Tandragee 100 was a cracker.

Derek McGee took four wins, Derek Shiels nipping the 1st Superbike Open Race from him in a day that was full of duels and mass brawls all down the grid.

The weather was glorious – maybe a little chilly for the weaker amongst us, but all in all glorious. The event was smoothly run without any major hiccups.

Again due to other commitments I was restricted to using the camera phone again but I have uploaded the useable photos.

Maybe you will see your favourite racer, maybe you will see yourself. I appreciate the quality certainly isn’t professional but if see something you want to use, please do so – just don’t claim it to be your own. That is all I ask.

Want to read more about the 2019 Tandragee 100? Then check out these links :

2019 Tandragee 100 Practice Session

2019 Tandragee 100 Results

November 2, 2023May 5, 2019 by TomBoyNI

What a day!

Wall to wall sunshine and huge crowds brought the 2019 Tandragee 100 to life, and the amazing racing – all day – along with some superb organisation made it an event to remember!

As soon as racing started it flowed almost perfectly with only one slight delay to clean up a minor oil spill and one further unfortunate delay following a race incident in which Adam McLean was separated from his machine in what was a really hotly contested battle between himself and Derek McGee – Their fastest laps were only separated by a mere 0.122s!

2019 Tandragee 100 : Derek McGee on his way to 4 race wins

More importantly Adam is doing well and I would like to wish him a very speedy recovery and return the roads. The talent he had on display here this weekend was simply astounding!

Adam is in the Royal Hospital Belfast after an accident in the Supertwin race. He has arm, shoulder & pelvic injuries but is in really good spirits and making jokes in the hospital. So proud of the lad. 22 years old and pushing to win these races against way more experienced guys pic.twitter.com/xGE71OJKAY

— McAdoo Kawasaki (@McAdooRacing) May 4, 2019

It was another phenomenal day for Derek McGee, taking 4 race wins, Derek Shiels taking the ‘McCrum’s Motorcycles Aprilla Open Superbike Race‘ from him at the line in an amazing race nipping McGee to that victory by 0.4 seconds.

McGee got his own back though in the ‘Around A Pound Tandragee 100 Final‘ – with Shiels leading until the final lap McGee managed to nip back just before the line taking the victory with 0.195 seconds to spare!

2019 Tandragee 100 : Derek McGee on his way to 4 race wins

Crowd favourite (and one of mine), Guy Martin, was out on his Classic Bullet 3 BSA and raced really well, taking second on the road behind Dean Stimpson (in a great battle that lasted the entire race), and winning his class in the ‘Millside Engineering / R Heatrick / W McCombe / Woolsey Concrete Classic.‘

2019 Tandragee 100 : Dean Stimpson and Guy Martin locked in battle in the Classic Race

It was great to see Tandragee buzzing – hopefully there were a few new spectators who came along, because if that was your first road race experience you should be hooked. Tandragee 2019 had it all – loads of racing, minimal unavoidable delays, great structure and awesome weather.

2019 Tandragee 100

2019 Tandragee 100 : DM71 Davy Morgan in hot pursuit 2019 Tandragee 100 : I’m sure you seen this Ducati on its back wheel! 2019 Tandragee 100 : Guy Martin took the 1000cc Classic Class win

2019 Tandragee 100 Results :

Race 1 : Rapid International Supersport

2019 Tandragee 100 Practice Session

November 2, 2023May 3, 2019 by TomBoyNI

Friday’s qualifying session is over (03/05/2019) and we really were treated to a great start to the 2019 Tandragee 100. Maybe a little bit chilly, but other than that it was dry, bright and just a little breezy.

A full evening of 8 practice and qualifying sessions has laid out what is bound to be a great Race Day tomorrow. Derek McGee showing his class again with three pole positions lined up for tomorrow and don’t forget Derek Shiels, Adam McLean and Michael Sweeney who have all showed their intentions are are snapping at McGee’s heels!

Another great and welcome surprise was that of Guy Martin and his 750 Custom BSA, which will be running in the Classics. Guy has always said he loved Tandragee and he has shown that love with an appearance at this year’s event and looking at the times he has been laying down he wants on that podium and is about 3 seconds off the top spot on it!

2019 Tandragee 100 : Guy Martin’s Custom 750 BSA Classic

When things got running after the roads closed they never stopped. A full Practice and Qualifying Session ran pretty much seamlessly with one one race incident in which Robert McCrum came off his Monosport in the evening’s final qualifying session. lick edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

2019 Tandragee 100 : Davy Morgan 71