Southern 100 Racing are saddened to learn of sudden passing of Dick Cassidy on Sunday 4th November 2018. Dick joined the team of Travelling Marshals on the Billown Course for the Pre-TT, Post TT and Southern 100 Races in 1999, taking over as Chief Travelling Marshal in 2004, after the then ‘chief’ Des Evans stood down. Dick continued in this …
Southern 100 & Post TT Races to Include Moto3 Class
Southern 100 Racing have confirmed that Moto3 racing machines are to be included in both the Colas Post TT Road Races and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Southern 100 International Road Races for 2019. The 250cc Moto3 machines were previously included in the 125/400 races at the July meeting and it was proposed and approved that they be …
Changes to Southern 100 Race Programme 2019
Southern 100 Racing, organisers of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Southern 100 International Road Races are to make a number of changes to their racing classes for the 2019 event which takes place Monday to Thursday 8th – 11th July. The main change is the dropping of the ‘Ultra-Lightweight’ 125cc/400cc class from the programme along with the discontinuation …
Alan ‘Bud’ Jackson
The Southern 100 Race organisers were saddened to receive news that long-time Billown competitor, Alan ‘Bud’ Jackson had succumbed to injuries received during Thursday Evening’s Qualifying for the Classic TT. Bud as he was known to everyone, first raced at the Southern 100 in 1975 finishing 17th in the 250cc Lightweight race and returned annually through to 1983, before taking …
Metzeler ‘Rising Stars’ Tyre Awards.
Leading tyre manufacturer Metzeler are providing special tyre sponsorship to the ‘rising stars’ of road racing who will have been racing at the Radcliffe’s Post TT Road Races and the Isle of Man Steam Packet International Southern 100 Road Races on the Colas Billown Course. Ten sets of Metzeler Tyres were available to be awarded to the rising stars with …
James Cowton – A Southern 100 Tribute
James Cowton certainly made his intentions known during his debut race at the 2012 Southern 100, finishing second to Ryan Kneen in the Station Garage 400cc race and then took tenth place in the S & S Motors 600cc race. The then twenty-year-old picked up two unwanted DNF’s in the second 400cc race and later in the Solo Championship race. …
Four Out of Four for McGee at ‘Race of the South’!
Mullinger rider Derek McGee took four wins out of four starts at the ‘Race of the South’ at Walderstown, round 12 of the Duke Road Race Rankings Championship 2018. The four victories puts Derek in second position in the Duke Rankings, just 25 points adrift of current champion and leader Dean Harrison. Cookstown Burrows Engineering Team rider Davey Todd was …
Current Championship Rankings After Southern 100
View PostLatest Update of Injured Riders
The latest update on the riders injured during the Southern 100 International Road Races is as follows: Ivan Lintin remains critical but stable; and both Tom Robinson and Brian Fruidge are described as stable. Further updates will be published, when received, in the meantime, Southern 100 Racing wishes all three continued progress in their recovery. Please follow and like us:
Update on Riders injured during Southern 100
Southern 100 Racing are able to provide an update on the conditions of the riders involved in the incident on the Stadium Bends section of the Billown Course on Thursday afternoon of the Southern 100 International Road Races. Ivan Lintin has been flown off Island for further examination and has undergone an operation on his leg, but remains critical. James …
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