Mid-West presents bid to host World Rally Championship 2025
The Mid-West Region’s bid to host the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2025 will be presented to officials from the WRC Promoters and Motorsport Ireland at Limerick Racecourse this Thursday. The Patrickswell venue has been put forward by the Limerick Motor Club in association with the Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau as the base […]
Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup
There was heartbreak for Ireland’s Callum Devine shortly before the finish of Vodafone Rally Portugal yesterday just as the Derry driver looked all set to take runner up position in the Junior section of this World Rally Championship round. The 23 year old current holder of the Young Rally Driver of the Year title, and […]
Motorsport Ireland Weekend Round-up
Former double National Rally champion Declan Boyle took a comfortable victory in the opening round of this year’s Triton Showers series by bringing his Ford Fiesta home 37 seconds clear of the nearest opposition in the Achill Island Hotel-Connacht Print and Signs Mayo Stages Rally yesterday. The Donegal driver and his new Monaghan partner James […]
Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup
Already confirmed as the Triton Showers National Rally champion, Monaghan’s Sam Moffett added another win to his collection when he and Darragh Kelly were well clear of the opposition in the Cork Jim Walsh Forest Rally at Mallow, with their Fiesta WRC 52 seconds ahead of the Lancer Evo of Jonny Leonard and Arthur Kierans […]
Motorport Ireland Weekend Roundup – Moffett Masters Midlands
Monaghan’s Sam Moffett was again out on his own in yesterday’s second round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, with his Fiesta WRC leading the Midland MC’s Longford Arms Hotel event based on Longford town from start to finish to take a comfortable victory, more than a minute ahead of his closest challengers. Moffett […]
Christmas Greetings From Motorsport Ireland
As the season winds down I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support that you have shown Motorsport in Ireland over the last year. The coverage we have received has been fantastic and has contributed in no small way to greater numbers attending events throughout the country and more […]
Six Hour Ford Fiesta Endurance Race
In a thrilling finish, Donegal sports car ace Damien Faulkner yesterday drove the Southside Motor Factors car to a split-second win in the Six Hour Ford Fiesta Endurance Race at Mondello Park, just six tenths of a second ahead of the first of the Murray Motorsport cars after more than 300 miles of racing. Faulkner, […]
Coyne Takes National Rallycross Title
Willie Coyne wrapped up the 2015 McLoughlin Industrial Flooring Irish Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park yesterday after an incident packed day of racing at the Kildare venue. Coyne’s finish of sixth in the Super Final was enough to secure the crown but earlier in the day Coyne looked a doubt to make it to the […]
Joy And Despair For McMullan And Breen
Motorsport Ireland drivers Jonny McMullan and Craig Breen suffered the highs and lows of their respective disciplines this weekend. McMullan, the 2014 Motorsport Ireland Young Race Driver of the Year, has been enjoying a superb season and headed to the famous Walter Hayes Trophy in Silverstone full of confidence. A commanding win in his heat […]