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Sunday World
3 days ago
- Sport
- Sunday World
Corkman Mike Browne claims fantastic four-timer at the Armoy Road Races
Cork's Mike Browne joined an elite group of riders after winning the prestigious 'Race of Legends' at the Armoy Road Races yesterday for a fantastic four-timer. The Killeagh man followed up his Supersport victory on Friday with a hat-trick yesterday, winning both Superbike encounters and the second Supersport race. Browne gave himself some work to do in the feature Legends race after slipping back at the start, but he soon scythed his way through from fourth place to close in on race leader Paul Jordan. Browne made his move to lead on the third lap on the BPE by Russell Racing Honda and soon pulled clear of Jordan (Jackson Racing Honda), going on to secure a prized success by 4.3s. Jordan held onto the runner-up spot ahead of Skerries rider Michael Sweeney (MJR BMW), who fended off a late attack from Manx ace Conor Cummins (Burrows/RK Racing BMW) for third. A delighted Browne said: 'I still made a lot of work for myself in the start of that race and maybe tried a bit too hard to get past on the first two laps – I did make a few mistakes – and then I said settle down, we've a few laps to go. 'I got a bit more in control and got it to the line. Alistair (Russell) and the team have done an awful lot of work the last two weeks because we just got that bike and we're trying to make it our own.' Pole man Jordan was left to rue his choice of front tyre, opting for an intermediate on a course that was rapidly drying out after rain in the afternoon. 'We went for the wrong tyre choice on the front which is my own fault,' he said. 'To be honest, 10 minutes before the start we were still on a wet set-up and fair play to the boys, the rear shock was out, and to get them a second is good.' Browne won the Open Superbike race, which was delayed due to wet roads. He overhauled early leader Sweeney and eased away, winning in the end by almost nine seconds from Sweeney, with Jordan – who opted to ride the 600cc Jackson Racing Honda – taking third. Jamie Coward, Neil Kernohan (Yamaha) and Cummins completed the top six. In the Supersport race, Browne was pushed hard by Jordan, who was only three tenths of a second behind after three laps. There was little to separate the pair, but Browne was able to fend off Jordan on the final laps, winning in the end by half-a-second and setting the fastest lap of the race at 104.932mph. Sweeney (EM Building Yamaha) overtook Coward (KTS Macadam Triumph) to snatch third, with Cummins next on the Burrows Ducati ahead of Joe Yeardsley (Yamaha). In mixed conditions after some light rain, Jordan won the Supertwin race for a double in the class on his Jackson Racing Aprilia by over nine seconds from Barry Furber. Meanwhile, Jonathan Rea crashed twice in yesterday's World Superbike race in Hungary. Rea was in a fight for seventh place at the Balaton Park track when he went down at Turn 1 with six laps to go. The Yamaha rider then crashed again on lap 16. Toprak Razgatlioglu won on the factory BMW to increase his title lead over Ducati's Nicolo Bulega, who finished second. In the British Superbike Championship, Bradley Ray won yesterday's race at Brands Hatch from Scott Redding to increase his lead at the top. Northern Ireland's Andrew Irwin was 11th. Lee Johnston finished third in the British Supersport race and David Allingham won the Superstock 1000 race.
