A weekend of unbroken sunshine saw tens of thousands of race fans flock to the north coast on Saturday for six races on the 8.9 mile Triangle course at the 2025 Briggs Equipment North West 200. The opening Supertwin encounter saw Richard Cooper (Jack Reid Cars/KMR Kawasaki) take victory by 0.280 seconds from Adam McLean (Flitwick Motorcycles/SMV Yamaha). Veteran Jeremy … Read More
Michael Dunlop gave the home crowd the result they wanted with a brilliant double during the opening night of racing at the Briggs Equipment North West 200 on Thursday. The Ballymoney man, who hadn’t won a race at Portrush since 2016, took victory in the Fraser Homes Supersport race on his Milwaukee V2 Ducati and steered his MD Racing BMW … Read More
Peter Hickman topped the time sheets in the Superbike class on his 8Ten Racing BMW during the opening qualifying session of the Briggs Equipment North West 200 today. Run in perfect conditions, the session had to be red flagged twice because of oil spills on the sections of road between Station corner and University corner and University corner and the … Read More
Two riders were involved in an incident at Mill Road roundabout on the NW200 course six minutes into the Supersport qualifying session at today’s Briggs Equipment North West 200. Both riders were injured in the incident and the on course medical team attended the scene. The riders were subsequently transferred to hospital, one by road ambulance and the other by air … Read More
With Glenn Irwin, the winner of the last eleven Superbike races in a row at the Briggs Equipment North West 200, sitting out this year’s meeting, the three premier class races at Ireland’s biggest road race are more wide open than ever as the sun is set to shine on the north coast all week. Local favourite Michael Dunlop said … Read More
As the official accommodation partner of the Briggs Equipment North West 200, Causeway Coast Sales and Rentals has played a major role in helping to meet the accommodation requirements of visitors to the event in 2025 as they have done over recent years. “The service and contribution they make to the event is very welcome.” NW200 Race Director, Mervyn Whyte said. … Read More
The motorcycle racing world is a small and closely-knit one. We share our successes and feel the pain of our tragedies. That is very much the case tonight following the awful news that has come from the Oulton Park BSB meeting where Owen Jenner and Shane Richardson lost their lives earlier today. Everyone at the Briggs Equipment North West 200 … Read More
We at JKC BMW are proud to once again be the Official Vehicle Partner of the Briggs Equipment North West 200, delivering the course cars for race week at the 2025 event. As a family-run business based in Coleraine, we’ve been supporting this world-renowned road racing event since 2017, providing a fleet of BMW vehicles that match the performance and excitement of race … Read More
Clive Padgett’s Milenco-backed Honda squad is one of road racing’s leading teams having fielded an illustrious list of star names down the years such as Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Steve Hislop, Dave Leach, Jim Moodie, John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson and Bruce Anstey on their machinery. A former racer himself, Clive knows what it takes to become a successful between the … Read More
The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Councillor Ciaran McQuillan met with Mervyn Whyte MBE to hear first hand on the environmental sustainability initiatives being taken by the Briggs Equipment North West 200 this year. The NW200 has increased its focus on the environmental sustainability of the event and reducing its carbon footprint. The NW200 has always aimed … Read More
