Modern Tyres Ulster Rally changing to two-day format

Northern Ireland’s blue riband stage rally will take place over two days next year instead of just one – and form part of a new-look NAPA Irish Tarmac Rally Championship (ITRC).

The ‘Ulster’ will also be a counting round of the European Rally Trophy (ERT), with Modern Tyres – Ireland’s largest retail tyre company – once again the principal sponsor.

A Friday-Saturday itinerary has been rubber stamped for the Ulster Rally by the organising Northern Ireland Motor Club, set to take place on the weekend of 15th-16th August.

For the 2025 Ulster Rally, only a single special stage will be carried over from this year’s itinerary, with more than 100-competitive miles awaiting crews. Night stages – a signature of the Ulster Rally for almost half a century now – are also going to feature.

On Modern Tyres returning for a fifth year as the headline sponsor, Clerk of the Course, Wayne Turkington, said: “The entire organising team is once again delighted to have the support of Modern Tyres and we plan to be based at their world-class warehousing facility in Newry next August.”