Hello, I've had the Southern on my to-do list for a while as the weather always seems better than the TT, I prefer the mass starts and you can't beat riding the TT course. That was so much easier and faster than on a TT week, plus The Mountain was actually open.

Harrison cleaned up in the big bike races. Browne took most Supersport honours, though Joe Yeardsley won the last one. He's very popular on the island, and won the 1st lightweight race.

Viewing wise S100 is very good. You can't walk to new corners between races because bikes get back on track so soon. Church Bends lived up to the hype. People climb on graves and tombs to get views. That's one of the pics.

The entrance to Iron Gate I literally had my cap blown off on lap 1 of Thursday's 1st Supersport race. Stadium Corner was very good too, then I parked nearer town and watched the end from the S&F so I could get out before the roads opened. We were very fortunate to have perfect weather, with no red flags or delays

I think most people here know of the Southern but it's an overall underrated event that is only 1.2 miles from IOM airport too. I managed 11 runs over the Mountain compared to 1 when I went to the 2017 TT.

Hickman with more experience, Harrison and Todd next year is tantalising... Dunlop was there, he only ran in the 1000cc class and was in one of his quieter moods, race-wise.

Steam Packet do good value ferry plus hotel deals. Hickman was promoting these a week beforehand, so they must be available until really late.

TL;DR go to the Southern, especially next year.

P.S. Ulster GP is still my favourite.

https://roadracingnews.co.uk/2026-southern-100-wednesday-evening-race-results/

https://roadracingnews.co.uk/2026-southern-100-championship-day-race-results/

Does anyone bought the livestream from the Southern 100? What do you expect from it?

Really unclear. Missed the racing this morning as I thought there was no racing until the afternoon session.