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| Boilerpipe Text | Edenderry’s Kevin Keyes TT 2026 tenure will include Carole Nash Sportbike races participation, piloting R7 Yamaha metal, thanks to a new deal with OCR (O’ Connell) Racing.
A Sportbike class newcomer this year, the 2025 RST Star of Tomorrow accolade winner shone brightly last year on IOM shores.
Top Southern 100 debutant, TT 2025 proved momentous with the former KTM British Junior Cup, National Junior Superstock front-runner adding 5-mph to his previous best lap-speed.
Notching up creditable twenty sixth, twenty second, twenty eighth place finishes from SBK, opening Supersport encounters, the Opul Superstock race (twenty eighth place finish) bout saw him take his all-time top Mountain Course turn of speed to 125.391 mph.
On Briggs Equipment Northwest 200 racing duty before TT 2026 attains precedence, Keyes 1000cc, Supersport machines array is again via loyal backers, Daracore Racing.
As with tens of his fellow TT 2026 competitors, recently in pre-season testing mode in Spain, expect him to continue accomplished national (season opening event – Cookstown), international roads scene progress across the year.
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
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# TT 2026: Keyes To Race OCR Racing Yamaha
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Edenderry’s Kevin Keyes TT 2026 tenure will include Carole Nash Sportbike races participation, piloting R7 Yamaha metal, thanks to a new deal with OCR (O’ Connell) Racing.
A Sportbike class newcomer this year, the 2025 RST Star of Tomorrow accolade winner shone brightly last year on IOM shores.
Top Southern 100 debutant, TT 2025 proved momentous with the former KTM British Junior Cup, National Junior Superstock front-runner adding 5-mph to his previous best lap-speed.
Notching up creditable twenty sixth, twenty second, twenty eighth place finishes from SBK, opening Supersport encounters, the Opul Superstock race (twenty eighth place finish) bout saw him take his all-time top Mountain Course turn of speed to 125.391 mph.
On Briggs Equipment Northwest 200 racing duty before TT 2026 attains precedence, Keyes 1000cc, Supersport machines array is again via loyal backers, Daracore Racing.
As with tens of his fellow TT 2026 competitors, recently in pre-season testing mode in Spain, expect him to continue accomplished national (season opening event – Cookstown), international roads scene progress across the year.
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| Readable Markdown | Edenderry’s Kevin Keyes TT 2026 tenure will include Carole Nash Sportbike races participation, piloting R7 Yamaha metal, thanks to a new deal with OCR (O’ Connell) Racing.
A Sportbike class newcomer this year, the 2025 RST Star of Tomorrow accolade winner shone brightly last year on IOM shores.
Top Southern 100 debutant, TT 2025 proved momentous with the former KTM British Junior Cup, National Junior Superstock front-runner adding 5-mph to his previous best lap-speed.
Notching up creditable twenty sixth, twenty second, twenty eighth place finishes from SBK, opening Supersport encounters, the Opul Superstock race (twenty eighth place finish) bout saw him take his all-time top Mountain Course turn of speed to 125.391 mph.
On Briggs Equipment Northwest 200 racing duty before TT 2026 attains precedence, Keyes 1000cc, Supersport machines array is again via loyal backers, Daracore Racing.
As with tens of his fellow TT 2026 competitors, recently in pre-season testing mode in Spain, expect him to continue accomplished national (season opening event – Cookstown), international roads scene progress across the year.
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial \#dontletfearcontrolyou |
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