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North West 200

Index North West 200

The North West 200 is a motorcycling race meeting held each May in Northern Ireland. [1]

135 relations: Adrian Archibald, AJS, Alan Carter (motorcyclist), Alan Shepherd, Alastair Seeley, Alistair King, Aprilia, Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles, Arthur Wheeler (motorcyclist), Artie Bell, BBC News, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Red Button, Bill Smith (motorcyclist), Birmingham Small Arms Company, BMW, Bob Anderson (racing driver), Bob Foster (motorcyclist), Bob McIntyre (motorcyclist), Brian Reid (motorcyclist), Bruce Anstey, Bultaco, Carl Fogarty, Causeway Coast and Glens, Charlie Williams (motorcyclist), Clady Circuit, Coleraine, Colin Seeley, Cotton (motorcycle), Darran Lindsay, David Jefferies, Derek Chatterton, Derek Minter, Dick Creith, Dickie Dale, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., Dundrod Circuit, EMC Motorcycles, Eric Fernihough, Ernie Lyons, Excelsior Motor Company, Fred Stevens, Geoff Duke, Geoff Monty, Gilera, Graham Walker (motorcyclist), Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Harold Daniell, Harold James Kirby, Henry Tyrell-Smith, ..., Honda, Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist), Ian Lougher, Ian Simpson (motorcyclist), Isle of Man TT, Ivan Lintin, JA Prestwich Industries, Jack Brett, James Whitham, Jeremy McWilliams, Jester Interactive, Jim Moodie (motorcyclist), Jimmie Guthrie, Joey Dunlop, John Cooper (motorcyclist), John McGuinness (motorcyclist), John Newbold, John Williams (motorcyclist), Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, Keith Huewen, Kevin Mitchell (motorcyclist), Malcolm Uphill, Matchless, Michael Dunlop, Michael Rutter (motorcyclist), Michael Wilcox, Mick Grant, Mike Edwards (motorcyclist), Milestone S.r.l., Moto Guzzi, Motorcycling, Norman Brown (motorcyclist), Northern Ireland, Norton Motorcycle Company, NSU Motorenwerke, Ossa (motorcycle), Paton (motorcycles), Paul Smart (motorcyclist), Percy Tait, Peter Williams (motorcyclist), Phillip McCallen, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Portrush, Portstewart, Ralph Bryans, Reg Armstrong, Richard Britton (motorcyclist), Road racing, Robert Dunlop, Robert Holden (motorcyclist), Rodney Gould, Ron Haslam, Rudge-Whitworth, Ryan Farquhar, Sammy Miller, Simon Andrews (motorcyclist), Stanley Woods, Steve Hislop, Steve Parrish, Steve Plater, Street circuit, Stuart Graham, Suzuki, Time trial, Tom Herron, Tommy Robb, Tony Rutter, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, Ulster Grand Prix, UTV (TV channel), Velocette, Wal Handley, William Dunlop (motorcyclist), Xbox One, Yamaha Motor Company, Zenith Motorcycles, 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, 2006 North West 200 Races, 2008 North West 200 Races, 2009 North West 200 Races, 2010 North West 200 Races, 2011 North West 200 Races, 2012 North West 200 Races, 2015 North West 200 Races. Expand index (85 more) »

Adrian Archibald

Adrian James Archibald (born 1969) is a motorcycle racer from Northern Ireland.

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AJS

AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co.

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Alan Carter (motorcyclist)

Alan Carter (born in Halifax 19 August 1964) is an English former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Alan Shepherd

Alan Shepherd (28 September 1935 – 16 July 2007) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Alastair Seeley

Alastair Seeley (born 4 October 1979 in Carrickfergus) is a motorcycle road racer.

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Alistair King

Alistair King was a Scottish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Aprilia

Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the brands owned by Piaggio.

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Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles

Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Bolton, England.

