2011 North West 200 Races

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Race details

Date 21 May 2011
Location Northern Ireland
Course Road Course
8.970 mi (14.436 km)
Supersport Race 1
Pole Position Fastest Lap
Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley
115.937 mph 109.155 mph
Podium
1. Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley
2. Australia Cameron Donald 3. New Zealand Bruce Anstey

The 2011 Relentless International North West 200 was the 72nd running of the road racing event and took place on Saturday 21 May 2011 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland. As with 2010, the event featured daytime practice on the Thursday rather than during the evening. Traditionally only the main NW200 race has been run over six laps, however in 2011 all five events were to be six lap races. For the first time since 1989 there was no scheduled 125 cc event.[1]

There were significant delays due to a hoax bomb alert and then an extensive oil spill on the track together with bad weather caused racing to be cancelled after the completion of only one race.[2]

  1. ^ "NW200 still set for 21st May 2011". North West 200 Website. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. ^ "North West 200 racing abandoned". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.