Ulster Rally organisers are appealing to crews planning on taking part in next month’s event to submit their entry before the early closing date of October 28 to avoid incurring extra expense. After that date, any remaining spaces for the closed-roads rally – which is being promoted by Northern Ireland Motor Club Ltd, and sponsored [...]
Modern Tyres – Ireland’s largest retail tyre company – will be the headline sponsor of the 2021 Ulster International Rally when it takes place on its new date of November 19th/20th. Started in 1965 by Jimmy Byrne, the family-owned business operates 45 branches in Ireland and has regularly supported motorsport in the province. The unmistakable [...]
The Rally Guide is launched for this year's Ulster Rally giving you all the information you need to plan this year’s event. The Rally takes place on 19 and 20 November and will be based in the Newry. Richard Swanston, Event Director explains “This year’s Rally Guide gives you all the information you need to [...]
NOVEMBER DATE FOR ULSTER RALLY Northern Ireland Motor Club Ltd is delighted to announce that following a one-year hiatus, the Ulster Rally is set to return on the weekend of Friday 19th and Saturday 20th November. As with most outdoor sporting events last year, the 2020 instalment of the Tarmac classic had to be cancelled [...]
It is with much regret that the members of the Northern Ireland Motor Club and Ulster Rally Team have learned of the untimely passing of Russell Brookes on 29th October. Born on the 16th August 1945 in the Kings Norton district of Birmingham Russell did not grow up in a family with any interest in [...]
The Irish pairing of Craig Breen and Paul Nagle lived up to their favourites billing with a resounding victory on the Today’s Ulster Rally – a result that saw them confirmed as Irish Tarmac champions. Quickest times on five of the event’s nine stages in a Hyundai i20 were the building blocks needed to make [...]
Fresh from a seventh place finish at round nine of the World Rally Championship in Finland, Craig Breen and Paul Nagle turn their attention to matters closer to home this weekend. The two men are the top seeds for Saturday’s Today’s Ulster Rally, the penultimate round of the Irish Tarmac Championship. They currently head the [...]
Organisers of the 2019 Today’s Ulster Rally are delighted to announce that Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council will support this year’s event, which takes place on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of August. As well as playing host to stages, Banbridge will also welcome crews and their cars on three separate occasions during [...]
Organisers of the Today’s Ulster Rally are giving one lucky person the chance to win £250 as part of a new photography competition established in memory of Bryce Sands. Bryce, who passed away suddenly at the beginning of May, was a long-serving member of the Northern Ireland Motor Club and a well-known face at the [...]
On a quiet Sunday evening in early May Bryce Sands very unexpectedly passed away while watching television. Only the previous Wednesday the Ulster Rally organising committee sat around a table planning the 2019 event, and the future. Bryce was there as usual making notes of what he had to do. Little did any of [...]
