Coward to return to NW200 with KTS Racing for 2025

Yorkshireman Jamie Coward is to return to the North West 200 in 2025 with his KTS Racing team after a three-year absence.

Among his stable of machinery will be a factory-backed Triumph for the Supersport class and BMW bikes for the Superbike and Superstock categories.

The 34-year-old secured his first podium result over the Triangle circuit in 2019 when he finished runner-up to Stefano Bonetti in the opening Supertwins outing.

He followed that up with two fifth place finishes in Supertwins and Superstocks when the event returned after a two-year hiatus because of the Covid outbreak in 2022.

Impressed by Coward's fourth place in the second Supersport TT race last June, the Macadam Triumph Factory Racing team have stepped up to partner him and his KTS squad for the middleweight category at the North West and Isle of Man TT.

"I'm looking forward to getting on the new bike and equally looking forward to coming back to the North West," said Coward.

"It's a circuit I've always enjoyed and had good results at so with support from Triumph we should be even closer to the front."

North West 200 Race Director Mervyn Whyte said it was "a major boost to have a road racer of Jamie's calibre back at the North West 200 and fantastic news that he will be representing Triumph with KTS Racing".

"To have official factory machinery on the grid is a very significant development for the event," he added.

The North West 200 practices and race period will be from 7-10 May.