The Tandragee 100 is set to return in 2025.

Resurfaꦿcing work is planned, meaning the road racing event is poised to be held for the first time since 2022.

T🍰he boost for the County Armagh, Northern Ireland, meeting is welcome news for the road racing s♑cene.

Infrastructure Minist🍌er John O’Dowd confirmed that vital work on a stretch of the A51 will be carried out, allowing the Tandrag🦋ee 100 to be held again.

“Over many years my Depa𓄧rtment has been working with race organisers to facilitate the safe conditions for the Tandragee 100 to ta🤡ke place,” O’Dowd said.

“This has involved carrying out road surface and drainage repairs in advance of the event and that essential work will continue with the resurfacing of a small stretch of 🅠the road in preparation for next years’ event.  𒈔 

“Our ru🌠ral road network is at t🌌he heart of local communities and contributes to their connectivity and economy. 

“The Tandragee 100 Road Race is part of a busy NI motorsport c🥂alendar and attracts many thousands of motorsport enthusiasts. 

“It also generates opportunities for local😼 businesses and tourism. 

“I am com𓃲mitted to supporting and investing in our rur꧟al road network to enable local communities deliver local benefits.”

Tandragee 100 race organisers expressed thei🐬r joy.

“We’re absolutely 𝓀delighted,” Clerk of the Course and Club Secretary of the North Armagh Motorcycle and Car Club, Anne Forsythe, told Arm♑agh I.

“I mean it’s the start o�💮�f the journey for us, we have a lot of work to do now.

“Behind the scenes, we had been working away anyway and we have to apply for our date application with our governing body and we’ve already done that. We did that in Aug🤡ust. So we’re just going through all the normal procedures.

“Now that we’ve got this news we’re on to the next stage. We’re now going to be able to ཧturn our full attention to secure all the necessary resources including financial.

“The bottom line is if the resurfacing wasn’t done we would have had a year with no Tandragꦍee 100. That’s the only reason we didn’t run in 2023 or 2024.

“It’s brilliant. It really is, bec🐎ause we bring so much by way of opportunities and both social and economic impact on not only County Armagh but as far down as Newry, and attracting spectators to come and spend their money from all over the world.”