Carryduff’s Jonny Greer and Sligo’s Darragh Mullen secured victory at last month’s Orchard Motorsport Kirkistown Stages Rally, round one of the McGrady Insurance Motorsport UK Northern Ireland Rally Championship! Greer snatched the lead from early leader Stephen Wright after stage…
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Having been the only championship to run in 2020 it was apparent from the outset that this year’s S.W. Adair Tyres Northern Ireland Sprint Championship was set to be a high-octane fight for outright honours. It didn’t disappoint either, as…
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This season has been one like no other, not least for Daniel Campbell, 23, from Kells who has forced the changing of the guard on the hills of Northern Ireland. For decades names like Gordon Fogarty, Alan Jardine and David…
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The 2021 SW Adair Tyres Northern Ireland Sprint Championship got underway much later than anticipated with its first round not taking place until July. After an unexpectedly long layoff from championship action, 87 competitors gathered at socially distanced intervals around…
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After over a year without a single stage rally in Northern Ireland, Saturday 19 June, 2021 was a day that many had been waiting a long time for. A day when Bishopscourt Racing Circuit hosted the opening round of this year’s McGrady…
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Having not managed to hold a championship in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic it was all to play for when the 2021 Northern Ireland Hillclimb Championship finally kicked off. Previewing the season at the start of this year, I…
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Saturday 24th April 2021 was a landmark day for Northern Ireland Motorsport with the resumption of competition after that long Covid-19 lockdown, the day that seen the 2021 McMillan Specialist Cars NI Autotest Championship rev back into action after its…
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Covid has been immensely disruptive in clubman motorsport. From lockdown to tentatively run autotests and sprints, everything became more difficult. We couldn’t have bits of paper passed between marshals and competitors. We couldn’t take paper-based entry forms. We couldn’t scrutineer…
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November saw the running of the Modern Tyre Service Ulster Rally and although we have brought you a report from the main event we didn’t touch on the national and historic categories that run alongside the International rally. A glitch…
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Creighton clinches Junior British Rally Championship title
by Graham December 16, 2021Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy driver William Creighton secured the prestigious Junior British Rally Championship title after taking second place at last weekend’s Modern Tyres Ulster Rally [20 November]. Creighton, who celebrated his 24th birthday at the event, ensured he had…