Suzuki is renowned for producing small cars, in fact to date more than six million Swifts have been sold worldwide and the flagship is the Sport. The good news is a new Sport, the third model to wear this badge and in order to get the feel of the newcomer I had the opportunity to take the wheel over a
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Ireland’s premier race track, Mondello Park, will be the venue for an historic celebration of Irish motorsport as the venue officially turns 50 on the 12th of May. A fundraising event for the Irish Motorsport Support Fund, the “Mondello 50” will feature over a dozen forms of motorsport in 4 live action arenas over 2 days, the 12th and 13th
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Mondello Park was the venue once again for the second Dunlop Masters Superbike Championship event of the season, as a quality field battled for points in rounds 4, 5 and 6 of the series. Just as it had at the March season opener, the Superbike class stole the show with three thrilling races which went down to the wire on
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So the first three rounds of the Fiesta Zetec Championship have just taken place last weekend and they were interesting to say the least. I made the late call to test on the Friday prior to race day and this turned out to be a good call as the gearbox failed five laps into testing ending my day but a quick trip
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After a long winter it was great to be back behind the wheel racing again with MicksGarage.com Future Classics. My debut racing season was with these guys back in 2016 and I enjoyed it immensely. I managed to finish 2nd overall in the championship that year. After that season, I decided to further develop my Saxo, which meant the next step for
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13-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, was on the grid at Mondello Park as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship made the first of three visits to the circuit this season. Alyx put in a strong performance last season when the series returned to the Kildare circuit after an 11-year break with a podium finish and also setting the lap
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17 year old Cameron Fenton, a regular winner in Ginetta Junior Ireland last season, joined the Irish Supercar Powered By Pirelli series at Mondello Park last weekend and stunned the class regulars with his incredible pace. Cameron joined fellow Ginetta Junior graduate racer Charlie Linnane as well as multiple Stryker Champion Alan Watkins as newcomers to the Pirelli backed, ASK Racing run series. With
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Just over one month after its originally scheduled start date, the 2018 ‘Parts for Cars’ Irish Rallycross Championship will finally get the green light at Mondello Park this Sunday, April 8th. The weather put paid to the original season opener, but the season will still have a six date calendar with this weekends rescheduled event. Sunday’s season opener will run
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Formula Vee Ireland have announced that the aging air cooled 4 cylinder VW engine is to be phased out at the end of 2018. The class organisers have cited excessive costs and lack of availability for parts as the main reason for this. “We need to move with the times”, said a class spokesman, “and you just can’t get the
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Mondello Park and ‘The Trailer Company’, one of four official distributors of Brian James trailers for the Republic of Ireland, are delighted to announce a new partnership which will see the circuit’s flagship saloon racing series renamed as The Trailer Company Fiesta ST Championship. The Limerick based Trailer Company is a family run business with a long association with motorsport.
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