Belfast Telegraph
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Mike Browne wins Race of Legends finale to seal Armoy four-timer
The Republic of Ireland rider is only the fourth winner of the blue riband Superbike race along with Ryan Farquhar, Michael Dunlop and Davey Todd. Browne also won the Open race for a big bike double and added another win in the Supersport race for a brace in the class on the BPE/Russell Racing Yamaha after opening his account on Friday. The Cork man left himself with work to do in the Race of Legends finale after fluffing his lines at the start on his new Honda. Browne was in fourth place on the opening lap but soon forced his way into contention as he chased after pole man and race leader Paul Jordan on the Jackson Racing Honda. He quickly passed Marcus Simpson and Michael Sweeney to pursue Jordan and was ahead of the Ulsterman by the end of lap three. Jordan had no answer as Browne set the fastest lap of the race at 106.898mph to pull away. He won by 4.313s from Jordan, with Sweeney (MJR BMW) holding off Conor Cummins (Burrows/RK Racing BMW) and Jamie Coward (KTS Racing BMW) to secure the final podium place in the final Irish road race of the year. Browne only rode the Honda for the first time at the Southern 100 earlier this month but has gelled quickly with the machine. 'Alistair (Russell) and the team done an awful lot of work the last two weeks because we just got that bike and we're trying to make it our own,' he said. 'We're still actually missing a few bits to finish it off but they done some job to get us on the grid even and turned the bike inside-out, and it was our second time on the bike so it's confidence going forward – it's a good bike.' Jordan held his hands up for a wrong tyre choice on the front of his Honda, with the Magherafelt rider choosing an intermediate. Some rain showers had left parts of the County Antrim course damp, but these dried out rapidly as the big race began. 'We went for the wrong tyre choice on the front which is my own fault,' Jordan said. 'To be honest, ten minutes before the start we were still on a wet set-up and fair play to the boys, the rear shock was out, and to get them a second is good.' The Open race was delayed after a rain shower but it made little difference to Browne, who never looked back after passing early pacesetter Sweeney. In tricky conditions, he went on to win the reduced six-lap race by almost nine seconds from Sweeney, while Jordan finished third on his 600cc Jackson Racing Honda machine. 'That was just a gamble with what set-up to use, with half dry, half wet (conditions),' said Browne. 'It was bone dry down to the village but then very wet at the last road end. 'It was very hard to work out and it was tough, but it was nice that everyone got around as well there because it was tricky.' Coward, Neil Kernohan (Yamaha) and Cummins were the top six. In the Supersport race, Browne came out on top once again but this time he was kept honest throughout by Jordan. The duo broke away from the rest of the field and although Jordan was able to keep in touch with Browne, the 34-year-old was unable to find a way past. Browne won by 0.523s, with third going to Sweeney on his Yamaha, who only just held off Coward on the KTS Macadam Racing Triumph for third. Cummins (Burrows/RK Racing Ducati) and Manx rider Joe Yeardsley (Yamaha) were fifth and sixth respectively. Jordan wrapped up a double in the Supertwin class on the Jackson Racing Aprilia, beating Barry Furber (DC Autos Yamaha) by 9.7s in a damp race. Sean Brolly, who plies his trade in the Support classes, excelled to take third on his Aprilia on corrected time ahead of Sweeney after starting in the second group. Kevin Lavery from Dungannon won the Junior Support race with Brolly taking victory in the Senior Support race. The Lightweight race was won by Barry Davidson while Chris Meyer held off Nigel Moore for victory in the Moto3/125GP race. Andy Farrell won the Classic Superbike race by 11.9s from Sam West.
Belfast Telegraph
4 days ago
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Paul Jordan eager to join list of NI winners at Armoy's ‘Race of Legends'
Since the Irish national road race was first run in 2009, only Ryan Farquhar, Michael Dunlop and Davey Todd can lay claim to having won the blue riband race. Held each year in memory of the legendary Armoy Armada road racing quartet of Joey Dunlop, Frank Kennedy, Mervyn Robinson and Jim Dunlop — who competed together at Irish road races from the mid to late 1970s — the race has been dominated by Michael Dunlop, whose victory in 2023 was his 10th Legends success. The Isle of Man TT record-breaker is absent this year, as is English rival Todd, who was a winner of the big race in 2022 and 2024. A new name will be added to the trophy today, with Magherafelt racer Paul Jordan putting down a marker yesterday after he claimed pole position in qualifying on the Jackson Racing