The Ulster Rally will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year and before this important milestone, we wanted to reflect on its recent history. The championship has formed part of both the British Rally Championship and Irish Tarmac Championship for many of those years - attracting competitors from around the world to compete on these shores. [...]
Rallying is coming to the people next month as the 2025 Modern Tyres Ulster Rally gears up to bring drivers, co-drivers and their cars to one of Banbridge’s most popular places. On Saturday, August 16th – the second and final day of the iconic closed-road event – the town’s Boulevard Outlet complex is going to [...]
The 2025 Modern Tyres Ulster Rally is returning to a classic two-day format that promises classic special stages with real European prestige on the weekend of August 15th and 16th. Entries are now open and Northern Ireland Motor Club anticipates another strong field of competitors. Across the two legs of the asphalt event, [...]
Excitement builds... when Rally Guide 1 becomes available - you know the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally is nearly upon us. Two months to be precise! All the key dates and information can be found right HERE Entries open on the 17th June - Mark your calendars
The whole of the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally team are heartbroken to hear the news that co-driver Dai Roberts has sadly passed away. Dai was a much-loved member of the rallying community — calm, committed, and endlessly professional. He competed on the Ulster Rally nine times and was a familiar face to so many of [...]
Northern Ireland’s blue riband stage rally will take place over two days next year instead of just one – and form part of a new-look NAPA Irish Tarmac Rally Championship (ITRC). The Ulster will also be a counting round of the ultra-competitive and highly prestigious European Rally Trophy (ERT), with Modern Tyres – Ireland’s largest [...]
Samdec Security International ITRC Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin displayed their Irish Tarmac Rally Championship credentials with a 15.4-second victory on Saturday’s 10-stage Ulster Rally. The Ford Fiesta Rally2 partnership recorded their second Ulster win together, building a strong lead on the demanding, technical stages surrounding Newry. Cronin’s consistency was crucial in his victory over [...]
The Ford Fiesta Rally2 crew of Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin stormed to victory on the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally to strengthen their grip on this season’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title. Thousands of fans lined the stages of the Northern Ireland Motor Club event to see the pair record what could be a pivotal [...]
Samdec Security International ITRC Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan lead the Ulster Rally’s 101-car strong entry as the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship heads north for its penultimate round of 2024. Ten tough stages over 130 stage kilometres will decide this year’s winner and give a strong hint at who could become Ireland’s latest Tarmac Rally [...]
Welshman Matt Edwards says it is anyone’s guess which Rally2 driver is going to come out on top when a capacity field assembles in Newry this weekend for the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally. Edwards – who heralds from the seaside town of Llandudno – is a double winner of the closed-road competition which hosts the [...]
