Category: Motorsport

Sixth place in the Omagh Bushwhacker Forestry Stages Rally was enough to clinch the Valvoline National title for Monaghan rally master Sam Moffett in his Fiesta WRC, giving him his second major championship of the year and leaving him poised to make it a unique treble next weekend if he can also add the Clonakilty

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd will display a Kahn Design Jeep Wrangler Black Hawk Edition, on Cooper Discoverer STT Pro POR tyres, at this year’s Rallyday – Europe’s premier rally car show – to highlight its new relationship with the British automotive fashion house. Rallyday is an annual event, set to take place

Congratulations to 17 year-old Jordan Dempsey from Mullingar, who has been selected as the Young Racing Driver of the Month for July. The Westmeath driver had a busy month, with race meetings at three different circuits in Ireland and Britain. In the course of five British Formula Ford Championship races at Donington Park and Castle

County Derry-born Marty McCormack is enjoying a notably strong season in the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship and, with a typically skilful showing and trouble-free run in the last remaining round, could well achieve a well-deserved podium finish in this hard-fought series.

Victory for Joe Courtney at the Donegal Knockalla Hillclimb, his eighth of the season, clinched the Naylor Engineering National Hillclimb and Sprint Championship for the Galwayman for the third year in a row. He was more than two seconds quicker than second placed Rory Stephens on the opening day of the double header weekend, and

Having finished runner-up in the last two seasons, Rod McGovern finally clinched overall victory in the Yokohama-backed, 2017 SEAT Supercup Ireland Championship last weekend. Driving for Mick Merrigan Motorsport, McGovern clinched the title at Kirkstown Motor Racing Circuit when he took a fourth place finish in round ten of the series, securing an unassailable lead

After possibly one of the most difficult events of the year, Marty McCormack and David Moynihan can hold their heads high as they reached the finish of the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally in fourth place. The event which is based in the walled city of Derry consisted of 14 stages in the surrounding area.

The Ulster pairing of Peadar Hurson and Damien Connolly completely dominated the Galway MC Lady Gregory Hotel Summer Rally at Gort on Sunday, with theirFord Fiesta leading from start to finish as they built up a lead , of more than half a minute over last year’s Triton Showers National Rally champions Roy White and

Dunlop SportSmart2 MAX has been recommended as first choice in the latest sport tyre test of the motorbike magazine MO Whether in the dry or in the wet, on the country lanes or track day, a modern sports tyre has to have a wide range of abilities. The latest Dunlop hypersport tyre has been declared

Kumho shod cars turned in some great results at the recent Fuchs Lubricants RAC Historic Asphalt Championship, with David Kynaston in his TR7 V8, finishing 8th overall and 1st in class, as well as Guy Woodcock/David Williams finishing 7th overall and 3rd in class in their Ford Escort. For the first time this season, the Mintex MSA British Historic

The Carlow Car Club returns to Mondello Park this weekend to run it’s annual Irish Championship Car Race event. The single day race meeting, on Sunday August 13, will run on the County Kildare venue’s national track with a fourteen race timetable planned. The event will be the penultimate 2017 Irish Championship Car Race event