by Prosper2 Honda. Jordan lapped at 106.324mph, but Republic of Ireland rider Mike Browne was only a few tenths of a second slower on his Honda at 106.087mph. Manxman Conor Cummins is another chief contender on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing BMW along with fourth-fastest Michael Sweeney (MJR BMW) and Yorkshire's Jamie Coward on the KTS Racing BMW, who made his return from injury at the Southern 100 this month following a crash at the North West 200 in May. Phil Crowe, the runner-up last year behind Todd, also can't be ruled out on his BMW. Jordan, though, will be fired up to emulate fellow Ulster winners Dunlop and Farquhar by winning the Superbike showdown. The 34-year-old is having a fine season, winning his first race at the North West 200 in the Supertwin category and securing another rostrum at the TT, again in the Supertwin class. Jordan, who also finished fourth in the second Supersport race at the TT in June, set a new lap record as he won the Supertwin race at Armoy yesterday and finished a close third in the Supersport race. However, he has been eager to prove himself on the 1000cc machines and a win today would be a feather in his cap. 'I was able to do the lap times (in Superbike qualifying) on my own, so that will only help me,' Jordan said. 'It's been good, a win and a third, so it's good for the team and good for me. 'A backmarker just played a bit of a part on the last lap there (in the Supersport race), which sort of ended it (challenge for second place), but I'm happy. We'll get another go at it tomorrow.' Browne will be aiming to double up in the Supersport class on the BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha after his win last night, while Jordan will fancy his chances of a repeat in today's Supertwin race. Dan Sayle sealed pole in the Moto3/125GP class with Ballymena's Barry Davidson quickest in qualifying for the Lightweight Supersport/GP250 race on the Bry Joinery 250 Honda. Former MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams is competing on a 400 Kawasaki in the Lightweight race and was third fastest in qualifying on his return to the event after a long absence. Andy Farrell starts from pole in the Classic Superbike race with Sam West also on the front row in second place.
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Irwin aiming to be back in BSB action in August
British Superbike rider Glenn Irwin is targeting a return to the track in August after indicating that his recovery from injuries sustained in a crash at Snetterton in June is progressing ahead of suffered fractures to his hip socket and pelvis as a result of the incident and had surgery on his sacrum (pelvic region) as part of his 35-year-old crashed during a free practice session at the third round of the series, having finished on the podium in four of the first five races of the 2025 sat out the last round of the BSB championship at Knockhill in early July and will also miss next weekend's meeting at Brands record 11-time North West 200 Superbike winner says he will most likely return for the Cadwell Park races un Lincolnshire on 23-25 August but could be back in action earlier than that at the Thruxton round in Hampshire on 8-10 August."Originally I feared that my season was done. Now I'm thinking, come back, then target a podium after that and target a win before the season is out," Irwin told BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson."Realistically I should be doing the last four or five meetings, which would be starting from Cadwell, but with how things are going and the speed of recovery I wouldn't rule out an earlier return."Thruxton is maybe a good one to come back for. It's quite a relaxed track to ride at but whatever one we do come back for it will be because we are medically fit, not just taking chances." The Hager PBM Ducati rider revealed that the outcome of the crash could have been worse."I made a mistake, ran a little bit wide on the left-hander before Turn Nine and that resulted in a huge high-side."I always look at the positive picture. My brother Andrew missed me by two inches, which would obviously have been a very different outcome."I fractured my sacrum into multiple pieces and fractured my right hip socket but I'm good. I had surgery three weeks ago on Thursday."The Northern Ireland rider explained that his medical team were content with the better-then-expected pace of his recovery."I was meant to be six weeks non-weight bearing but we're already ahead of the game. I had a review in the Royal [Victoria Hospital in Belfast] and as bike riders we're always looking to 'jump the gun'."This time the doctors were saying, 'you can walk with your crutches now, you can cycle, you can swim' so now you get a picture of a return."I'm already back in the gym and that's been a huge step, so back training. The progress has been huge and I'm excited now as I see a goal in front of me."
