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2019 Manx Grand Prix Race Programme

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Press Release : Manx Grand Prix – Race Programme for 2019

Manx Grand Prix Race Programme 2019
Manx Grand Prix Race Programme 2019

Important Announcement : Inclement weather is playing havoc with the practice and qualifying sessions.

Please follow the below links for LIVE information.

Check out the Official Manx Grand Prix Website here : https://www.manxgrandprix.org

Check out the Official Classic TT Website here : https://www.iomtt.com/classic-tt

Useful Twitter Feeds for live updates :

Please note the schedules may change at very short notice. Stay up to date using the links above.

The information below is not live and will or has already changed!

Scroll to the bottom of this article for the 2019 CLASSIC TT & MANX GRAND PRIX Provisional Qualifying and Race Programme

Following the success of the 2018 MGP races, the organisers, The Manx Motor Cycle Club, will retain the same programme for 2019.  This will see things kick off with the Newcomers’ race on bank holiday Monday 26th August 2019.

Wednesday of race week will see the Junior MGP Race with the  first of the two Lightweight/Ultra-lightweight races in the afternoon. Friday features the second Lightweight/Ultra-lightweight races in the morning, followed by the grand finale of the Senior MGP Race bringing the event to a close in the afternoon.

Once again, the Lightweight race will feature the popular 650cc twin cylinder machines, and the Ultra-lightweight race, the 400cc, 125cc and Moto 3 bikes.

The club has decided to buck the trend and retain the class for 400 and 125cc bikes at a time when many race organisers have dropped the category.

Manx Motor Cycle Club chairman, Peter Maddocks said: ‘We felt it was appropriate for us to retain the smaller capacity class as it offers an opportunity for younger new riders to enter the event and get them interested in competing on the Mountain Course.’

Any newcomers wishing to be considered for the 2019 event should register their interest by email to [email protected] 

Practices for the 2019 Manx Grand Prix start on Saturday, August 17th and the event finishes with the Senior race on Friday, August 30th.

Subscribe to the TBNI Road Racing Calendar to ensure you stay up to date with all the important road racing events and any changes that may occur.  Read more about the TBNI Road Racing Calender Here.

The Official Manx GP Races Website can be found here : https://manxgrandprix.org

2019 CLASSIC TT & MANX GRAND PRIX

Provisional Qualifying and Race Programme

Saturday 17th August :

Roads Close at 1700 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

17:20 – 17:45hrs MGP & Classic TT Newcomers (speed controlled) (untimed)

17:35 – 18:30hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike (No Newcomers)

18:35 -19:30hrs CTT Junior / CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight (No Newcomers)

19:35 – 20:00hrs All Newcomers (untimed) and selected experienced riders

Monday 19th August :

Roads Close at 1800 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

18:20 – 19:05hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike

19:10 -19:45hrs CTT Junior / CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight (No Newcomers)

19:48 – 20:00hrs All MGP Newcomers and selected experienced riders

Tuesday 20th August : 

Roads Close at 1800 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

18:20 – 19:10hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike / Newcomers A

19:15 – 20:00hrs CTT Junior/ CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight/NewcomersB

Wednesday 21st August :

Roads Close at 1800 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

18:20 – 19:10hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike / Newcomers A

19:15 – 20:00hrs CTT Junior/CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight/Newcomers B

Thursday 22nd August :

Roads Close at 1800 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

18:20 – 19:10hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike / Newcomers A

19:15 – 20:00hrs CTT Junior/CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight/Newcomers B

Friday 23rd August :

Roads Close at 1800 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

18:20 – 19:10hrs CTT Junior/CTT Senior / MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight/Newcomers B

19:15 – 20:00hrs MGP Senior / MGP Junior / CTT Lightweight / CTT Superbike / Newcomers A

RACE DAY 1

Saturday 24th August :

Roads Close at 1100 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

11:30hrs  Bennetts Senior Classic TT Race​​​                4 laps

13:25hrs  MGP Senior / MGP Junior / All MGP Newcomers                 Qualifying 2 laps

13:55hrs  CTT Junior / CTT Superbike Qualifying ​​                1 lap

15:30hrs  Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race ​​​     4 laps

17:20hrs  MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight / All MGP Newcomers Qualifying 2 laps

RACE DAY 2

Monday 26th August :

Roads Close at 0930 hrs until no later than 2100 hrs

10:15hrs ​Junior Classic TT Race ​​​​​4 laps

13:00hrs ​Classic Racer Magazine Classic TT Lap of Honour ​1 lap

14:15hrs ​RST Superbike Classic TT Race ​​​​4 laps

16:15hrs ​Manx Grand Prix Newcomers A Race ​​​4 laps

Manx Grand Prix Newcomers B Race ​​​4 laps

​​Manx Grand Prix Newcomers C Race​​​3 Laps

18:20hrs ​MGP Senior/MGP Junior/MGP Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight Qualifying ​​​​​​​​​2 laps (No Newcomers)

