Newbridge kart racer Alyx Coby headed off to Le Mans in France at the beginning of October to compete in the IAME International Finals. She qualified for the event after finishing in third place in this year’s Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship. The 13-year-old has just completed her fifth season racing, and her most successful one to date, with one victory,
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A number of rule changes have recently been ratified by TOCA that will take effect from the opening round of the 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship: Increase in driving standards penalties – Fines will be increased, with a significant additional championship fine applied on top of any MSA fine. – From next year a ‘strike’ will last for
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The 2017 Formula Sheane champion Dave Parks made his saloon car debut at the formula ford festival this weekend at the ex formula one circuit that is Brands Hatch. Dave was racing Vertical Racing team boss Robbie Parks’s RT2000 Irish Supercar run by Alan Kessie The weekend started well when Dave managed to qualify P4 on the grid in the
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It’s fair to state that the new DS 7 Crossback is the first real DS model; up until now vehicles carrying the DS badge have been Citroens given the premium touch. I have had the opportunity to take a closer look at this very stylish vehicle; alas I will have to wait a while until I get my driving hands
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The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will have its first US event in 2018. Championship rights holder IMG has agreed a five-year deal with Circuit of the Americas (COTA) at Austin, Texas. World RX will make its debut in the United States of America on the weekend of 29-30 September 2018 as part of a festival weekend. The USA
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The final round of the RX150 Rallycross Championship takes place this weekend at Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire (October 21), where double champion Chrissy Palmer and 2017 newcomer, Ireland’s John Ward will fight for the title. Palmer heads to the curtain closer with a 15-point lead over Ward. If the former Formula Ford Festival winner secures the title on Saturday afternoon, it
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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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