The
North West 200 is a motorcycle race meeting held each May in Northern
Ireland, using public roads. The circuit between the towns Portrush,
Portstewart and Coleraine (the Triangle) is considered among the
fastest in the world, with speeds topping 200mph, and enters the
outskirts of those towns, passing many private houses. To facilitate
this, street signs are removed at parts of the track and bales
of hay used to wrap the base of lampposts and telegraph poles
in case of an accident. In 2006 it was the highest attended sporting
event in Ireland, with up to 150,000 people from Ireland, Britain,
Europe and beyond descending on the "Triangle" for the
week.
The
NW 200 team has a vision to take the Outreach bus as a base to
witness to the many people who will visit the event.
