2011 News
Posted October 2011
Despite the organisers making what many agreed was a premature and surprising decision to cancel the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 race following a red flag incident at the end of the opening lap, Blackhorse Kawasaki more than made their mark in the final meeting of the season at Brands Hatch.... Report
Posted September 2011
Blackhorse Kawasaki took part in the penultimate round of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship at Silverstone with Victor Cox's tenth place only telling some of the story of both his and the team's weekend..... Report
Posted September 2011
Blackhorse Kawasaki's Ian Lougher came away from the Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup meeting at the weekend with no fewer than eight top 5 placings including three podium finishes..... Report
Posted September 2011
Victor Cox rode superbly in the latest round of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship to finish an excellent second in Round 10 of the series at Donington Park on Sunday. It was a good weekend for the team with Conor Cummins finishing in 14th place for another points score... Report
Posted August 2011
Victor
Cox put the disappointment of Brands Hatch behind him with an eighth
place finish in Round 9 of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000
Championship at Cadwell Park on Bank Holiday Monday. It was a gutsy ride from Cox who climbed back up the championship table to ninth. Conor
Cummins meanwhile came so close yet so far to scoring points once more
when the Manx rider finished in 19th place...... Report
Ian Lougher made it 17 Ulster Grand Prix victories with a start to finish win in the 250cc event. On Rico Mendel's 250cc bike, the pre-race favourite dominated the race from the opening lap and ran out the winner by over seven seconds from Denver Robb with Jamie Coward third.Earlier in the week, the Blackhorse Kawasaki rider/manager became the second most successful competitor round Dundrod when he won the Ulster Grand Prix 125cc race on Thursday afternoon..... Report
Posted August 2011
It was a disappointing weekend at Brands Hatch for Blackhorse Kawasaki as Victor Cox and Brad Anderson both crashed out from strong positions in the latest rounds of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 and 600 Championships respectively.... Report
Posted July 2011
Ian Lougher added to his tally of wins at Oliver's Mount when he took the honours in the second leg of the 600cc event by some 8.8 seconds, indeed it could have been a double win but for a retirement in the first leg on Saturday whilst leading by a similar margin... Report
Posted July 2011
Victor Cox secured his maiden podium finish in the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship when he finished second in Round 7 of the series at Oulton Park at the weekend.
As in the previous round at the Snetterton 300 circuit, Cox was on the pace throughout with the team again working hard to achieve a great set-up with the Ninja ZX-10R..... Report
Posted July 2011
Victor Cox produced another strong ride to finish sixth in the latest round of the Metzeler National Superstock Championship at the new Snetterton 300 circuit....... Report
Posted June 2011
Victor Cox moved into 12th position in the Metzeler National Superstock Championship when he finished 8th in the fifth round of the series at Knockhill. For his team-mate Conor Cummins though, it was a meeting to forget as two crashes over the weekend, including one in the race itself, left the Manxman nursing a badly swollen knee...... Report
Posted June 2011
It was an eventful evening of two podium placings and an excursion into a field for Blackhorse Kawasaki team manager/rider Ian Lougher when he contested the traditional Post TT races at Billown..... Report
Posted May 2011
Victor Cox put his recent bad luck behind him when he rode to a strong fifth place finish in Round 4 of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship in association with Blackhorse, at Thruxton...... Report
Posted May 2011
Racing was abandoned early at the Relentless International North West 200 as a result of a major oil spill from a competitor's bike. The spillage, which resulted from a mechanical issue, started at Church Corner and extended to Juniper Hill. After lengthy and exhaustive attempts to clean the area and following close examination by race officials and a competitor it was decided that despite the cleanup operation the road was still in a hazardous condition. As always the safety of the riders is the key priority and the race stewards after receiving all the information had no alternative but to stop racing for the day....... Report
Posted May 2011
The BSB Metzeler National Superstock Championships resumed with Round 3 at Croft at the weekend, and Blackhorse Kawasaki came away from the North Yorkshire venue once again rueing their early season run of bad luck...... Report
Posted May 2011
For the second week in succession, Blackhorse Kawasaki's Brad Anderson produced a performance which fully justified his team selection when he once again placed the Ninja ZX-6R in the points at Oulton Park..... Report
Posted April 2011
It was a weekend of both disappointment and encouragement for Blackhorse Kawasaki at Brands Hatch...... Report
Posted April 2011
Blackhorse Kawasaki's competitive season got underway at the weekend when Ian Lougher competed in the recent Ian Watson Spring National Road Races at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough. And the circuit's most successful ever rider raised the bar even further when he came away from the meeting with another two wins to his credit and a total of seven podiums from eight starts...... Report
Posted March 2011
Conor Cummins has declared himself all set and ready to go for the 2011 season after completing his first test since his Isle of Man TT accident in June last year. Two months after losing his crutches, Conor completed his landmark test with the team at Cartagena, Spain riding the exciting new Blackhorse Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that he will campaign in this year's National Superstock 1000cc Championship..... Report
Posted March 2011
A
busy four days of testing at the Cartagena Pro-Test concluded for
Blackhorse Kawasaki, and not even a minor crash involving Victor Cox on
the last day could deflect from what was a very successful and
encouraging time for the team in Southern Spain......... Report
Posted February 2011
Ian Lougher is a member of a small select group of motorcycle racers.... Report
Posted November 2010
Blackhorse
Kawasaki are pleased to announce that Conor Cummins and Victor Cox will
spearhead the challenge for honours in the 2011 Metzeler National Superstock
1000 Championship, and for the second year in succession the team will
be Kawasaki's official Superstock entry in the class....... Report
