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BBC News
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Cooper on Supertwins pole at North West 200
Richard Cooper has qualified on pole position for Saturday's two Supertwin races at the North West Kawasaki rider Cooper, who has four wins in the class to his name, was fastest ahead of home riders Adam McLean and Paul Hickman, who won both races last year, was fourth while former MotoGP rider Jeremy McWilliams rounded out the top five. After three red flags on Wednesday forced the Supertwins' qualifying session to be cancelled, the class opened Thursday's running with an hour-long Cooper and Yamaha rider McLean traded fastest times in the early stages of the session. Cooper eventually pulled clear with a lap of 4:48.326, which was 0.754 seconds faster than McLean. They will be joined on the front row for the two races on Saturday by Jordan, who has had an impressive start to his North West 200. Hickman, McWilliams and Michael Sweeney will start on the second row, while the returning Jamie Coward and Michael Rutter round out the top eight. Cooper, who switched bikes mid-session, said he felt "really good" after the sole qualifying session. "I'm really happy with the KMR Kawasaki, we made good steps with it and I feel there is a little bit to come from the suspension. "Everyone is making strides and the times are getting tighter. I think Hicky [Peter Hickman] is always going to be a dark horse, Adam McLean is on his new Yamaha and you can never count out Jeremy McWilliams."Supertwins qualifying results1. Richard Cooper (Kawasaki) 4:48.326 (111.998 mph)2. Adam McLean (Yamaha) +0.754 (111.706 mph)3. Paul Jordan (Aprillia) +5.229 (109.721 mph)4. Peter Hickman (Yamaha) +1.325 (109.230 mph)5. Jeremy McWilliams (Aprillia) +0.535 (109.032 mph)6. Michael Sweeney (Aprillia) +0.409 (108.882 mph)7. Jamie Coward (Kawasaki) +0.780 (108.596 mph)8. Michael Rutter (Yamaha) +2.088 (107.839 mph)
Belfast Telegraph
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Veteran star on why he still has what it takes to be in the mix at North West 200
Jeremy McWilliams (61) says age is no barrier to north coast wins Three-time North West 200 Supertwins race winner Jeremy McWilliams marked his 61st birthday in early April, but the former MotoGP rider has no notion of stepping away from the north coast road race while he remains competitive. McWilliams made his Irish road racing debut around the 8.9-mile course in 2012 and finished as the runner-up in the Supertwin race behind class specialist Ryan Farquhar, whose KMR Kawasaki team famously completed a clean sweep of the podium with Michael Rutter joining them on the rostrum in third.
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Dunlop and McGee clinch wins at Cookstown 100
Michael Dunlop and Derek McGee have taken wins at Saturday's Cookstown 100 road riding a V2 Ducati, led from start to finish in the Supersport race, run in dry conditions over nine laps of the 2.1-mile Orritior on an ex-Ten Kate World Supersport machine, pushed Dunlop for much of the race but trailed by four seconds at the chequered flag in finishing Sweeney, Darryl Tweed and Kevin Keyes made up the top rider McGee was a convincing winner of the Moto3 class, coming home 18.75 seconds ahead of Manxman Dan Sayle, with Nigel Moore a former Irish Superbike, Supersport and Supertwin champion, is now based in the Netherlands and is making his first appearance at the Cookstown races since will ride a KMR Kawasaki in the Supertwins race later on Saturday, with an Open race and the feature Cookstown 100 race also on the action was restricted to free practice sessions because of the wet and windy weather at the county Tyrone course.
