Shane Rabbitt was the ITCC title favourite this year in his self built and developed Mazda RX-7. He did most of the winning and was set to seal the deal at Mondello Park in September in front of the Irish Motorsport TV cameras! For some reason though, the other Super Touring competitors brought their A Game to the party- and
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Welcome to the new portal for Irish Motorsport action- Irish Motorsport TV! We will be covering motor racing and other disciplines in 2018 and, as a prelude to this, we covered all of the action from the Leinster Trophy meeting at Mondello Park in September. This is the coverage of the SEAT Supercup Ireland race, with World Hotrod Champion Shane
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Five Irish Tarmac Championships and 18 wins more than qualify County Derry driver Eugene Donnelly for inclusion in RPM’s popular Tarmac Titan series, but it is the flair of the ‘Genie’ that has really endeared him to the Irish fans. This four-hour DVD charts Eugene’s career from its beginnings in Mark II Escorts, his development in his iconic G3 Escort, the crazy times
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In the early 90’s, saloon racing in Ireland was very strong. With Dunlop backing the Group N series, and Plum Tyndall’s RPM cameras capturing all the action, the mighty Cosworths and multiple Peugeot 205 GTIs gave packed grids and close racing. A few years later though, and the Cossies were a bit thin on the ground and to relaunch the
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Rathoath’s Cian Carey travelled to Brands Hatch in Kent last weekend to compete in the UK Monoposto Series. Driving his Mooretown Engineering 2.0 Formula Renault, the Motorsport Ireland Young Driver of the Year nominee qualified on pole position for the opening race. Having carved a reputation as something of a “rainmaster” this year, the Meathman rubber stamped this with a
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Back in 1993, the European Rallycross Championship visited Mondello Park and it was televised at the time. There are some huge names in this one, with the odd local getting a look in too. Despite the best efforts of Will Gollop, Martin Schanche and Tommy Kristoffersson, it seems the weapon of choice was a Citroen! Now some of you might not
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Brian Hearty has been racing at Mondello Park for over 25 years. In that time he has amassed an incredible 10 championships and somewhere in excess of 120 wins- an incredible record. He has probably won more races than anyone else at Mondello Park in the 47 year history of the Kildare venue and is still racing- and winning in
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