Gavin Smith, who raced in the British Touring Car Championshop from 2005-2007, will return to the cockpit this weekend at Mondello Park, when he takes the wheel of Noel Greene’s AMF Mitsubishi Mirage Supercar. Greene is unable to compete at the event, so was happy for Smith, who is the brother of BTCC winner and Blancpain GT driver Arón, to
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It’s been a hectic few weeks for me since my last blog on the June race weekend. Since then I’ve had to finish my Leaving Cert, go back to my job of instructing down in Mondello and getting back into normal life after losing the last nine months of it to exams! I’m actually typing this while on my way
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Lola Cars celebrated its 60th anniversary in spectacular fashion at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a number of its cars, from all spheres of the sport, running up the famed Goodwood Hillclimb in a Diamond Anniversary ‘batch’. However, it was a poignant occasion for everyone associated with Lola, following the recent and unexpected passing of its owner Martin
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Despite an lengthy absence, Seamus Ryan certainly hadn’t forgotten how to drive a Stryker when he made his comeback at Mondello Park last weekend. Having topped the timesheets in testing, the newly rebuilt car did the same when it mattered- in qualifying on Sunday morning at the Formula Vee Festival. Alongside Ryan on the front row was the resurgent Des
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14-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare was on the grid last weekend as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship paid its second visit of the season to Mondello Park for Round 5 of the Championship. With the circuit design being modified since the last visit in early April, Saturday’s test session was spent learning the layout of the longer 1550
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With multiple champion Alan Watkins having a go at Supercars, and reigning champion Alan Auerbach taking a year out, Irish Strykers will have a new first time champion this year- for the first time in 10 years! At the opening rounds at Mondello Park, Des Bruton showed the pack a clean pair of heels in wet conditions, qualifying on pole
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Hard to believe that we have already reached the halfway point of the season, but then I always think that at this time of the year. Fear not though, there is plenty of action left to enjoy before the race cars are tucked away for the winter. The Formula Vee Association have done a wonderful job on their Festival event
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Mondello Park is synonymous with all things motorsport in Ireland. It is the only FIA Licenced Motor Racing circuit in Ireland, has been in business since 1968 and celebrates its 50th birthday this year. I remember Mondello Park being built in 1967. I remember playing with my cousins on the track foundations at Dunlop corner and pretending that we were racing
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So last weekend was the third round of the Patch Tyre Equipment Fiesta Zetec Championship. Nothing unusual in that, you may say. It was also the first time Mondello was run in its anti clockwise layout for over 20 years. Okay, a bit more unusual, but still it’s just another track at the end of the day. I’m in the
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After two exciting races at the high speed Bishopscourt circuit in Northern Ireland last month, the Irish Stryker Championship returned to Mondello Park last weekend for a double header which would mark the halfway point of their 2018 campaign. For the Mondello specialists though, there was a change- the circuit was to run anticlockwise for the first time in over
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