{"id":1129,"date":"2016-08-16T22:32:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T22:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/?page_id=1129"},"modified":"2025-09-09T02:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T02:47:30","slug":"photographs-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/?page_id=1129","title":{"rendered":"KING OF KIRKISTOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Th<\/span><\/span>e King of Kirkistown<\/strong> Crown was originally instigated way back in 1968. Over the years it has been won by a World Champion, Grand Prix winners, Isle of Man TT winners, record breakers at both the Ulster Grand Prix and North-West \u2018200\u2019 and Ulster and Irish Champions.<\/p>\n

The award was always highly regarded by those who took part and very seldom was there an easy victory such was the high level of the competition throughout \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>the decades. From Cecil Crawford, the inaugural King of Kirkistown<\/strong> winner, to the last winner Marshall Neill in 2010, the Kings read like a who\u2019s who of Irish racing. Gerry Mateer, Tommy Robb, Ian McGregor, Abe Alexander, Joey Dunlop, Ray McCullough, Noel Hudson, Jackie Hughes, Paul Cranston, Alan Irwin, Stephen Cull, George Farlow, Phillip McCallen and Derek Young.<\/p>\n

1968 Cecil Crawford<\/strong> Norton 500
\n1969 Gerry Mateer<\/strong> Norton 500
\n1970 Tommy Robb<\/strong> Seeley 500
\n1971 Tommy Robb<\/strong> Yamsel 350
\n1972 Ian McGregor<\/strong> Yamaha 350
\n1973 Abe Alexander<\/strong> Yamaha 350
\n1974 Abe Alexander<\/strong> Yamaha 350
\n1975 Joey Dunlop<\/strong> Yamaha 350
\n1976 Ray McCullough<\/strong> Yamaha 350
\n1977 Joey Dunlop<\/strong> Yamaha 750
\n1978 Noel Hudson<\/strong> Yamaha 750
\n1979 Jackie Hughes<\/strong> Yamaha 750
\n1980 Joey Dunlop<\/strong> Yamaha 750
\n1981 Paul Cranston<\/strong> Yamaha 500
\n1982 not held
\n1983 Alan Irwin<\/strong> Suzuki 500
\n1984 not held
\n1985 Steven Cull<\/strong> Suzuki 500
\n1986 not held
\n1987 George Farlow<\/strong> Suzuki 500
\n1988 not held
\n1989 George Farlow<\/strong> Honda 500
\n1990 not held
\n1991 Phillip McCallen<\/strong> Honda 750
\n1992 Derek Young<\/strong> Honda 750
\n2008 not awarded \u2013 only one leg of two held (to have been awarded to the overall winner of two)<\/em>
\n2009 not awarded \u2013 only one leg of two held (invitation handicap races at two Clubmans meetings)
\n<\/em>2010 Marshall Neill<\/strong> Suzuki 1000 (awarded for second Superbike race at Sep. ISB event)
\n<\/em>2011 to 2018 not held
\n2019 Carl Phillips<\/strong> Kawasaki (awarded to winner second Superbike race Easter meeting)
\n<\/em>2020 Derek Sheils<\/strong> BMW (awarded to winner on aggregate of both Superbike races, Sept event)<\/em>
\n2021 Alastair Seeley<\/strong> Yamaha (awarded to winner Superbike Race 1, Race 2 cancelled, Sept event)
\n<\/em>2022 Alastair Seeley<\/strong> Yamaha (Awarded to the overall winner of the Superbike ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)
\n<\/em>2023 Jason Lynn<\/strong> Kawasaki (Awarded to the overall winner of the Superbike ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)
\n<\/em>2024 Ross Irwin<\/strong> Honda (Awarded to the overall winner of the Superbike ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 6 races)
\n<\/em>2025 Jonny Campbell<\/strong> BMW (Awarded to the overall winner of the Superbike ‘Big 3 Series’<\/strong> 5 races)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The King of Kirkistown Crown was originally instigated way back in 1968. Over the years it has been won by a World Champion, Grand Prix winners, Isle of Man TT winners, record breakers at both the Ulster Grand Prix and North-West \u2018200\u2019 and Ulster and Irish Champions. The award was\u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4294,"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1129\/revisions\/4294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belfastanddistrictmotorclub.co.uk\/bandd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}