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bobby Fong wins twice at Laguna Seca, Josh Herrin once
Josh Herrin grabbed his fifth consecutive MotoAmerica Superbike trophy in the first race of the tripleheader at WeatherTech Raceway, Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California, and scored more points than his principal rival, Cameron Beaubier, in all three races. The winner of both Sunday races, Bobby Fong, closed the gap on Beaubier by 28 points to make this a three-way battle for the championship. Herrin currently holds a 31-point advantage over Beaubier, with Fong another six points behind. Advertisement Herrin and Fong each swept the podium with a worst result of second to make for near-perfect weekends. In Race 1, Herrin extended his points lead to 28 over Beaubier when the early-season leader crashed on Lap 7. Herrin and Beaubier swapped the lead three times in the first half of the race after Beaubier had the early advantage from the pole. After three laps of racing, Herrin secured the top spot for another three trips around the track, Beaubier retook the lead on Lap 6, and then tucked his front wheel on the next circuit. "Lately I've been approaching the races different," Herrin said. "(Beaubier has) been my main competition for the last two years, and I want to kind of find out what I need to do to try to beat him. Coming into this race, I knew it was going to be hard, but I know that he's all or nothing. I don't know if it's his bike or if it's just the way that he is, but he's got to be pushing to the limit the whole time. "He can't slow the pace down and then go back. He's got to be out there charging from the back or charging from the front. My goal was to just disrupt him a little bit, slow the pace down, throw him off his game a little bit. I knew he'd come back around and try to go hard. That's when I was counting on the mistakes. As soon as he made the pass, he made the mistake. If you can't beat him straight up, you got to figure out how to beat him mentally." Advertisement Falling back to 14th, Beaubier steadily rose through the ranks and salvaged a sixth-place finish on Saturday. Herrin led the final 14 laps, but was unable to shake Fong, who was a mere 0.367 seconds behind him at the checkered flag. "Coming into this track, this track has always treated me pretty well," Beaubier reflected after Race 3. "I've had some good wins here in the past. Had a lot of success. It's one of my favorite tracks in the world. So, coming here and getting my butt kicked like we did, it sucks." For the moment, however, the momentum belonged to Herrin. "Sometimes you've just got to play that mental warfare and try something a little bit different," Herrin continued. "Instead of me just taking all the risk and blowing wide all the time, I'm just trying to be smart. It comes with age." Advertisement Fong learned a few lessons on Saturday as well. And after finishing on Herrin's back wheel in the first contest, changing track conditions played in Fong's favor. "(Herrin) was better than me yesterday; he was right," Fong said after Race 2. "Today's race was. … It was slippery yesterday too, but it was so slippery out there, and this Yamaha likes to roll, so that's kind of using that in our advantage a little bit. This next one, I'm sure it's going to even be a little bit more slippery with the temperatures going up. So, it's definitely going to be who has a better tire. Not managing the tire, but just who can deal with the sliding the least amount out there." Fong dealt with the warmer conditions of Race 3 best. "Honestly, in the first few laps, I thought it was going to be a long race," Fong said after Race 3. "I had a few moments in the first few laps, and then battling with these guys, I thought we were just going to scrap the whole race. It was fun for a little bit. (Sean Dylan Kelly) got his nose in there, so it was good. Then I saw that Herrin kind of caught on to some of the strong sections of the track that I was doing, so he kind of learned and picked it up and gathered a few tenths in some of those sectors." Advertisement Battling the effects of a crash on Friday, Herrin tried to convince himself he would be content with a solid points day. Once a rider feels the handling and speed of race conditions, however, that resolve is hard to maintain. "The second race (on Sunday), I just told myself, we got a first and a second," Herrin said. "If I can just get a third right now, we've got a good points haul for the weekend. Just take it. Be happy. Then my mind just kind of switched. I got into the mode that I was in and just wanted to battle it up and see what happened." Herrin's pair of second-place results to Fong had another silver lining; he finished ahead of Beaubier in all three Laguna Seca races to pad his lead while losing only a handful of points to Fong. MotoAmerica's Superbikes return to action August 1 - 3 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. Advertisement Results Race 1 Results Lap Chart Lap Analysis Fastest Segment Times Detailed Segment Times Race 2 Results Lap Chart Lap Analysis Fastest Segment Times Detailed Segment Times Race 3 Results Lap Chart Lap Analysis Fastest Segment Times Detailed Segment Times Championship Points
