Armoy road races.

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Armoy road races.

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Just caught up with this on bikes Iplayer. Fantastic racing and some great airborne skills from Davey Todd. Reckon he'll be pushing for the top step at next year's internationals. 👍
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Just watched it, and Davey Todd was in a class of one. Visibly quicker than the rest.
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He’s going well in BSB on the stocker.

He’s been good for years, just gradually getting better and better as time has went on.
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One day I want to do a 'tour' of a load of the Irish road racing. The NW200 was my first ever and then I went to the TT the same year (sadly, got trackside just as they closed the road due to the David Jeffries crash :( - at least I saw him race at the NW200)

Maybe in a couple of years I'll make it :D
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Noggin wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:48 am One day I want to do a 'tour' of a load of the Irish road racing. The NW200 was my first ever and then I went to the TT the same year (sadly, got trackside just as they closed the road due to the David Jeffries crash :( - at least I saw him race at the NW200)

Maybe in a couple of years I'll make it :D
The number of road races is now sadly depleted. Time was we were at a race almost every weekend,but problems with residents/road closing and funding have seen most of the old classics disappear and those remaining such as the UGP often in a precarious position.
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Skub wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:20 am
Noggin wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:48 am One day I want to do a 'tour' of a load of the Irish road racing. The NW200 was my first ever and then I went to the TT the same year (sadly, got trackside just as they closed the road due to the David Jeffries crash :( - at least I saw him race at the NW200)

Maybe in a couple of years I'll make it :D
The number of road races is now sadly depleted. Time was we were at a race almost every weekend,but problems with residents/road closing and funding have seen most of the old classics disappear and those remaining such as the UGP often in a precarious position.
It's really sad. I wish I'd known more about it years ago and been able to make the trips over before now. But I'll see what I can get to. Never made it to the UGP, so that's definitely one I want to go to if it's around next year (if I can make it over then!!)
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Skub wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:20 am
Noggin wrote: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:48 am One day I want to do a 'tour' of a load of the Irish road racing. The NW200 was my first ever and then I went to the TT the same year (sadly, got trackside just as they closed the road due to the David Jeffries crash :( - at least I saw him race at the NW200)

Maybe in a couple of years I'll make it :D
The number of road races is now sadly depleted. Time was we were at a race almost every weekend,but problems with residents/road closing and funding have seen most of the old classics disappear and those remaining such as the UGP often in a precarious position.
A lot of folk got pissed off with paying an admission fee, they were happy enough to buy a program, but being charged to stand in some farmer's to shite strewn field was too much. Plus a lot of riders got fed up of bankrupting themselves to race whilst the "names" were handed thousands just to turn up.
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Brilliant. 👍

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