Tandragee 100

Tandragee 100

Address: Race Secretary North Armagh Motorcycle & Car Club Ltd 18 Mourneview Park, Tandragee, BT62 2BA Northern Ireland
Tandragee, County Armagh , Northern Ireland
Route type:	Street course
Owner:	Public hand
Operator:	North Armagh Motorcycle & Car Club Ltd.
Opening:	1958
Time zone:	UTC + 1 ( CET )
Routing
Outside of the race, the course is regular road
Route data
Important events:	Round A Pound Tandragee 100
Route length:	6.6  km (4.1  mi )
Records
Track record: (Superbike)	2: 56,012 min. ( Michael Dunlop , Kawasaki , 2011)
www.tandragee100.co.uk

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 '14.4 "  N , 6 ° 25' 1.2"  W.

The Tandragee 100 is a road race for motorcycles around the Northern Irish town of Tandragee ( Irish : Tóin re Gaoith) in County Armagh . The race is officially announced under the name Around A Pound Tandragee 100 .

history

The first race of the North Armagh Motorcycle & Car Club (abbreviated: North Armagh MC & CC ) was held on Saturday, April 19, 1958 over a distance of 100 miles - hence the number in the name. For security and organizational reasons as well as because of the increased performance of the participating machines, the distance was repeatedly reduced. Now, depending on the racing class, only four to seven laps are driven on the course, so that a race takes an average of fifteen minutes. It is one of the first races of the Irish road racing season and has always taken place with the exception of 1972, 2001 and 2010. The qualifying is Saturday on Friday and the race. The route is also unchanged. Every year around 120 drivers, some of them well-known, compete and are celebrated by up to 15,000 spectators.

particularities

The Tandragee 100 has retained its original character and is often given the nickname Real Road Racing or mini tt . The paddock is set up on the meadows of the local farmers and in bad weather, for example, the machines have to be pushed to the start because of the mud that forms. Given the harsh conditions of the track, many riders see the race as preparation for the Isle of Man TT , the world's oldest and most controversial motorcycle race. The Dutch trade magazine Motor Magazine has named the Tandragee 100 in 2012, the fourth-best road race for motorcycles worldwide.

driver

The town of Ballymoney is around an hour's drive north of Tandragee, to a certain extent "on the doorstep" of the Dunlop racing family, whose members are naturally often to be found in the best and winner lists. However, Ryan Farquhar has been the most successful participant since 2016. In the same year he set a new lap record in the Supertwins class with an average speed of 103.694  mph (166.879  km / h ).

driver	Victories	Period
Ryan Farquhar	19th	1995-2016
Joey Dunlop	18th	1971-2000
Brian Reid	14th	1980-1994
Michael Dunlop	11	2006-2013
Ray McCullough	10	1971-1982
Phillip McCallen	9	1988-1999
Sam McClements	8th	1981-1989
William Dunlop	8th	2008-2016
Robert Dunlop	7th	1985-2006

Fatal accidents

There are always spectacular accidents in road races, including the Tandragee 100. Since the track consists of public roads, there are no safety devices such as run-off or fall zones . Compared to other events such as the Isle of Man TT , the North West 200 or the Ulster Grand Prix , relatively few drivers had fatal accidents in the history of the race. A total of ten pilots and two spectators have been killed so far (as of 2017).

driver	year
Bob Thompson	1961
Michael Shanahan	1977
Rab Duncan	1990
Oral Watson	1992
Daniel Humphreys	1996
Maurice Wilson	2004
John Donnan	2007
Martin Finnegan	2008
Noel Murphy	2014
Dario Cecconi	2017

Classification

It starts in nine classes, two of which are open. Anyone who has a racing license that complies with the regulations is entitled to start. For the classes counted in the Irish and Ulster championships, drivers must qualify in advance for admission. The regular entry fee in 2016 was 315 euros (240 pounds ); 80 euros (65 pounds) had to be paid for participation in the classic cars. Compared to racing series such as the motorcycle world championship , the costs for the drivers are low. But the prize money is correspondingly low. In 2016, the winner in the H class received 290 euros (250 pounds), William Dunlop as the winner of the C class 464 euros (400 pounds) and the winner of the main race Farquhar received 1,160 euros (1,000 pounds) as a bonus. For comparison: In 2016, Honda offered prize money of 14,800 euros in the Moto3 category in the ADAC Northern Europe Cup .

class	Surname	Displacement	Racing series	Number of laps
A.	Open Race	201 to 1010 cc	Open race for "everyone" without rating	6th
B.	Junior Support Race	201/400/650 cm³ / Supertwins	Irish / Ulster Championship	5
C.	Super sport	600/675/750 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	6th
D.	Classic Race a	up to 250 cm³	-	5
D.	Classic Race b	251 to 350 cc	-	5
D.	Classic Race b	351 to 1000 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	5
E.	250GP	250 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	4th
E.	Forgotten Era	-	Open race for "everyone" without rating	4th
F.	Lightweight	125/450 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	5
G	Senior Support Race	up to 750 cm³ including 650 cm³ Supertwins	Irish / Ulster Championship	5
H	Twins	650 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	5
I.	Senior Open Race	590 to 1010 cc	Irish / Ulster Championship	7th

The starting grid is based on the results of the respective qualification in groups of 15 pilots. You start from a standing position with a delay of 30 seconds from the previous one. In free practice, each driver is entitled to at least five laps. Without a training lap, there is no admission to the race.

swell

• Regulations of the North Armagh Motorcycle & Car Club: 56th Tandragee 100 Road Race at Tandragee, Co Armagh on Friday 22nd April and Saturday 23rd April 2016: Supplementary Regulations (English)
• Leaderboard and race results of the North Armagh Motorcycle & Car Club: Around A Pound Tandragee 100 Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd April 2016 (English)
• Daley Mathison Racing, Tandragee 100, accessed on 20 August 2016 (English)
• Sam winners among at Tandragee 100 , The Ballymena Times on April 27, 2016 retrieved on August 21, 2016 (English)
• Strong field of participants at the 59th Fischereihafen race , April 21, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2016
• Italian Dario Cecconi succumbs to his injuries, April 26, 2017, accessed on April 26, 2017

See also

• List of road races for motorcycles

Web links

• Website of the organizer (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ryan Farquhar wins twice in record-breaking Tandragee visit. The Irish News. April 15, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Motorcycle, sidecar and ATV fatalities by circuit. Tandragee 100. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on August 24, 2016 (English). 
3. ↑ New opportunities for private teams at MotoGP. Motorcycle. (No longer available online.) August 1, 2013, archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Regulations ADAC Northern Europe Cup Moto3 GP and standard class 2016. ADAC Motorsport. Retrieved August 22, 2016 .