Browne takes Armoy four-timer as Cooper wins on debut

Browne takes Armoy four-timer as Cooper wins on debutImage source, PacemakerImage caption, Mike Browne also won four races at the 2025 Armoy road racesByRichard PetrieBBC Sport NI JournalistPublished25 July 2026, 16:17 BSTUpdated 21 minutes agoMike Browne secured a four-timer at the Armoy road races for the second year in a row as he took his overall tally of victories at the event to 12.Browne won the Supertwins opener on Friday evening and followed that up with successes in the Open race and the second Supersport outing of the weekend on Saturday.The Republic of Ireland rider completed his quartet of wins by winning the feature 'Race of Legends' which completed the race programme.Browne had triumphed in the main race of the meeting 12 months ago, joining Michael Dunlop, Ryan Farquhar and Davey Todd as the only riders in the history of the event to win the feature.The same four riders are the only competitors to have achieved four wins or more at an individual Armoy road races.Meanwhile Richard Cooper marked his debut over the three-mile circuit in county Antrim by winning the second Supertwins race, setting a new lap record of 101.192mph in the process.The seven-time North West 200 winner had taken third-place finishes in Supertwins race one and Supersport event two, before graduating to the top step of the podium courtesy of his success on Ryan Farquhar's KMR Kawasaki.Browne and Jordan secure wins at Armoy road racesPublished1 day agoImage source, PacemakerImage caption, Richard Cooper is a two-time British Superstock 1000cc championSaturday's initial attempt to run the Supersport race was halted by a red flag incident in which the rider involved is understood not to have been seriously injured.The restart was then delayed for a lengthy period in excess of an hour because of an oil spillage on the track, culminating in the race distance being reduced from seven laps to five.Browne ran out a comfortable victor on his BPE by Russell Racing Yamah...