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Arthur Wheeler (motorcyclist)

Arthur Frederick Wheeler (5 August 1916 – 16 June 2001) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Artie Bell

Arthur James Bell (6 September 1914 – 7 August 1972, Belfast, United Kingdom) was a British (Northern Irish) motorcycle road racer who became known for his short post-World War II Isle of Man TT career that came to notice with his second-place finish in the 1947 Isle of Man TT on a second-hand 500cc Norton he bought himself on which he led for three of the seven laps.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Ireland (BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland.

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BBC Red Button

BBC Red Button is a branding used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom.

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Bill Smith (motorcyclist)

Bill Smith (born 8 February 1935) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Birmingham Small Arms Company

The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process.

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BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft engines until 1945.

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Bob Anderson (racing driver)

Robert Hugh Fearon "Bob" Anderson (19 May 1931 – 14 August 1967) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver.

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Bob Foster (motorcyclist)

Alfred Robert "Bob" Foster (16 March 1911 – 22 March 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Bob McIntyre (motorcyclist)

Robert MacGregor McIntyre (28 November 1928 – 15 August 1962) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.

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Brian Reid (motorcyclist)

Brian Reid is a former motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland.

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Bruce Anstey

Bruce Anstey (born 21 August 1969 in New Zealand) is a professional motorcycle road racer.

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Bultaco

Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.

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Carl Fogarty

Carl George Fogarty, (born 1 July 1965), often known as Foggy, and the son of former motorcycle racer George Fogarty, Was the most successful World Superbike racer of all time in terms of the number of championships.

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Causeway Coast and Glens

Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland.

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Charlie Williams (motorcyclist)

Charlie Williams (born 31 July 1950 in Kelsall, Cheshire) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Clady Circuit

Clady Circuit situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland describes a motor-cycle road racing street circuit used for the Ulster Grand Prix.

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Coleraine

Coleraine (Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002.) is a large town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Colin Seeley

Colin Seeley (born Colin Jordan Seeley, 2 January 1936, in Crayford, Kent, England) is an English former motorcycle retailer who later became a successful motorcycle sidecar racer, motorcycle designer, constructor and retailer of accessories.

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Cotton (motorcycle)

The Cotton Motor Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918.

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Darran Lindsay

Darran Lindsay (1971–2006) was a Northern Irish motorcycle road racer.

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David Jefferies

Allan David Jefferies (18 September 1972 – 29 May 2003) was an English professional motorcycle racer.

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Derek Chatterton

Derek Chatterton (Born 31 January 1945 in Lincolnshire, England) is a British former motorcycle road racer.

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Derek Minter

Derek Minter (27 April 1932 – 2 January 2015) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.

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Dick Creith

Dick Creith (born 28 August 1938) was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Bushmills.

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Dickie Dale

Richard H. Dale (25 April 1927 – 30 April 1961) known as Dickie Dale was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer born in Wyberton near Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

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Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. is the motorcycle-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati, headquartered in Bologna, Italy.

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Dundrod Circuit

Dundrod Circuit is a motorsport street circuit used for the RAC Tourist Trophy for sports cars between 1950 and 1955 and for the motorcycle Ulster Grand Prix from 1953 onwards.

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EMC Motorcycles

EMC Motorcycles or the Ehrlich Motor Co was a British motorcycle manufacturer.

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Eric Fernihough

Eric Crudgington Fernihough (17 February 1905 – 23 April 1938) was a British motorcycle racer.

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Ernie Lyons

Ernie Lyons (5 March 1914 – 7 February 2014) was a motorcycle racer from Ireland who entered selected Grands Prix.

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Excelsior Motor Company

Excelsior, based in Coventry, was a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker.

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Fred Stevens

Fred Stevens was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Geoff Duke

Geoffrey Ernest Duke (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015) was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion.

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Geoff Monty

Geoff Monty was an English professional motorcycle racer, constructor, rider-sponsor and retail dealer,Motorcycle Mechanics, October 1967, editorial p.3 Monty moves.

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Gilera

Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera.

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Graham Walker (motorcyclist)

Graham William Walker (4 August 1896 – 7 September 1962) was an English motorcycle racer, broadcaster and journalist.

