Road Racing Ireland News

News stories in the September 2010 issue of Road Racing Ireland
	Mid Antrim 150 After last year’s lack lustred meeting you would have thought the Mid Antrim Club would have pulled out all the stops in promoting this year’s event. At their press conference which was attended by the Dunlop brothers Michael and William there was no sign of last year’s four time winner Ryan Farquhar. There was speculation that he wasn’t riding because of the on-going 125/450 race saga but he later remarked that it was simply a mistake of him not sending his entries in. Still for those who did purchase a race programme there was no mention of him inside. Full story in the September 2010 issue.	Bruce Anstey - the World's Fastest Back in our March issue TAS Suzuki rider Bruce Anstey said he was confident of starting at number 1 for all five of his TT races, thus throwing down the gauntlet to his rivals. As we now know Anstey and his TAS Suzuki team did not have a very successful TT meeting with only two third placed finishes between them. Anstey says they struggled all week it trying to get the machines to handle at high speeds especially the superbike. He says, “I wasn’t allowed to say anything but it was obvious that all the Suzuki riders. Full story in the September 2010 issue.

	Armoy Road Races After last year’s tragic accident I hoped that it wouldn’t put off the newly formed Armoy Club and would put as much enthusiasm back into this year’s event. They addressed the problem where the accident took place last year by putting one of the unpopular chicanes which naturally the majority of riders didn’t favour. On Friday they also experienced how the dreaded weather can disrupt your meeting when practice was finally abandoned with four sessions still to complete. However come Saturday morning the crowds poured into the little historic Armoy village because the sunshine was back and there was a quality entry compared to the previous weekend’s Mid Antrim 150. Full story in the September 2010 issue.	Munster 100 Road Races Two years ago Road Racing Ireland was invited to a motorcycle show in Cork City in an effort to raise funds for reviving their Munster 100 road race which was last held in 1992. We made the long journey to Cork and on leaving we gave our promise that if the event came to fruition we would be there to support it. So when news came through that the Munster 100 was going ahead last month with the new West Cork Motorcycle Club at the helm, I along with our top photographer Stephen Davison set off for the town of Dunmanway, 35 miles south west of Cork City. Full story in the September 2010 issue.