Jonathan Rea was awarded the trophy for the Motorcyclist Of The Year for the second time at the Irish Racer Awards on Friday at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast.
Rea said after the presentation,
“Just like last year I have got to thank the public for their votes, I’m simply flabbergasted.
To retain this trophy which depicts Joey [...]

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Entries from January 2009
Jonathan Rea Wins Irish Motorcyclist Of The Year Award
Joy Ryder - Tuesday 20.01.09, 16:40pm
Tags: WSB World Superbike
F1 economy as BMW lose Credit Suisse sponsorship
John Williams - Monday 19.01.09, 17:37pm
BMW Sauber sponsors Credit Suisse have announced that they will not be continuing their partnership with the F1 racing team this season. The news comes on the eve of the new BMW Sauber car launch, although the agreement is said to have ended last year.
Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second largest bank has backed the BMW Sauber [...]
Tags: F1
HM Plant Honda Cut Costs With One Bike Per Rider
Joy Ryder - Friday 16.01.09, 15:36pm
The HM Plant Honda team have confirmed that they will only be using one bike per rider for the 2009 season as part of their cost-cutting programme.
It was reported last week that Neil Tuxworth, the team boss had denied the rumours that they would be cutting back on bikes and said,
“We have teams of mechanics [...]
Tags: BSB British Superbike
Ron Dennis Steps-Down As Team Principle
Joy Ryder - Friday 16.01.09, 14:26pm
It was announced today at the launch of the new McLaren MP4-24, that team principle Ron Dennis is stepping down and passing the role to Martin Whitmarsh from March 1st.
Dennis said,
“First thing I am going to do is work harder, that is the first target.
I intend to raise my own game because I think everybody [...]
Tags: F1
World Superbike News
Joy Ryder - Thursday 15.01.09, 16:54pm
As Moto GP appears to be heading into the doldrums, sporting it’s smallest grid of riders ever and with talk from the sports governing body, the FIM, of introducing cost cutting measures to ensure a future for the sport, it is reassuring to see that World Superbike appears to be bucking the trend, going from [...]
Tags: WSB World Superbike







