“Forget Schumacher and Senna. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all.” So says former F1 team boss and TV pundit Eddie Jordan. From grasstracking Minis in Dundalk, via Mondello Park initially, Tommy incredibly made his way to F1 in just four short years. On August 18/19, Tommy Byrne returns to the circuit where he first cut his teeth in a FF1600, Mondello
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Jason Black has been nominated for this year’s Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver Award for his performances in May and June. The 20 year-old from Armagh drove his Toyota Starlet to victory in the Junior class of the Donegal International and Cavan Rallies, adding these to his victories in Mayo and Monaghan earlier in the year, and his
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Hampton Court Palace will play host to a selection of global endurance racing legends from 31 August to 2 September, as the world-renowned Concours of Elegance gets underway. Appearing among over sixty of the rarest cars ever created are a series of motorsport icons, spearheaded by the Porsche 917K driven by Steve McQueen in the classic film Le Mans. But this
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After a weekend of Diamond Jubilee celebrations last time out at Snetterton, the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship moves on to its latest port of call – Northamptonshire’s Rockingham circuit for Round 19, 20 and 21 of the 2018 campaign next weekend (11/12 August). The trip has often proven a pivotal one as drivers fight to stamp their authority on the title as the
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14-year old Patrick O’Donovan produced the performance of a far more experienced driver to finish second in the sixth round of the MSA Junior Rallycross Championship at Croft Circuit, as Supercar racer Ollie O’Donovan finished sixth in the MSA British Rallycross Championship category to remain in title-contention. Racing a 1300cc single-make Suzuki Swift, Patrick O’Donovan qualified on the front row
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Last weekend was an important one for twenty-two-year-old Jordan Hone, from Claudy, Co. Derry, as he guided his Opel Adam R2 to a superb Junior category victory on the two-day Jim Walsh Cork Forestry Rally. “It was a magnificent event, excellent stages so flowing and a superb battle on both days, and that’s why we enjoy this sport so much!
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The results are in: F.C.C. TSR Honda France #5 has ridden to victory in the 2017-2018 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) for motorcycles on tailored Bridgestone Racing Battlax tyres. As a partner and exclusive supplier of the team, Bridgestone is particularly proud to have contributed to this incredible accomplishment. The FIM EWC is a worldwide championship endurance racing competition for
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James Roe Jnr returns to the cockpit with ArmsUp Motorsport this weekend for rounds 9 &10 of the F2000 Championship. The young man from Naas has been on the podium at every circuit the championship has visited thus far in 2018 and he is currently 4th in the points standings, just a single point off third. After experiencing some engine
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The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) today issued the official 182 new vehicle registration figures for July along with their second Quarterly Motor Industry Review of 2018. Car sales figures for the month of July show that 182 registrations are down 2.75% (26,944) compared to July 2017 (27,707). Light Commercials are currently up 12.4% (4,433) compared to July last year
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Nicole Drought will cross the Irish sea this weekend for her first taste of UK Endurance racing when she joins Preptech UK team at the Citroen C1 Challenge 4 Hour race at the famous Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. The Trade Team C1 Challenge is designed to provide a low cost method of going endurance racing. Making use of the 1.0 Citroen
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