Double FIA European Rallycross Champion Derek Tohill finished tenth in the second round of the Euro RX Supercar Championship at Hell in Norway to further strengthen his position in the Championship standings (June 11). The Dublin-based Irishman entered the event on the back of his best ever international Supercar finish at the opening round of the Championship in Barcelona, but
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Rod McGovern became the first driver to complete a double win this season in the SEAT Supercup Ireland with a dominant display in Rounds 5 & 6 at Mondello Park (11th June). With the third stop on the calendar of the one make SEAT Leon championship marking the completion of the first half of the season, McGovern kicked off the
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Since I was young, my dad always had something interesting in the garage- so I blame him for my petrolheaded obsessions- and the fact that I own far too many cars. I still remember on Saturday mornings, we would be in the kitchen, my mother and sister still in bed and Dad would look out and ask me “Do you
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Former British Rallycross Champion Ollie O’Donovan competed in the second round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship in Hell last weekend and only just missed out on a place in the semi-finals, finishing in 13th position (June 11). Racing at the Lanke circuit in Hell, Norway, O’Donovan entered the event on the back of strong appearances in the European, British
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Rob Duggan claimed 6th place among the Junior World Rally Championship runners on last weekend’s Rally Italia Sardinia. His finishing position however, doesn’t quite reflect how successful an event this was for the former Motorsport Ireland Young Rally Driver of the Year. In his first event with new navigator Tom Woodburn, Duggan set a string of fastest times and ended
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David Maguire and Owen Purcell were the stars of the latest rounds of the Mondello Park promoted Fiesta championships. Both drivers took double victories, with Maguire coming out on top in both Patch Tyre Equipment Fiesta ST Championship races, with Purcell taking two wins in the Mondello Park Fiesta Zetec Championship. Maguire began the weekend with second on the grid,
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Motorsport Ireland and the Royal Irish Automobile Club announced today that in partnership with FIA and international advertising agency JCDecaux, they will launch a six-month road safety awareness campaign across Ireland on the 17th of June under the title #3500LIVES. The #3500LIVES campaign will promote ‘10 Golden Rules’ for safe driving on Ireland’s roads as we head into the busy
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