James McManus made a great return to the British Junior Supersport series this weekend at Oulton Park. Over the weekend he continually improved his lap times and missed out on a potential points scoring finish at Oulton Park after a racing incident at Hizzys in race three. The weekend got underway with the only free practice session the Junior Supersport riders get before qualifying. On a wet track James McManus clocked a 2:12.721 placing his Team 109 Kawasaki in 19th positio

James McManus returns to Dickies Junior Supersport action this weekend. The fifteen-year-old from Randalstown County Antrim has been absent from the series since the Knockhill round in Scotland. After older brother Eugene McManus Junior left hospital, following his big crash at Brands Hatch in June, the family have understandable been staying closer to home. At the end of August James took pole position at Mondello Park in the Junior Supersport category of the Dunlop Masters

Photo: David Watson Eugene McManus Junior was back on circuit at Oulton Park at the weekend in the second round of the British Supersport championship. After a disappointing qualifying session McManus Junior fought back to fourteenth in the first race. He then went on to make a superb top ten in race two. On Saturday there were two free practice sessions. The first saw the riders exit with wet tyres in place but it was soon clear the track was drying. After a short stay in th

Photo: Hairy Beast Pix Supersport rookie Eugene McManus Junior, who celebrated his first championship points in the opening round at Silverstone is looking for a repeat at Oulton park next weekend. The 20-year-old from Randalstown had to fight from the back of the grid at the last round after the bikes tyre pressure was found to be marginally below the required minimum. Undeterred he managed to bring the bike across the line in an impressive 11th in the British Supersport cla

The McManus brothers Eugene Junior and James were back in action at Oulton Park this weekend, competing in the Hel Performance British Motostar and Junior Supersport Championships. The weekend started in awful conditions for Eugene and the Motostar riders, with both Friday free practices running in the wet. Championship favourite Jake Archer, chose to sit out both sessions and left the brave to it, as The Wee Bull showed his true grit and race craft to put in two solid sessio

Eugene McManus Junior by his own admission had a challenging time this weekend at Oulton Park but still collected 18 valuable Championship points. Round 2 of The Hel Performance British Motostar Championship took place at the Cheshire circuit in three days of glorious weather and near perfect track conditions, with McManus Junior looking to take full advantage and close the gap to the early series leader Jake Archer. FP1 and FP2 were challenging sessions with The Wee Bull str

Eugene McManus Junior and Team E15 Racing return to action this coming May Bank holiday weekend as they visit Oulton Park, for Round 2 of The Hel Performance British Motostar Championship. ( 5th-7th May 2018 ) The Wee Bull has good form and previous success around the 2.69 mile Cheshire circuit. In 2017 he finished P2 behind Tom Booth Amos in the corresponding early round and also picked up a 4th place in Round 10 last September. The team and Junior know this weekend could k

Eugene McManus had an up and down weekend at Round 10 of The Hel Performance Motostar British Championship. Eugene was looking to show some early form and quickly got into a good rhythm in both FP1 and FP2. Tom Booth Amos had set the tone yet again but McManus dug deep and finished the first session in second, just 0.098 seconds behind the Championships leader. FP2 was dominated by City Lifting's Booth Amos who smashed the Oulton Park lap record setting a new time of 1:43.201

There's a quick turnaround for Eugene McManus, after last weekend's Silverstone meeting, with Round 10 of The Motostar Championship starting tomorrow ( 15th Sept ) at Oulton Park. The Wee Bull enjoys riding the Cheshire Circuit, having tasted success already this season with an impressive 2nd place at Round 3 behind series leader Tom Booth Amos. That weekend saw the one and only race shortened to 11 laps after an incident on the grid, this time around we have two Moto3 races

Eugene McManus Jnr continued his incredible run of form with another podium finish in the Hel Performance Motostar British Championship at Oulton Park. With family and friends cheering on he clinched second spot behind Tom Booth Amos in an incident packed race. In Saturday's FP1 Eugene completed 8 laps, clocking up a best lap of 1:48.785 on the 2.69 mile International circuit. FP1 was dominated by the City Lifting duo of Tom Booth Amos and Jake Archer, who were some 2.5 secon

Eugene and Team E15 head into this weekends third round of the Hel Performance Motostar British Championship at Oulton Park with confidence blooming after another podium at Brands.. Tom Booth Amos leads the championship after the opening two rounds with Jake Archer in second place, Eugene sits joint third with Storm Stacey on 45 points. Round 3 offers only one competitive race with qualifying on Sunday afternoon at 15.00pm and the race scheduled for Bank Holiday Monday at 14.