After a blue riband Solo Championship race interrupted by a red flag following Michael Dunlop's crash, Ryan Farquhar has been crowned king of the 2010 Southern 100.
A cross-border championship could strengthen road racing in Ireland, as well as attracting an even higher quality field of the world's best road racers, according to the clubs behind the scheme.
A blistering day of racing came to a tragic end when the Grand Final of the Skerries 100 road races was abandoned following a crash which claimed the life of a rider and injured a spectator.
Ryan Farquhar sat out his home event, the Bush National Road Races, after what he described as 'bullying' by the governing body, the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland (Ulster Centre).
William Dunlop has moved into third place in the 2010 Duke Road Race Rankings series after a stunning performance at the Bush National Road Races, making him a real challenger to seize the title for the first time.
The initiative is the brainchild of committee members from both the Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club and Kells & District Motor Cycle Racing Club Ltd