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier class of motorcycle racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by FIM.

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Harold Daniell

Harold Daniell (29 October 1909 – 19 January 1967) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and auto racing driver.

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Harold James Kirby

Harold James Kirby (April 28, 1895 – October 20, 1956) was a lawyer, real estate agent and political figure in Ontario.

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Henry Tyrell-Smith

Henry George Tyrell-Smith (1907–1982) was an Irish motorcycle road racer.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist)

Ian Hutchinson (born 12 August 1979 in Bingley, West Yorkshire) is an English professional motorcycle road racer specialising in events held on closed public roads like the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix.

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Ian Lougher

Ian Lougher (born 10 July 1963) is a Welsh motorcycle racer, noted for 9 victories in the North West 200, 10 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races and 32 wins at the Southern 100 Races in his career.

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Ian Simpson (motorcyclist)

Ian Simpson (born 1970 in Edinburgh) is a retired motorcycle road racer from Scotland, nicknamed the 'Dalbeattie Destroyer'.

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Isle of Man TT

The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.

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Ivan Lintin

Ivan George Lintin (born 17 August 1984) is a motorcycle racer from Lincolnshire who regularly competes in the Isle of Man TT races.

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JA Prestwich Industries

JA Prestwich Industries, was an English manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd.

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Jack Brett

Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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James Whitham

James 'Jamie' Whitham (born James Michael Whitham, 6 September 1966), is an English former professional motorcycle road racer.

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Jeremy McWilliams

Jeremy McWilliams (born 4 April 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), is a motorcycle road racer.

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Jester Interactive

Jester Interactive is a video game developer based in North Wales in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1997 as a trading arm of Morgan Computing Limited.

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Jim Moodie (motorcyclist)

Jim Moodie born 15 February 1966 in Dumfries is a retired British Superbike, Supersport and Isle of Man TT racer who retired in 2003 from the TT races after being caught up in the accident that claimed the life of David Jefferies.

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Jimmie Guthrie

Andrew James Guthrie (23 May 1897 in Hawick, UK – 8 August 1937) was a Scottish motorcycle racer famous for 19 motorcycle Grand Prix wins, 3 victories in the North West 200 and 6 wins at the Isle of Man TT races.

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Joey Dunlop

William Joseph Dunlop, OBE (25 February 1952 – 2 July 2000), was a world champion motorcyclist from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland.

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John Cooper (motorcyclist)

John Cooper (born 1938 in Derby) is an English retired garage proprietor who was a prolific short-circuit motorcycle road racer during the 1960s and early 1970s.

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John McGuinness (motorcyclist)

John McGuinness (born John Warren McGuinness, 16 April 1972) is an English professional motorcycle racer who until early 2017 had a long association with Honda machines having factory support in road races like the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200, the Macau Grand Prix, and on the short tracks in the British Superstock and Supersport series.

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John Newbold

John Newbold (14 December 1952 - 15 May 1982) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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John Williams (motorcyclist)

John Williams (born 27 May 1946 – 12 August 1978) was an English motorcycle short-circuit road racer who also entered selected Grands Prix on the near-continent.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine Company (川崎重工業モーターサイクル&エンジンカンパニー) is a division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries that produces motorcycles, ATVs, utility vehicles, jet ski personal watercraft, and general-purpose gasoline engines.

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Keith Huewen

Keith Alan Huewen (born 23 August 1957 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English former professional Grand Prix motorbike road racer, and current television commentator with BT Sport where he primarily commentates on MotoGP.

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Kevin Mitchell (motorcyclist)

Kevin Mitchell (born 24 October 1961) is a former British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Malcolm Uphill

Malcolm Ernest Uphill, (15 April 1935 – 1 January 1999) was a Welsh professional motorcycle racer.

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Matchless

Matchless is one of the oldest marques of British motorcycles, manufactured in Plumstead, London, between 1899 and 1966.