RACE DAY 3 

Wednesday 28th August :

Roads Close at 0930 hrs until no later than 1700hrs and if required then 1800 to 2100hrs

10:15hrs ​Junior Manx Grand Prix Race ​​​​4 laps

13:15hrs ​Lightweight Manx Grand Prix Race 1    ​​​4 laps

Ultra Lightweight Manx Grand Prix Race 1 ​​3 laps

15:15hrs ​MGP Senior Qualifying ​​​​​1 lap

(Machines raced in the Junior Race may NOT be used in this practice)

15:20hrs ​Lightweight & Ultra Lightweight Manx Grand Prix Qualifying 1 lap

(Machines raced in the Lightweight/Ultra Lightweight Race 1 may NOT

be used in this practice)

RACE DAY 4 

Friday 30th August :

Roads Close at 0930 hrs until no later than 1700hrs and if required then 1800 to 2100hrs

10:15hrs ​Lightweight Manx Grand Prix Race 2           ​​4 laps

Ultra Lightweight Manx Grand Prix Race 2  ​​3 laps

13:15hrs​Senior Manx Grand Prix Race​​ ​​4 laps

In the event of postponements the following road closures will apply

Sunday 18 August – Qualifying :

From 1245hrs to no later than 1830hrs

Thursday 22 August – Qualifying :

From 1230hrs to 1630hrs then 1800hrs to no later than 2100hrs

Friday 23 August – Qualifying :

From 1230hrs to 1630hrs then 1800hrs to no later than 2100hrs

Tuesday 27 August – Racing & Qualifying :

From 1130hrs to 1700hrs then 1800hrs to no later than 2100hrs

Thursday 29 August – Racing & Qualifying :

From 1130hrs to 1700hrs then 1800hrs to no later than 2100hrs

Saturday 31 August – Racing :

From 0930hrs to no later than 2100hrs

For details on the 2019 Isle of Man TT Schedule Click Here.

2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival Results : Sunday 9th September 2018

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2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival Results :

Derek McGee at the 2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival
Derek McGee at the 2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival

Sunday 9th August 2018 – the final race day for the Irish National Road Racing Calendar and it took us to Killalane for the 2018 East Coast Racing Festival sponsored by – strangely enough – Mrs Brown’s Boys.  Fair play though Brown’s seemed to get right into the spirit of things coming up with a funky wee logo and and even more funky bus…

It also say the return to the roads of Derek McGee who just one month ago was knocked out of action at the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod…

If we remove that slight hiccup from the equation the result is Derek McGee taking 15 wins from 15 races – a phenomenal achievement and one well worthy of a round of applause – !applause!

It didn’t come easy though as throughout the final Derek Shiels was snapping at his heels on the Cookstown Burrows Engineering bike taking second place by a mere 0.185s!  The third place podium went to Michael Sweeney, Paul Jordan taking fourth.

2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival Results
2018 Mrs Brown’s Boys East Coast Racing Festival Results

Read on for the full results from every one of the day’s races…

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2018 Manx GP & Classic TT Qualifying and Race Schedule : 18th – 31 August 2018

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2018 Manx GP & Classic TT Schedule

Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling 2018

The Manx GP and Classic TT are next on the 2018 Road Racing Calendar, and it can all get a little hectic and confusing to keep up with what session is running for what race competition.

Hopefully this guide to the fortnight’s events will keep you on track and up to date with all that is happening.

Of course this is subject to change so keep an eye on Twitter for any last minute changes to the plan!

Qualifying & Race Programme : 18th – 24th August 2018

Qualifying & Race Week Schedule 2018
Qualifying & Race Week Schedule 2018

Race Programme 25th – 31 August 2018

Race Week Schedule 2018
Race Week Schedule 2018

Contingency Plans 2018

2018 Manx GP & Classic TT Contingency Plans

2018 Ulster Grand Prix : Results – Saturday 11th August 2018

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2018 Ulster Grand Prix
2018 Ulster Grand Prix

It’s the final day of the Northern Irish Road Racing Calendar, and it’s one of the biggest – The 2018 Ulster Grand Prix Saturday Race Day. 

