The new Mazda2 Hybrid goes on sale throughout Europe from spring 2022 and brings self-charging full hybrid powertrain technology to the Mazda model range for the first time. The Mazda2 Hybrid is a self-charging, full hybrid that combines a 1,490cc…
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Honda Racing UK is pleased to confirm its plans for the 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship season, as Tom Neave steps up into the premier class alongside Glenn Irwin, Ryo Mizuno and Takumi Takahashi, as the Louth-based squad prepares its…
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Motorsport Events
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…
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It’s easy to be seduced by EV party tricks, whether it be mind blowing instant torque acceleration, self driving trickery or dashboard gaming. So when I took Hyundai’s all-new ground-up EV the IONIQ 5 to Slemish car park, along with…
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Saturday 6th November saw the SW Adair Tyres Northern Ireland Sprint Championship paddock assemble for the last time this season as the final round of the year took place at Kirkistown. With rain forecast for mid-morning it was destined to…
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A career in motorsport is something many young fans aspire to, but not all of them wish to be in the driver’s seat. South Eastern Regional College provide the perfect stepping stone for such school-leavers. Based within the colleges award-winning…
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Lighting up the Titanic Quarter, Red Bull Car Park Drift welcomed 5,000 motorsports fans to the custom built drifting track at the Titanic Quarter across two days of spectacular drifting action. With Sunday’s event selling out in under one week,…
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Motorsport Events
EDWARDS MAKES HISTORY AS CREIGHTON IS CROWNED 2021 JUNIOR BRITISH CHAMPION…
by Graham November 29, 2021History was made on last month’s Modern Tyres Ulster Rally by Matt Edwards as he became the first person to win the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship title three years running. Edwards arrived in Newry knowing only maximum points from…
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What do you get when you take a 62-year-old cyclist to a racetrack with Hyundai’s latest electric vehicle? A challenge! That’s what! And Graham Baalham-Curry was there to find out more… Unlike most of us, endurance cyclist Joe Barr, from…
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With just days to go before the start of this year’s Ulster Rally which will take place on Saturday 20th of November and is hosted by the Northern Ireland Motor Club, action from the Newry based event will unfold on…