The riders are forming up for the Junior Support race and they are off for race one of the day!

Most wins - Michael Dunlop 29, Barry Davidson 16, Ryan Farquhar 12, William Dunlop 11, Derek McGee 8, Davey Todd 7, Richard Ford 7, Dave Walsh 6, Mike Browne 5,

Lap records - Superbike and absolute course record - Davey Todd (BMW) 109.325mph (2024)

Supersport - Michael Dunlop (Yamaha) 105.179 (Yamaha) 2023

Supertwin - Paul Jordan (Aprilia) 100.694mph (2025)

Moto3 - Mike Browne (Honda) 90.755mph (2023)

Classic Superbike - Jamie Coward 97.410mph (2022)

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Race one - Junior Support

Race two - Moto3/125cc

Race three - Supersport 300

Race four - Lightweight Supersport

Race five - Supersport race two

Race six - Junior Classics

Race seven - Open race

Race eight - Senior Classics

Race nine - Supertwin & Supermono

Race 10 - Classic Superbike

Race 11 - Senior Support

Race 12 - 'Race of Legends'

All races scheduled for seven laps

Race of Legends - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Phil Crowe; 3 Dominic Herbertson; 4 Jamie Coward

Open race - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Phil Crowe; 3 Jamie Coward; 4 Dominic Herbertson

Supersport one - 1 Mike Browne; 2 Davey Todd; 3 Paul Jordan

Supersport two - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Mike Browne; 3 Jamie Coward

Supertwins one - 1 Jamie Coward; 2 Mike Browne; 3 Michael Sweeney

Supertwins two - 1 Jamie Coward; 2 Mike Browne; 3 Paul Jordan

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The Armoy races have traditionally attracted a strong field of riders from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and beyond.

Among the big names who have competed are record 33-time Isle of Man TT winner Michael Dunlop, his late brother William, Ryan Farquhar, Jeremy McWilliams, late Manxman Dan Kneen, Dean Harrison, Guy Martin and Davey Todd.

Michael Dunlop and Yorkshireman Todd have been the dominant forces in recent years, although neither have entered this year's races.

Dunlop won five races in both 2021 and 2023 and his overall career tally of victories at the event stands at 29.

His CV include 10 successes in the 'Race of Legends', including nine successive triumphs between 2011 and 2021 and a further win in 2023. The 35-year-old has won 18 Superbike races in total.

Todd made one of his first road race appearances at Armoy back in 2017 and has since excelled by racking up a four-timer in 2022 and a treble in 2024.

Only four riders - Michael Dunlop, Todd, Martin and Farquhar - have won 'big bike' races in the history of the event.

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Twelve races are scheduled for Saturday, including the Open race, further Supersport and Supertwin events, Moto3/125cc, Classic Superbike and the feature 'Race of Legends'.

Also on the card are a Supermono class within the Supertwins race, Junior and Senior Support races, Junior and Senior classic races, Supersport 300 and Lightweight Supersport

A high quality entry includes Burrows Engineering/RK Racing rider Conor Cummins, KTS Steadplan Racing's Jamie Coward, who was named man-of-the-meeting in 2024, and Northern Ireland's Paul Jordan, who rides for Jackson Racing.

Other notable riders are Republic of Ireland challengers Mike Browne and Michael Sweeney, plus customary English visitors Phil Crowe and Dominic Herbertson, Manx duo Joe Yeardsley and Marcus Simpson and Finland's Erno Kostamo, a regular at the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT.

Ex-Moto GP rider and North West 200 race winner Jeremy McWilliams returns to compete in the Supersport, Lightweight Supersport and Classic Superbike classes.

Among the list of newcomers are Republic of Ireland riders Brian McCormack and Kevin Keyes, and former British Superbike and National Superstock competitor Franco Bourne.

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In comparison to other road races with a long history in Northern Ireland, the Armoy event is a relatively recent addition to the calendar, having first taken place in 2009.

The meeting is centred on the village of Armoy and staged around a course which is triangular in shape and ridden in an anti-clockwise direction.

The main feature race is called 'The Race of Legends' in recognition of the Armoy Armada quartet of riders who competed at road racing events from the mid to late 1970s.

The Armada was established in 1977 and comprised the late Joey Dunlop, Mervyn Robinson and Frank Kennedy, plus Joey's brother Jim.

The current races are held on the roads that these riders used to test their machines in 'unofficial' practice sessions on open roads prior to race meetings.

The 2018 version of the event saw racing cancelled on the main Saturday race day because of persistent heavy rain, while the 2020 meeting fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2021 staging was subject to spectator restrictions because of the coronavirus.

Bill Kennedy, a member of the organising committee of the Armoy road races, says BBC Sport NI's livestreaming of Saturday's race programme will take the event "to another level".

"We are very excited about this. This is a step up for Armoy," said Kennedy, who is also one of the directors of the Armoy Road Racing club.

"People who are not able to attend the race but are interested in it will now be able to tune into BBC Sport NI and watch it live as it happens and feel part of it.

"It's such an opportunity for the club. For the event to be livestreamed, something of that magnitude is something that we never thought would happen when we started the road race in 2009."

Kennedy's late brother Frank was one of the original 'Armoy Armada' who made the area famous with their racing pedigree back in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The meeting has thrived since its introduction to the road racing calendar 16 years ago and Kennedy says this new initiative comes as a major boost.

"It's great for the club, for the riders, for our sponsors, terrific for the event itself. Hopefully it will attract even more international stars to come to Armoy in the future.

"One of the things that livestreaming worldwide does is that people will look not just at the racing, but they'll have heard all the stories about the scenery in this part of the country too and think 'we might go there and make it our holiday and take in the Armoy road racing'."

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Good morning and welcome to our live streamed coverage of the Armoy road races in county Antrim.

A 12-race programme is scheduled for today so there's lots of thrilling high-speed action to look forward to around this three-mile circuit which has been hosting some of the best exponents of motorcycle racing on closed public roads since its inception in 2009.

Among the races to look forward to are classes for Supersports and Supertwins, plus the Open race featuring mostly 1000cc machines, with the programme culminating in the feature 'Race of Legends' over seven laps of the course.

Stephen Watson presents all the action on BBC iPlayer and worldwide on the BBC Sport website, with commentary provided by Chris Boyde and Chris Palmer, so stay with us throughout the day and you won't miss a thing!

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