This article is being written real time during the event, in a new approach for me, it may work it may not.  So I welcome your comments and input either way.  That should explain why things may bounce about a little, but if it works I may use it in the future as a sort of live blog…

The day got off to an absolutely flying start with Peter Hickman showing once again that he is the fastest road racer on the planet and had his eyes firmly fixed on breaking more records – breaching 200 mph at the Flying Kilo speedtrap…

The previous best was held by William Dunlop #6 (RIP) at a still whopping 200.4 mph. 

Read on for the results and a brief summary of the day’s racing.

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2018 Ulster Grand Prix : Results – Thursday 9th August 2018

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Ulster Grand Prix
Ulster Grand Prix

The last road race meeting in Northern Ireland for the year is underway at Dundrod in the form of the Ulster Grand Prix and as usual we have all the results from every race right here for you.

Unfortunately during Thursday’s session we lost Derek McGee and Seamus Elliot (who have both suffered suspected broken bones) Derek McGee was flying through the last couple of meetings – at Fuagheen he had recently made it 14 out of 14!

A few more riders suffered spills but most importantly none suffered any serious injuries.David Murphy came off at Dawson’s, Davo Johnston at the hairpin, a red flag halted the action in the first 600 race due to rain and Joey Thompson suffered a high side.

On a much more positive note Conor Cummins took the Supersport race in outstanding style and Adam McLean dedicated his Supertwin win to James Cowton.  Neil Kernohan and Christian Elkin took the honours in the hotly contested lightweight categories.

Full results below : 

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2018 Armoy Road Races – ‘The Race of Legends’ : Results

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Armoy takes up back up towards the North Coast of Northern Ireland, and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the ‘Race of Legends.’

Run over two days the Armoy races consists of a Friday Practice Day (with 2 races at the end of the day) and then Saturday Race Day which was scheduled for 11 Races.  

Unfortunately that was not to be.  

The Saturday Racing was abandoned due to truly atrocious weather.

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2018 Faugheen 50 Road Races Results

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Faugheen 50 Road Races
Faugheen 50 Road Races

This weekend saw the road racing schedule return to the Republic of Ireland for the Faugheen 50 Road Races.

As you will see from the results below Derek McGee remains the man to beat with 14 wins, from his last 14 entries.  Impressive!  This weekend’s stats are simply 5 entries – 5 wins!

Derek McGee makes it 14 out of 14 and 5 out of 5 at the 2018 Faugheen 50

Read on for the results of the 2018 Faugheen 50 Road Races :

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2018 Walderstown ‘Race of the South’ Results :

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The 2018 Walderstown Road Races were held on 14th – 15th July.

The races, thankfully, passed off without major incident and Derek McGee surged to 4 victories including the feature superbike race.

Read on for the full results of what I believe to have been the first proper wet session of the Irish calendar – I remember Cookstown getting the odd shower but after Ireland being being baked in a recent heatwave it had to break and Walderstown was the first session where wet tyres were the only option – all day!

Derek McGee took four great wins at the 2018 Walstown ‘Race of the South’ Road Races
Derek McGee took four great wins at the 2018 Walstown ‘Race of the South’ Road Races

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2018 Isle of Man Southern 100 Results

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Southern 100 Logo
Southern 100 Logo

The 2018 Isle of Man Southern 100 ran from Monday 9th July 2018 – Thursday 12 July 2018.

The official website can be found here : https://southern100.com

Full timings from the practice sessions are available on the Official Website

Monday 9th July 2018
Monday 9th July 2018 was an open practice session running from approximately 6:05pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday 10th July 2018

Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1A” :

2018 Southern 100Results : Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1A”
2018 Southern 100Results : Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1A”

Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1B” :

Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1B”
Corlett’s Trophies Senior Solo Founders 600cc/1000cc Race “1B”

 

Station Garage Junior Solo Founders 125cc/400cc/Moto 3 :

Station Garage Junior Solo Founders 125cc/400cc/Moto 3
Station Garage Junior Solo Founders 125cc/400cc/Moto 3

 
Wednesday 11th July 2018

Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior Race :

Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior Race
Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior Race

Mike Kerruish Plumbing & Heating 250cc/650cc twins Race “1” :

Mike Kerruish Plumbing & Heating 250cc/650cc twins Race “1”
Mike Kerruish Plumbing & Heating 250cc/650cc twins Race “1”

 

Radcliffe Butchers 600 Race :

Radcliffe Butchers 600 Race
Radcliffe Butchers 600 Race

Thursday 12th July 2018

Ace Hire & Sales Formula Two Sidecar Race :

Ace Hire & Sales Formula Two Sidecar Race
Ace Hire & Sales Formula Two Sidecar Race

S & S Motors 600cc Race :

S & S Motors 600cc Race
S & S Motors 600cc Race

Pole Position Travel 600cc “B” Race :

Southern 100 Circuit Map

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