So the racing season came to a close last weekend with the famous Leinster Trophy meeting held on the International Track at Mondello. Having only done about seven laps of the track in a Zetec, I decided some pre event testing would be worthwhile just to get the eye in before the weekend. The day didn’t start off too well
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It was a cold, dark winter’s night when the idea was first floated. “I’m half thinking of going to the UK for the 50th anniversary festival”, Stephen told me…and of course, it goes without saying that anytime anything is being “half-thought” when it comes to the Vees, in reality there’s a full plan already formed in his head, and he’s
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I was asked at 11pm on Thursday night would I be interested in racing a front running Formula Sheane on Saturday in Kirkistown. Of course I jumped at the chance before actually putting any thought into it! (Sure who would turn down a free drive??) It was only on Friday morning when the initial excitement was over that it dawned
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So as you probably know, I’ve changed class this season and jumped into the Mondello Park Fiesta Zetec Championship. My first weekend out rewarded me with two front row starts, two podiums and two fastest laps but I knew I had the pace to get to the top step of the podium- I just needed a bit of luck and a
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It is such an amazing experience to take part in the worlds biggest GT race! The result wasn’t what we had in mind, but we gave it everything and we were looking good to challenge for a podium place. The weekends action started early on Tuesday when I arrived at the circuit to meet the renowned Belgium team, WRT. From
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It’s said our teenage years are the ones we most fondly remember. As such if you asked somebody what the greatest sporting moment they had was it would most likely be from that same period. For me that would ring true in F1 terms. First up would be the masterful, otherworldly, talents of Senna at Donington. I’ve hidden it for
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So since my last blog, my Fiesta ST season was brought to an end by a high speed shunt at turn one which was no fault of my own. The car was heavily damaged and we were unsure what to do for the rest of the season. My dad had bought back his old 1.25 Fiesta Zetec from Ulick Burke
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