The first two day meeting of the year takes place at Mondello Park this weekend, with almost all of the Irish racing classes taking to the tarmac on Saturday and Sunday. Formula Vee returns to the Kildare circuit and we can expect thrilling battles at the front. Perennial pacesetter and reigning champion Dan Polley has a fight on his hands
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FF1600 in Ireland is something of an enigma. We have a history of producing some of the fastest and best FF1600 drivers in the world. Happily, this continues to be the case in the modern era. Niall Murray, Kevin O’Hara, Wayne Boyd, Jonny McMullan and many more have run right at the front and won on the UK circuits in
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Two things happened at Mondello Park on Sunday that I’m not sure have ever happened before at the Kildare venue. Firstly, Shane Rabbitt’s spectacular Mazda RX-7 ignited itself on the slow down lap of ITCC qualifying, having taken pole. Having taken a while to extinguish, we didn’t expect the car to make the grid- let alone win the race. It
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Time for the second Mondello meeting of the year this weekend folks- and it looks like an absolute cracker. ITCC, SEAT Supercup Ireland and the Pirelli Supercars all make their 2017 debut and all should be worth watching. The HRCA crew also dust off their machines to do battle. The Mondello Park Fiesta classes, both ST and Zetec varients are
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Last Sunday, the 2017 Motor Racing season kicked off at Mondello Park- with a host of new drivers and cars making their debuts. Despite the atrocious conditions, the racing was fantastic all day. The Fiesta ST series is hugely well supported this year and many new cars have been built over the winter, ensuring the grids will be packed all
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I usually start these pieces by saying it seems like yesterday that last year’s season ended and already we are ready to start a brand new season. This time though, the anticipation must have the better of me- it has taken an age to come around! This Sunday though, the national racing season kicks off at Mondello Park with, as
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Colin Dowling, his team and the Mondello Park management crew deserve a collective pat on the back. What they have done with Irish Rallycross in the last 18 months is little more than unbelievable. Entries were so low that meetings had to be cancelled, there were little or no spectators at events, and it seemed the discipline was in danger
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