William Dunlop could concentrate on short circuit racing

William Dunlop is considering quitting road racing following the death of his father Robert during North West 200 practice last Thursday.

Mechanical problems kept William out of Saturday's racing two days later but his brother Michael won the 250 race.

"I'm not 100% sure but that's the way I'm thinking. I might come back to the roads in the future," he said.

William also revealed that neither he nor Michael will be competing in the Isle of Man TT later this month.

"What I'm thinking is to go on the short circuits and maybe the British Superbike Championship," William told the News Letter.

The grieving process is just beginning for William and the Dunlop family.

"It's very hard to take in and it will take a few weeks at least but we're not doing too bad," he added.

"It's hard, and not very pleasant to say, but that's the way he would have wanted to go."

Michael dedicated his first North West victory on Saturday to his father.