Troublesome people often start their stories with “There I was, minding my own business….” but that is exactly what I was doing during a break in commentary duties at the Mondello Truck Show last weekend, when Aidan Byrne and Richard Kearney arrived over for a chat. The Micksgarage.com Future Classics were performing a number of demo races over the weekend
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KAST lubricants, a division of the KAST Automotive Components brand have agreed a 12 month sponsorship deal with the Future Classics racing Championship. KAST Automotive Components are distributed in the UK & Ireland solely by online car parts retailers, MicksGarage.com. The KAST range includes suspension & steering parts, engine parts, drivetrain parts and lubricants. This announcement brings KAST Lubricants to
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Last weekend was a first of many things for me. First ever qualifying first ever circuit and also the first time driving the vastly different Nissan Micra to what I had last season. After spending most of the winter stripping the car to a bare shell and sourcing parts to transform the car from 1.0 Junior Rallycross spec to 1.3
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It is all excitement in motor racing circles this week as we approach the second race meeting of the season. Many of the championships have not yet raced and will kick off their campaigns this Sunday at Mondello Park. The SEAT Supercup Ireland regulars have been joined, as you will have read on this site by Erik Holstein. Erik has
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With just a few days to go before the much awaited season opener at Mondello Park, it seems the budget classes are once again the most popular with Future Classics and Zetec Fiestas packing their respective grids. 23 of the 1.25 Zetec Fiestas line up for the opening round of the newly named ProCraft Fiesta championship with Mondello Instructor Philip
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Micksgarage today announced the partnership between MicksGarage.com and the Future Classics race series for the 2016 championship: “Motorsport is a passion we share here at MicksGarage and having the opportunity to be involved with and support a number of different championships and drivers over the last few years is something we’re delighted to be able to do and hopefully will continue
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The August meeting at Mondello Park maybe have been small in terms of numbers, with a few classes not appearing, and bar Fiestas, grids not exactly bulging, but we were treated to some fantastic racing. It was great to see FF1600 back at Mondello Park. It’s hard to believe that they had yet to visit the Kildare venue in 2015.
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