After a faultless outing aboard the LPA Racing Ducati, Johnny Stewart added Glover Law Supersport Manx GP success to his prior Road Racing News Sportbike race triumph. Right from the start Stewart who secured the final place amongst the ‘Tommy Club,’ was showing striking pace, attaining a race lead of 13 seconds plus by the […]
Making good on his sterling qualifying week form, Galashiels Johnny Stewart flew to Road Racing News Sportbike Manx Grand Prix glory. 10.617 seconds in front at lap one’s end, Stewart who set on the third and final lap, the race’s fastest lap (116.844 mph – 19 minutes 22.474 seconds), final race winning advantage, nudged past […]
2026 Classic TT racing kicked off this evening with the brought forward, trimmed to two-laps Historic Junior encounter. At 5:30 PM action commenced with John McGuinness MBE (Steadplan Racing – Honda) first to get the tap on the shoulder. Seven times TT winner Dean Harrison (Craven Classic Racing/Ted Woof – Honda) had the initial edge […]
Live lap by lap, sector by sector 2026 Glover Law Supersport Manx Grand Prix race, updates. Photo credit: Nick Wheeler Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
Live lap by lap, sector by sector 2026 Road Racing News Sportbike Manx Grand Prix race, updates. Photo credit: Mark Corlett Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
Official start-lists for today’s three, four-lap Sportbike, Supersport Manx Grand Prix races. The respective per-race forty-eight, fifty-seven pilots racing, are highlighted underneath: Sportbike Race: 1 – Andy Farrell2 – No starter3 – Liam Chawke4 – Johnny Stewart5 – Graham McAleese6 – Eddy Wormald7 – Dan Sayle8 – Owen Monaghan9 – Calum Pert10 – Will Burchell […]
Historic Senior Classic TT qualifying week leaders Team Winfield are selling their T-bike (Paton). John McGuinness MBE’s BIC 500 Paton, sports Continental Tyres. Michael Russell’s Junior 600 vault is an ex-Tommy Clucas bike (never been used since the late great former Manx GP lap-record holder, was at the controls). Dominic Herbertson will be taking part […]
“Quite hard to put into words to be honest because didn’t know what to expect but was glad to get the first one over then get out there myself, take it all in and enjoy every single second of it.” Kevin Lavery’s summary of his first competitive Mountain Course laps. Following his dad Brian in […]
With abject, inclement weather forecast, organisers have proactively reshuffled the Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT competition schedule. Changes include the Historic Junior Classic (cut to two laps) joining tomorrow’s itinerary, F1 and Lightweight/Ultra Lightweight Classic races unfolding on Sunday, race action concluding on Tuesday. The full updated 2026 Manx GP/Classic TT timetable (subject to…
Live on the beat, 2026 Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT, Friday afternoon qualifying live updates. Photo credit: Nick Wheeler Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
Ready, set, go, the Northwest 200 revelation of 2026 Storm Stacey is 80th Anniversary Scarborough Gold Cup bound! No stranger to North Yorkshire’s ‘Mini TT,’ Stacey hauled all three Supermoto races at last year’s Barry Sheene Festival. For his Oliver’s Mount comeback, he has a full compliment of Pro Supersport, Two-Stroke 250cc, Classic Superbike (Key […]
Breaking this evening, the 80th Anniversary Scarborough Gold Cup will see outright lap-record holder Dean Harrison aboard factory Honda machinery! Gold Cup winner in 2015, 2016 and 2023, the Bradford racer now based in the Isle of Man, is unquestionably one of the all-time great Oliver’s Mount competitors. The only racer to lap North Yorkshire’s […]
Live on the beat, 2026 Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT, Thursday evening qualifying live updates. Photo credit: Nick Wheeler Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
2026 Classic TT, Thursday afternoon qualifying results compilation. Lightweight: 1 – Michael Dunlop MBE – 116.472 – Paul Jordan – 112.9993 – Ryan Whitehall – 111.624 – Chris Moore – 111.3365 – Michal Dokoupil – 110.7246 – Rhys Hardisty – 108.3147 – Michael Grigson – 103.8568 – Will Loder – 98.1979 – David Glover – […]
Live on the beat, 2026 Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT, Thursday afternoon qualifying live updates. Photo credit: Mark Corlett Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
Armoy ‘Race of Legends’ winner Michael Browne, is a new addition to the Steadplan Racing set-up, piloting like new team-mates David Johnson and Conor Cummins, ZXR 750 Kawasaki tackle. Absent from IOM shores now till Monday due to testing in France, Peter Hickman considers the Wiz Norton in the top five best sounding bikes he […]
“Slowly coming up, the results have just been very steadily climbing as I’ve got more comfortable on the GSXR.” 2026 Ulster Road Race Classic Supersport Champion, Isle of Wight ace Ryan Whitehall has enjoyed a top draw summer at Irish national road races. Most recently, Whitehall was keeping close-proximity with TT wins record-holder, 143 times […]
2026 Classic TT, Wednesday afternoon qualifying results compilation. Lightweight: 1 – Michael Browne – 116.6392 – Stuart Hall – 112.133 – Paul Jordan – 112.1254 – Michael Dunlop MBE – 111.8755 – Michal Dokoupil – 109.5396 – Ryan Whitehall – 108.257 – Chris Moore – 107.7418 – Rhys Hardisty – 106.4589 – Dan Sayle – […]
This evening’s planned Manx GP, Classic TT Races qualifying stint, is officially off, thanks to forecast inclement weather. Prior to this update, there was lots of talk around the possibility of heavier rain showers tonight. With track time at a premium this week, another contingency session has been-added into tomorrow’s schedule. Thursday’s itinerary sees roads […]
Live on the beat, 2026 Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT, Wednesday afternoon qualifying live updates. Photo credit: Nick Wheeler Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
“Would absolutely love it but it’s one of them things anything can happen, try and not tempt fate, we’ll just see how it goes.” Rated amongst the top contenders for race wins at this year’s Manx Grand Prix, Galashiels Johnny Stewart is quietly optimistic of great feats this week and next week. Quickest from Sunday […]
Live on the beat, 2026 Manx Grand Prix/Classic TT, Tuesday qualifying live updates. Photo credit: Nick Wheeler Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
“Hopefully, it’s going to be a tough year there’s some fast riders on fast bikes, so we’ll try.” Chris Cook’s response, when asked about top step of the Manx Grand Prix podium expectations. Senior race runner-up in 2024 and 2025, the Hawick rider has teamed up with Andy Storey’s STS Racing squad for this year’s […]