Road Racing & IoM TT News

The Isle of Man is where British motor sport began: the first car races took place on the small island in the Irish Sea in 1904, the first motorcycle races…

Targa Florio 1955-1973 Porsche had gatecrashed the Targa party 10 times since 1956. The word on the streets of Cerda, Collesano and Campofelice, however, was that an 11th win was…

Bentley marked the centenary of one of its earliest racing successes by lighting up the Isle of Man TT course with a special parade of its vintage models, including the…

Last weekend was surely motorcycle racing’s biggest-ever super Saturday/Sunday. The Isle of Man Superbike TT, the Spa 24 hours and the Catalan MotoGP round all happening at the same time…

This is a big year for the Isle of Man TT’s greatest living exponent. John McGuinness turned 50 in April and will make his 100th TT start during 2022 race…

That’ll stay damp for hours, that bit... Brake early into here, Glenn – get it lined up... It’s rough  through here – they’ve resurfaced it, but they’ve only resurfaced the…

The Isle of Man TT was the world’s biggest, best-known motorcycle race for most of the first century of the internal combustion engine. Then 50 years ago something happened that…

The fiercest rivalries in motorcycle racing back in the 1960s were not just between the riders but also the manufacturers, like Suzuki, Yamaha and Honda. Our Japanese masters kept the…

On Sunday Ana Carrasco won a race just nine months after breaking her back. Hers is an amazing story but no more so than the shocking story of the first woman who tried to make it in motorcycle racing

The Isle of Man Government has confirmed the cancellation of the 2021 Isle of Man TT races due to uncertainty surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will be the second…

Britain’s first-ever roadraces are planned to take place on the Isle of Wight in October 2021. A team of promoters and racers has been working for many months on the…

The most important bit: Bray Hill “Down Bray Hill you’re hanging on for your life” McGuinness reckons that TTs can be won or lost in the mega-fast, off-the-edge-of-a-cliff plunge down…

At a time when millions of us are in lockdown, here’s a wonderful tale of freedom: when Isle of Man TT winner Trevor Nation undertook an epic journey aboard a Suzuki GSX-R750 to compete in two TT F1 races on the Continent

Saturday marks the start of the 100th Isle of Man TT, so this is a good time to ride with Peter Hickman on his mind-boggling 135.452mph record lap It’s time…

Gene Romero, who has died at the age of 71, was a member of America’s first generation of fast road racers – and had the tales to tell Romero in Victory…

Mike Hailwood, born on April 2, had the greatest even of his achievements by winning the 1978 Isle of Man TT after 11 years away from bike racing Mike Hailwood…

MotoAmerica’s Wayne Rainey is working to make the USA a global racing force again  Photos courtesy of MotoAmerica Empires come and go: the Greek, the Roman, the Portuguese, the British...…