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Michael Dunlop

Michael Dunlop (born 10 April 1989) is a Northern Irish professional motorcycle racer.

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Michael Rutter (motorcyclist)

Michael Karl Rutter (born 18 April 1972 in Wordsley, West Midlands) nicknamed "The Blade", is a British motorcycle racer.

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Michael Wilcox

Michael Wilcox is a British playwright.

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Mick Grant

Mick Grant (born 10 July 1944) is an English former professional motorcycle road racer and TT rider.

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Mike Edwards (motorcyclist)

Mike 'Spike' Edwards (born February 1962) based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, is an English motorcycle road racer.

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Milestone S.r.l.

Milestone S.r.l. is an Italian video game developer with headquarters in Milan.

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Moto Guzzi

Moto Guzzi is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer and the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production.

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Motorcycling

Motorcycling is riding a motorcycle.

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Norman Brown (motorcyclist)

Norman Brown, Jr. (1960 – 31 July 1983) was a Northern Irish professional motorcycle road racer.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Norton Motorcycle Company

The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motors, Ltd.) is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, UK.

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NSU Motorenwerke

NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873.

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Ossa (motorcycle)

Ossa is a catalan motorcycle manufacturer which was active from 1924 to 1982 and reborn in 2010.

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Paton (motorcycles)

Paton is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer.

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Paul Smart (motorcyclist)

Paul Smart (Born on 23 April 1943 in Eynsford, Kent) is an English successful former short circuit motorcycle road racer who later entered Grands Prix.

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Percy Tait

Percy Tait (born 1929) is an English former professional motorcycle road racer and senior road tester for Triumph motorcycles, where he was estimated to have clocked over a million miles of road testing.

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Peter Williams (motorcyclist)

Peter Williams (born 29 September 1945 in Nottingham England) is a former motorcycle road racer who enjoyed success when competing at many levels on home short-circuits, International and Grand Prix races.

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Phillip McCallen

Phillip McCallen (born Portadown, Armagh) is a Northern Ireland born former motorcycle racer, now turned to dealer in his retirement from road racing.

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PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is an eighth-generation home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Portrush

Portrush is a small seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on the County Londonderry border.

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Portstewart

Portstewart is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Ralph Bryans

Ralph Bryans (7 March 1941 – 6 August 2014) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland.

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Reg Armstrong

Reginald Armstrong (1 September 1928 Liverpool – November 1979 Brighton) was an Irish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Richard Britton (motorcyclist)

Richard Britton (1970 – 18 September 2005) was one of Ireland's leading motorcycle road racers before his death at Ballybunion road races.

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Road racing

In North America, road racing is motor racing held on a paved closed circuit with both left and right turns.

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Robert Dunlop

Stephen Robert Dunlop (25 November 1960 – 15 May 2008) was a Northern Irish motorcycle racer, the younger brother of fellow road racer, the late Joey Dunlop, and like Joey he died after a crash while racing.

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Robert Holden (motorcyclist)

Robert Holden (17 December 1958 – 31 May 1996) was a motorcycle road racer from New Zealand.

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Rodney Gould

Rodney Gould (born 10 March 1943 in Banbury) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and UK short circuit specialist.

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Ron Haslam

Ron Haslam (Ronald Haslam, born 22 June 1954) is an English former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who has been racing for over thirty years, winning three World titles, four British championships and having ridden in almost 110 GPs.

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Rudge-Whitworth

Rudge Whitworth Cycles was a British bicycle, bicycle saddle, motorcycle and sports car wheel manufacturer that resulted from the merger of two bicycle manufacturers in 1894, Whitworth Cycle Co of Birmingham, founded by Charles Henry Pugh (1840–1901) and his two sons Charles Vernon and John, and Rudge Cycle Co of Coventry (which descended from a bicycle company founded by Daniel Rudge of Wolverhampton).

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Ryan Farquhar

Ryan Farquhar (born 2 February 1976 Dungannon, Northern Ireland) is a professional motorcycle racer who primarily competes in road racing.

