Overview
- Holan, 48, crashed at the high‑speed Station Corner during Thursday morning’s Superbike qualifying, the session was red‑flagged, and he later died of his injuries.
- Organisers identified the Czech rider on Friday after his family granted permission and said they wished the event to continue.
- Following the morning delays and cancellations, organisers replaced the planned Thursday races with evening qualifying, where Dean Harrison set the fastest Superbike time.
- A separate Supersport qualifying crash in the Whins area on Thursday night brought out red flags and the rider was taken by ambulance to Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital.
- Officials confirmed no additions to Saturday’s programme, which stays at six races, in a year that now records the first NW200 fatality since 2016 and the 20th in the event’s history on its 8.97‑mile public‑road circuit.