Irish Road Racing - Cookstown 24/25 April [merged]

[suzukimad07]

start of race season on the roads(closed public roads) iom does the same for tt and manx races. ryan farquhar double irish champion will be there to hold onto his titles,kieth amor runner up last season will be in the hunt,the dunlop boys,ian lougher,bruce anste,conor cummings,gary johnstonand many more fromacross the world will be compeeting in thees championships,i have clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg2_OX86h44 on youtube (suzukimad07)the north west 200 is part of the season and is the biggest filmed outdoor sporting event in ireland & whole of the british isles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4raYDTwdk

[NinjaMaster]

Come on Cam Donald!

Would love to go to one of those road race events some time, especially IOM. Bravest men on earth.

[suzukimad07]

i watched cam race here a few times, i have his autograph and fotos taken with him,he raced a full season here, i have a few clips on youtube (suzukimad07) of different races here in ireland,(north west 200) is the biggest you can look it up on youtube, all the races are on public roads not race tracks so when we say road races we mean road races !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjFYt_IKzDA this is to ninjamaster

[NinjaMaster]

I nearly got to meet the man at Phillip Island a couple of years ago. Spewin I missed him. Apparently a lovely guy. Friend of my old man has been to IOM and another Irish road race (the name escapes me at the moment) and caught up with Cam in the pits a few times. Oh, that's right, it was Kells I think.

We semi-regularly drag out a dvd of the 2008 Manx TT. It is just an incredible circuit and equally amazing riders. Kinda reminds me of one of our weekend rides... :laugh:

[suzukimad07]

the iom tt races are great, but its racing against the clock they leave at 10sec interviles and you dont get to see much passing and diceing but take a look at nw200 they leave in groops of 20 an theres up to 90 riders in one race, so aftersay 3 laps its a steady flow of bikes ducking an diveing at speeds of 200mph !!!!!!!!!! m rutter done 201.87mph 3years ago on a ducatti all irish road races are like this but not as big as nw200,the ulster gran prix is called the fastest race in the world,there is thousands of clips on youtube so when you see all these bikes comeing down a public road at these speeds an then going round twiste corners over railway tracks bridges bumps in mid air you think waooooooooooooooo they are mad !!!!!have a look at clips 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4raYDTwdk

[MrJan]

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Dg2_OX86h44

Just embedding the videos that have been posted because, for some strange reason, I can't watch youtube videos on the site but can if they're embedded into the forum :confused:

[MrJan]

Holy.......

Just watched a bit of this video of the Cookstown 100, I thought the Irish Rally drivers were nutters but this is a whole new level of stupidity :p :

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[suzukimad07]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbTec6n_nE more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U52FZWhzX4 and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vChFZnPP9c

[MrJan]

Hey if you want to put youtube videos into the forum then just take the bit after v= and put it between

Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbTec6n_nE

To get:
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Which gives you this:
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[suzukimad07]

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[suzukimad07]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pys_kZF7NC4

[Mach24]

Until 3 years ago I had never heard of the NW200 and did not know true racing took place on the roads. I thought it was all time trial (IoM) style.

The NW200 is one of the events I dream of attending. The spectacle on television is simply amazing, so to see it in person would be awesome.

The slipstreaming is nothing short of sensational and 4 wide down the never ending straights at top speed is regular.

Some of the corner speeds, with NO room for error is outstanding and frightening.

Bring it on!

[suzukimad07]

how did you findout ? the whole irish road race is like nw200 but smaller, you can get videos of each season from( duke videos ) they are based on iom an cover most sports, if you want i can find out there web site an will put it on a message ! cameron donald raced here and is doin nw200 and ulster gp this year hes with ni team tas, if you do well in nw200 you go to iom next step !!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGEsy7EIo3A

[suzukimad07]

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[TheFamousEccles]

Utterly barking mad! Love it!

[Mach24]

how did you findout ?

I actually found it on a torrent site a few years back whilst looking at some IoM stuff. IoM runs a very poor second to the NW!

For me the NW200 is one of the best motorsport events in the calander year.

Whilst I would love to see many different events in many different countries, this one is at the top of my list.

[NinjaMaster]

Whilst I would love to see many different events in many different countries, this one is at the top of my list.

Ditto. Amazing spectacle, it would be an awesome holiday.

[suzukimad07]

nw200 videos from www.dukevideo.com (http://www.dukevideo.com) they are worth a look !!

[suzukimad07]

Ditto. Amazing spectacle, it would be an awesome holiday.
look at this vid called road racing,great races you can get from duke videos ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjv0ZHvFIQ

[suzukimad07]

I actually found it on a torrent site a few years back whilst looking at some IoM stuff. IoM runs a very poor second to the NW!

For me the NW200 is one of the best motorsport events in the calander year.

Whilst I would love to see many different events in many different countries, this one is at the top of my list.
look at this vid called road racing,great races you can get from duke videos ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjv0ZHvFIQ

[suzukimad07]

Utterly barking mad! Love it!
look at this vid called road racing,great races you can get from duke videos ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjv0ZHvFIQ

[suzukimad07]

Holy.......

Just watched a bit of this video of the Cookstown 100, I thought the Irish Rally drivers were nutters but this is a whole new level of stupidity :p :

cdW8ASEmGJA
look at this vid called road racing,great races you can get from duke videos ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zjv0ZHvFIQ

[suzukimad07]

roads close 230pm today 24th, 1030am sat 25th sharp as you know cookstown run a tite schedule, dont 4get buy a programme !!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oycUm1-5G9g

[patnicholls]

I've merged a couple of threads together here, they were both on the same topic...

[suzukimad07]

Flyin Ryan Farquhar wins two 1000cc races a 650cc super twin and 2nd in the 600cc super sport race, agreat start to irish road races http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-BwUyBni0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-BwUyBni0)

[suzukimad07]

Kieth Amor won the 600cc supersport race at the cookstown 100 2nd Farquhar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHFnpmcm62w

[patnicholls]

suzukimad07, can you please keep all the Cookstown stuff in this thread please?

It's cool that we've got someone following Irish road racing with a good degree of enthusiasm, can we just keep it tidy please?

Thanks,

Pat

[suzukimad07]

suzukimad07, can you please keep all the Cookstown stuff in this thread please?

It's cool that we've got someone following Irish road racing with a good degree of enthusiasm, can we just keep it tidy please?

Thanks,

Pat sorry iam only new to computers an forums ill find out how to keep it together i dident know i was messing things about sorry m8 !!!!!!!!

[NinjaMaster]

Hooray, Kawasaki won something! Onya Farquhar. :up:

[suzukimad07]

Farquhar has been rideing and winning on kawasakis since about 2000 onwards, he rides a 250cc honda sometimes and 500cc honda classic on the isle of man (he started winning road races back in 1998,raceing against Robert and Joey Dunlop etc)

[NinjaMaster]

Yeah, barracked for him when he was on the McAdoo Kawasakis a few years ago. It's tough for me to choose between he and cam Donald.

[suzukimad07]

Ryan Farquhar gets 4podiums at Tandragee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbf07g3RmIQ