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Sammy Miller

Samuel Hamilton "Sammy" Miller, MBE (born 11 November 1933 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a championship winning motorcycle racer, in both road racing and trials.

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Simon Andrews (motorcyclist)

Simon Neil Stuart Andrews (14 August 1982 – 19 May 2014) was a British motorcycle racer.

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Stanley Woods

Stanley Woods (1903 – 28 July 1993) was an Irish motorcycle racer famous for 29 motorcycle Grand Prix wins in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the Isle of Man TT races ten times in his career, plus wins at Assen and elsewhere.

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Steve Hislop

Robert Steven 'Hizzy' Hislop (11 January 1962 – 30 July 2003) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.

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Steve Parrish

Stephen J. "Steve" Parrish (born 24 February 1953 in Cambridge, England) is a former motorcycle and truck racer, who is now a motorsport television commentator and speaker/entertainer.

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Steve Plater

Steve Plater (born 22 August 1972, in Luton) is a former English motorcycle road racer.

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Street circuit

A street circuit is a racing circuit composed of temporarily closed-off public roads of a city, town or village, used in motor races.

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Stuart Graham

Stuart Graham (born 9 January 1942) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Saloon car racing specialist.

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Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, that manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines.

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Time trial

In many racing sports an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time.

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Tom Herron

Tom Herron (14 December 1948 – 26 May 1979) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Lisburn, County Antrim in Northern Ireland.

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Tommy Robb

Tommy Robb (born 14 October 1934) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland.

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Tony Rutter

Tony Rutter (born 24 September 1941) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985.

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Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership.

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Ulster Grand Prix

The Ulster Grand Prix is a motorcycle race that takes place on the 7.3-mile Dundrod Circuit made up entirely of closed-off public roads near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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UTV (TV channel)

UTV (formerly Ulster Television) is a commercial television broadcaster in Northern Ireland owned and operated by ITV plc as part of the ITV Network.

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Velocette

Velocette is the name given to motorcycles made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England.

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Wal Handley

Walter Leslie Handley (5 April 1902 – 15 November 1941) born in Aston, Birmingham, Kolumbus.fi Walter Leslie Handley (Retrieved 10 December 2006) known as Wal Handley, was a champion British inter-war motorcycle racer with four wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career.

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William Dunlop (motorcyclist)

William Dunlop (born 23 July 1985) is a Northern Irish motorcycle racer, brother of Isle of Man TT winner Michael, the son of the late Robert, and the nephew of legendary TT racer Joey Dunlop.

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Xbox One

Xbox One is a line of eighth generation home video game consoles developed by Microsoft.

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Yamaha Motor Company

is a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products.

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Zenith Motorcycles

Zenith Motorcycles was a British motorcycle and automobile manufacturer established in Finsbury Park, London in 1903, by W.G. Bowers.

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2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism.

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2006 North West 200 Races

The 2006 North West 200 Races took place on Saturday 13 May 2006 at the 8.966 mile circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

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2008 North West 200 Races

The 2008 North West 200 took place on Saturday 17 May at the 8.966 mile circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, in Northern Ireland.

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2009 North West 200 Races

The 2009 North West 200 Races took place on Saturday 16 May 2009 at the 8.966 mile circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, in Northern Ireland.

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2010 North West 200 Races

The 2010 North West 200 Races, the 71st running of the event, was held on Saturday 15 May 2010 at the circuit, dubbed "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

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2011 North West 200 Races

The 2011 Relentless International North West 200 was the 72nd running of the road racing event and took place on Saturday 21 May 2011 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

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2012 North West 200 Races

The 2012 Relentless International North West 200 was the 73rd running of the motorcycle road racing event which took place between 13–19 May 2012 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

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2015 North West 200 Races

2015 International North West 200 was the 76th running of the motorcycle road racing event which took place between 11–16 May 2015 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland.

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Redirects here:

List of North West 200 Course fatal accidents, Nw200.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_200

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