Stuart Higgs, the British Superbike Championship boss, has known as for his collection to forge nearer hyperlinks with racing in Northern Eire and the Republic of Eire.
He visited Bishopscourt Racing Circuit, which is able to create hope that BSB might stage a spherical on the Northern Eire venue finally.
Higgs presenting an award on the Irish Motorcycle Awards in Belfast final month, handing the BSB Breakthrough Award to Scott Swann.
The award is in honour of Keith Farmer who died in 2022.
Higgs was quoted by Belfast Publication: ““I’d like this trophy to be yearly bringing a brand new title to the fore and I would like the hyperlinks between BSB and Northern Eire and the Republic of Eire to be ever nearer.”
He added: “I final got here to this occasion in 2008 and I received picked up on the airport and went on just a little tour to Kirkistown and Bishopscourt to have just a little go searching.
“Historical past partially repeated itself as a result of I had just a little go searching Bishopscourt this afternoon as a result of everybody retains saying to me simply go and have a look.
“So I’ve come and brought a glance and whenever you come to occasions like this you actually do get a reminder of the significance that this a part of the world has with the hyperlinks to British Superbikes, the hyperlinks to the British championship.
“Now we’ve some households on the third technology and it’s tremendously necessary.
“I feel the trophy in honour of a man that I actually, actually preferred – a four-time British and nationwide champion, that takes some doing – and it’s about that breakthrough.
“If Scott has a small a part of the ability of Keith and the perspective of Keith I feel he’ll go a extremely good distance.”
Swann has earned a transfer onto the 2025 BSB grid.
