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2019
PETER HICKMAN WON THE SUPERBIKE TT RACE
WELCOME TO YOUR BONUS DIGITAL ISSUE FROM ROAD RACING IRELAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH I hope you’re enjoying your monthly copy of Road Racing Ireland. The May issue is our 35th anniversdary issue and is packed with all the latest news and interviews. If you haven’t got your copy yet then click on the link inside this digital issue to order your copy. This month’s bonus digital issue features Peter Hickman, We hope you enjoy a look through some of his best moments on two wheels.
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PETER HICKMAN BECAME THE FASTEST NEWCOMER AROUND THE TT MOUNTAIN COURSE AFTER SETTING A LAP OF 129.104MPH DURING THE SENIOR RACE
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2015
PETER HICKMAN ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY IN THE 2015 MACAU GRAND PRIX
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2016
HICKMAN HOLDS OFF SHAKEY BYRNE TO TAKE VICTORY AT SILVERSTONE
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2013
BRUCE ANSTEY ON HIS WAY TO SECOND PLACE IN THE ISLE OF MAN TT SUPERSPORT RACE
2016
RACE WINNER PETER HICKMAN LEADING MICHAEL RUTTER AND MARTIN JESSOPP DURING THE MACAU GRAND PRIX RRI BONUS EDITION
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2017
PETER HICKMAN POWERS HIS SMITHS BMW OVER BLACK HILL AT THE NORTH WEST 200
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2014
BRUCE ANSTEY ON THE SUPERSPORT BIKE AT THE ULSTER GRAND PRIX
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2018
PETER HICKMAN ON THE BRANDS HATCH COURSE M AY 2 0 2 1
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2018
PETER HICKMAN AT BALLAUGH BRIDGE DURING THE SUPERBIKE TT RACE RRI BONUS EDITION
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THE LATEST ISSUE IS AVAILABLE TO BUY FOR £4.95 PLUS P&P Reigning British Superbike champion Josh Brookes has made no secret of his desire to win a TT but his last Mountain course appearance was in 2018. With BSB commitments and Coronavirus preventing the Australian’s return, RRI’s Phil Wain asks,
TT debutant Josh Brookes prepares
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IS JOSH BROOKES’ TT DREAM OVER?
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ith 54 wins and 143 podiums, Josh Brookes is the second most successful rider in the history of the British Superbike Championship but the 2020 champion has another unrequited love in motorcycle racing. A former outright lap record holder and podium finisher at the North West 200, the 39 year old is also the fastest ever Australian at the Isle of Man TT with a lap of 131.745mph set in 2018. Incredible achievements for a racer who admits he had no interest in the TT before he first came to the UK in 2009. “I’d obviously heard of it but racing there just didn’t figure in my plans,” the Bringelly man explains. “I had an invite to go there from HM Plant Honda and straightaway I realised there was this big part of motorcycling and another discipline that I had no experience of. I’d been exposed to something I hadn’t seen before and I fell in love with it.” Brookes says he wasn’t taken seriously
when he first mooted the possibility of racing the Mountain course. “I knew I wanted to do the TT but I probably didn’t push hard enough to compete there when it came to contract time.” he reflects.
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“It took a few more years than I would have liked before finally getting to race there. Philip Neill gave me the opportunity and although I can’t
MAIN PICTURE: Josh Brookes (Norton Motorcycles) at Ballacrye during TT 2017. ABOVE: Josh Brookes (Winfield Paton) celebrates winning the Senior 500cc Classic TT race in 2017 with runner up Jamie Coward (Craven Norton), third placed William Dunlop (Davies Honda) and best privateer, Michael Russell. 16 | ROAD RACING IRELAND
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2018
PETER HICKMAN CELEBRATES WINNING THE SUPERSTOCK TT RACE ON THE ISLE OF MAN RRI BONUS EDITION
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PETER HICKMAN WALKS OFF WITH HIS TROPHY AFTER WINNING THE SENIOR TT
2013
BRUCE ANSTEY IN ACTION AT THE NORTH WEST 200
2018
PETER HICKMAN ON HIS WAY TO WINNING THE 2018 MACAU GRAND PRIX, HIS THIRD WIN AT THE CHINESE STREET RACE RRI BONUS EDITION
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2018
PETER HICKMAN DURING THE SUPERSTOCK RACE AT THE NORTH WEST 200 RRI BONUS EDITION
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2013
BRUCE ANSTEY ON THE DUNDROD COURSE
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2018
PETER HICKMAN LEADING THE SUPERSPORT RACE AT TOURNAGROUGH DURING THE ULSTER GRAND PRIX M AY 2 0 2 1
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2019
PETER HICKMAN ON HIS WAY TO WINNING THE SUPERSPORT TT RACE
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2019
PETER HICKMAN AT BARREGARROW DURING THE SUPERBIKE TT RACE WHICH HE WON M AY 2 0 2 1
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2019
PETER HICKMAN HAD A HAT-TRICK OF WINS AT THE ISLE OF MAN IN 2019 INCLUDING THE SUPERSTOCK RACE
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2019
PETER HICKMAN ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY DURING THE SUPERSTOCK RACE AT THE NORTH WEST 200 RRI BONUS EDITION
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2019
PETER HICKMAN LEADS THE PACK DOWN THE FLYING KILO IN THE SUPERBIKE RACE AT THE 2019 ULSTER GRAND PRIX WHICH HE WENT ON TO WIN M AY 2 0 2 1
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2019
PETER HICKMAN WON SUPERBIKE RACE ON THE SMITH’S AT THE ULSTER GRAND PRIX RRI BONUS EDITION
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2019
THE FACE OF PURE CONCENTRATION AND DETERMINATION IN THE SUPERBIKE RACE AT THE ULSTER GRAND PRIX
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2015
BRUCE ANSTEY ENJOYED SUCCESS IN THE 2105 IOM TT WINNING THE SUPERBIKE RACE
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2019
PETER HICKMAN CELEBRATES WINNING SEVEN RACES AND THE MAN OF THE MEETING AWARD AT ULSTER GRAND PRIX WITH HIS TEAM M AY 2 0 2 1
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