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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Congratulations to 23 year-old Peter Campbell from Ashtown, in Dublin, who has been selected as the Young Racing Driver of the Month for June. Peter, who is in his first year of racing, scored a fine third place from a field of more than 30 drivers in the Procraft Tools Fiesta Zetec race at Mondello Park, behind two much more experienced rivals.
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Motorsport Ireland Young Driver of The Year Jake Byrne returned to Mondello Park last weekend and once again took the top spot on the podium. On a break from his UK FF600 campaign, Jake jumped into one of the family ABR Team Global GT Lights and despite not having tested, qualified second, ahead of most of the series regulars. In the
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Reigning Irish Touring Car Production Champion Grzegorz Kalinecki and his Sportchip.ie team made it two titles in as many years as they clinched the overall ITCC Supertouring Championship at Mondello Park last Sunday. Having dominated the class for most of the year, Kalinecki was once again quickest in qualifying claiming the coveted pole position. Despite being beaten away again by the
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Since my last blog on my season, I’ve only managed to compete in one race since April due to date clashes with the dad’s races in the U.K. Fiesta Series and that race didn’t really go to plan after a poor qualifying left me back in the mid pack and was I unable to make any relevant progress. The month’s
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After a two month break since the last round of the BOSS Ireland season which took place at Kirkistown, I was looking forward to getting back to the tight and twisty Mondello National Circuit, a track that suits my car better than the high speed nature of Kirkistown. I’m ashamed to say that due to work and other commitments I
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8 races down in the SEAT Supercup Ireland now, and it was drama city again yesterday for rounds 7/8. There’s some top drivers in this class now, and you need your A game onboard to be at the front. I packed the wrong bag and brought my B game. 0.2 down in qualifying was only good enough for 5th on
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