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Organisers of the North West 200 are urging Stormont ministers to grant greater flexibility when it comes to Road Closing Orders, after yet another wash-out at the weekend.

The North West 200 has been abandoned due to rain.

North Coast roads closed on Thursday evening to accommodate the first racing proper of this year's North West 200 - with Carrick's Alistair Seeley in flying form.

Ballymoney's Michael Dunlop has clocked the fastest speed in the first Superbike qualifying session for this year's North West 200.

Eugene Laverty has moved up to second place in the World Superbike standings after winning the second race as the series continued in Monza on Sunday.

Eugene Laverty has won the latest race in the World Super Bike Championship at Assen in Holland.

Michael Dunlop got the local road racing season off to a blistering start on Saturday when he did the double at the annual Cookstown 100.

Pupils from five special schools have been given a taste of life in the fast lane, getting the full race experience from professional drivers at a dedicated track day at Nutt's Corner in Co Antrim.

Two adults and a child have been taken to hospital following an accident at the Irish Motocross Championships in Tandragee, Co Armagh.

The Easter Stages Rally, which was due to take place this weekend across counties Down and Antrim, has been cancelled by its organisers.

Eugene Laverty had a day to remember as the World Superbike season got underway in Australia on Sunday morning.

KMR Kawasaki supremo Ryan Farquhar has announced Jamie Hamilton will once again be part of his team for the upcoming road racing season.

Ross Simpson, from Waringstown, is Ulster and Ireland's youngest ever 50cc champion at the grand old age of seven.

Dungannon racer Ryan Farquhar has said being been named the Enkalon Irish motorcyclist of the year is the "perfect end" to his career in motorsport.

The UK and Ireland's top motocross riders are gearing up for a high octane stunt show at the Odyssey arena this weekend.

The annual Circuit of Ireland International Rally, the second oldest rally in the world, will not be held in 2013 - after falling short of funding.

Colin Turkington will start from fifth on the grid in Sunday's World Touring Car Championship races after an impressive return to the track in Shanghai on Saturday.

Organisers of the North West 200 motorcycle races are to expand their Thursday evening programme to include an extra race from next year.

The Ulster pair of Jonathan Rea and Eugene Laverty finished second and fourth respectively in Sunday's final World Championship Superbike race at Magny-Cours in France.

Northern Ireland rider Jonathan Rea finished in a very creditable seventh place in Sunday's round of the Moto GP in Aragon near Barcelona.

Eugene Laverty won the first world superbike race of his career when he topped the podium at the latest round in Portugal on Sunday.

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea finished in a creditable eighth place on his Moto GP debut in San Marino on Sunday.

It was a big day for local rider Jonathan Rea on Saturday, as he qualified in ninth position for his debut Moto GP race.

Ryan Farquhar is set to say goodbye to road racing with a special parade lap at this weekend's Scarborough Gold Cup, after quitting the sport in the wake of his uncle's fatal Manx GP crash.

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea managed to get in a few laps despite the damp conditions at Misano on Friday, as he stands in for MotoGP star Casey Stoner.

Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner has dismissed speculation he's set to retire sooner than planned, after an operation on the injured ankle that will see Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea replace him for two rounds.

Co Tyrone motorcyclist Trevor Ferguson has been remembered at his funeral service on Friday, with his nephew Ryan Farquhar among the mourners paying tribute to him.

Dungannon motorcyclist Ryan Farquhar has been joined by a host of other riders in accompanying his uncle's body home, after a fatal crash at the Manx Grand Prix on the Isle of Man.

Racing driver Lewis Hamilton has brushed off his horrific four-car pile-up at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, telling fans "bad days are there to remind us that we have good ones to look forward to".

Dungannon motorcyclist Ryan Farquhar is to quit racing completely, following the death of his uncle at the Manx Grand Prix - saying he can't risk putting his family through more tragedy.

Co Tyrone motorcyclist Trevor Ferguson, the uncle of Ryan Farquhar, has been killed in a crash while competing at the Manx Grand Prix.

Formula 1 racing boss Bernie Ecclestone has married for the third time in a secret ceremony at his ski chalet in Switzerland.

Ballymoney brothers William and Michael Dunlop were in winning form in Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod.

A motorcyclist has died following a high speed crash at the Dundrod 150.

Northern Ireland riders Eugene Laverty and Jonathan Rea narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the latest round of the World Superbike championship in dreadful conditions at Silverstone on Sunday.