Photo by Kevin O'Driscoll... The action for the second round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship moved to the south west last weekend with the Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally taking place. Once again the classes were well supported as the crews tackled 14 stages all within ten miles of Clonakilty over [...]
The directors of the T.R.O.A. are delighted to announce the Campsie Karting will be coming on board as associate sponsor for the R2 Class of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship for 2016. The Managing Director of the Derry based Karting Arena is Mr. Eamonn Gallagher and speaking of his involvement Mr. Gallagher said [...]
Elfyn Evans and Craig Parry claimed victory on the opening round of the MSA British Rally Championship for the DMACK British Rally Team. The Welsh pairing used their Ford Fiesta R5 to good effect to conquer the competition and conditions. It was not to be plain sailing as they were pushed all the way, [...]
Northern Ireland’s premier motor rally, the Ulster International Rally, is taking place in Derry and Strabane this summer, the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Cllr Elisha McCallion has confirmed. Speaking at the official launch of the Derry City and Strabane District Council’s 2016 festival and events calendar, the Mayor said she [...]
McGrady Ensures Support for the 2016 MSA ANICC McGrady Insurance Northern Ireland Rally Championship! For the third year in succession McGrady Insurance have announced their sponsorship of the MSA ANICC McGrady Insurance Northern Ireland Rally Championship. It is once again a major boost for the premier rally series in Northern Ireland, which has conceived [...]
Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy in a Subaru WRC were the winners of the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally when they had over three minutes to spare over the Citroen DS3 R5 of Keith Cronin & Mikie Galvin. Alastair Fisher & Gordon Noble came home third overall in a Ford Fiesta R5 after a [...]
The MSA British Rally Championship (BRC) will return to terrestrial TV screens this year after concluding a deal with Channel 4 to cover the seven-round series. The country’s premier rally championship, which begins in March, will also be shown on BT Sport as part of a new broadcast package that will ensure that the [...]
The first day of the Autosport International Show saw the highly anticipated announcement of the Vauxhall Motorsport Junior Rally Team prize winners. After the announcement of the programme at Castle Combe’s RallyDay last September, applications came in thick and fast to apply for the supported drive in the British Rally Championship. A shortlist was [...]
• WRC star looking forward to ‘really exciting’ BRC return • Young Welshman to drive DMACK Ford Fiesta R5 • 27-year-old tipped to be ‘benchmark’ for other competitors FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) star Elfyn Evans is looking forward to competing on home turf this year after confirming that he will enter the revitalised MSA [...]
Alastair Fisher will be making a welcome return to the Irish Tarmac scene for the coming season as he announced his commitment to the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship in 2016. The Fermanagh driver will have Gordon Noble on the notes and will campaign a Ford Fiesta R5 run by Dom Buckley Motorsport. It [...]