Over 100 rally cars will take to the roads surrounding Banbridge for the internationally recognised Ulster Rally on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th August. Organised by the Northern Ireland Motor Club the rally will welcome the very best drivers from the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship, Irish Tarmac Championship and European Rally Trophy. Welcoming the [...]
More than a third of the competitive mileage of next month’s Modern Tyres Ulster Rally (18/19 August) will be all new as the organising Northern Ireland Motor Club Ltd (NIMC) look to intensify the challenge. It promises to have a mix of everything from smooth and fast-flowing country roads to bumpy, tight and technical country [...]
M-Sport Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux will journey across to Northern Ireland in August for the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally to reconvene his pursuit of a first Motorsport UK British Rally Championship crown. Fourmaux was among the very first people to throw his name into the hat for the two-day Tarmac classic not long after entries were opened by [...]
Entries for the eagerly-anticipated Modern Tyres Ulster Rally open today (June 26th) – and those working behind the scenes to make the event happen are predicting another star-studded field. Many of the quickest drivers in the latest R5 and Rally2 machinery from Citroen and Volkswagen, Ford and Hyundai will share the stages as they battle [...]
The Modern Tyres Ulster Rally is delighted to be partnering with Carbon Positive Motorsport for the 2023 event held on the 18-19 August. There is an ever increasing need to reflect upon energy consumption by events and to act on mitigating the associated environmental impacts such as the carbon footprint generated by its running. The [...]
The 2023 Modern Tyres Ulster Rally is just a little over 100 days away, and preparations are well and truly in full flow. Rally Guide 1 has just been published and now ready to view and download right HERE The guide is full of information on the August event and includes details on stages, event [...]
The entire rallying community are devastated at the sad news breaking from Croatia, of the passing of Irish rally star Craig Breen. Breen, a previous winner of the Ulster Rally will be regarded as one of the greats of the sport, and perhaps one the greatest drivers to come from the island of Ireland. The [...]
The Modern Tyres Ulster Rally joins the new-look FIA European Rally Trophy in 2023 - joining a exciting 20-event schedule. The Ulster Rally welcomes the FIA European Rally Trophy (ERT) to the roster, as the european series joins the British Rally Championship and Irish Tarmac Championship in the Northern Ireland lanes this summer (18/19 August) [...]
Last weekend’s Modern Tyres Ulster Rally – the seventh and final points scoring round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship – produced not one but two important champagne moments for the thousands of fans who attended the two-day event and witnessed the action unfold. Competing in a Volkswagen Polo R5, the Welsh pairing of Meirion [...]
The 2022 Modern Tyres Ulster Rally fires into life tomorrow evening with two days of eagerly anticipated rallying action set to take place in the lanes of Northern Ireland. To whet the appetite, we have helped to pick some of the drivers to look out for this weekend. 1 – Josh Moffett/Andy Hayes – [...]
