Air Ambulance Northern Ireland will be the designated charity partner of the 2025 Briggs Equipment North West 200, which will take place on 5-10 May. Working in partnership with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, the Air Ambulance NI continues to be a lifeline for communities across the province, offering a critical Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) that operates seven days … Read More

Manxman Conor Cummins will compete at the 2025 Briggs Equipment North West 200 on 5-10 May with the Burrows/RK Racing team. The Manx racer replaces Dominic Herbertson in the Northern Ireland based squad. The move sees the 38 year old, who made his road racing debut on the famous 8.9 mile North West 200 Triangle in 2006, switch to M1000RR … Read More

Following consultation with the Department of Infrastructure on plans to introduce a cycle path from Ballysally Roundabout to University Corner, on the outskirts of Coleraine,  the organisers of the Briggs Equipment North West 200 have engaged a team of officials and some of the North West 200s leading competitors to ensure the proposed construction work will not have any negative … Read More

The 2025 Briggs Equipment North West 200 Race Week will take place on 5-10 May. The new qualifying format debuted at the 2024 event, that saw Superbike competitors first on track during both sessions, will be retained for the Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Thursday’s qualifying sessions will be followed by three four lap Superbike, Supersport and Superstock races during the … Read More

The Boyce Precision Engineering/Russell Racing Yamaha team of Richard Cooper and Mike Browne enjoyed a superb race week at the sun-kissed 2024 Briggs Equipment North West 200. Claiming pole position in qualifying, Richard Cooper took a brilliant maiden victory for himself and the team on the R6 Yamaha in the opening Fraser Homes Supersport race at the Northern Irish meeting … Read More

A weather forecast for a day of blazing sunshine saw a massive crowd descend upon the north coast on Saturday, May 11 for the principal race day of the 2024 Briggs Equipment North West 200. The race fans didn’t go home disappointed after a day of record-breaking action around the 8.9 mile Triangle course as Glenn Irwin won his 11th … Read More

Thursday night at the Briggs Equipment North West 200 saw record breaking performances and fantastic racing as Glenn Irwin, Richard Cooper and Davey Todd took the honours in the Briggs Equipment Superbike, Fraser Homes Supersport and Amici Ristorante Superstock races respectively. After a day of qualifying in sunshine the sky clouded over for the opening Superbike encounter which produced a … Read More

Practice and qualifying have now been completed for the 2024 Briggs Equipment North West 200. During today’s qualifying sessions there were three red flag incidents involving three competitors. The first occurred in the Supersport session at Trolans, the second at Millbank Avenue in the Superstock qualifying and the third at Quarry Hill during the final Supertwins session. The information from … Read More

Glenn Irwin dipped under the official lap record on a day of glorious sunshine on the north coast to claiming pole position in the Superbike class after the opening qualifying session of the Briggs Equipment North West 200. The Carrickfergus rider, who is bidding to become the most successful Superbike rider at the north coast event, posted a speed of … Read More

“I want to win four races this week.” Richard Cooper says as he throws down the gauntlet to the competition on the eve of first practice for the Briggs Equipment North West 200The 41 year old has won four NW200 Supertwin races on Ryan Farquhar’s KMR Kawasaki machines since making his debut on the 8.9 mile Triangle course in 2019. … Read More