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 [...]
With just over seven weeks to go to the opening round of the 2016 Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally, there is a lot of anticipation among the competitors with several of them having stated their intention to be in Galway with a view to taking part in [...]
Photo by roydempster.com... Callum Devine received an unexpected bonus following the recent Todds Leap Ulster Rally when it was confirmed that the Claudy youngster is the recipient of a free entry to this year's Wales Rally GB. The prize, which is part of the Road to Wales incentive, was drawn from the class winners on the Fermanagh based Ulster [...]
Photo by roydempster.com. Jon Armstrong revived his dream of sharing the stages with the world’s very best drivers on November’s Wales Rally GB by scoring an all-important victory on the fifth round of the Carryduff Forklift Road To Wales competition. Navigated by Noel O’Sullivan Jnr, the 20-year-old led from the second stage until the [...]