A hugely popular car run which returned last year after a sabbatical of a few years resumed once again on Saturday 28th September 2024 to great success. With a starting point at the picturesque Slieve Gullion Forest Park, this years…
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With a round to go Derek Mackarel’s top three scores has provisionally given him the McGrady Insurance NI Forest Rally Championship title – and all on the day the Monaghan driver also claimed the Irish series, writes William Neill. Seventh overall, with…
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The 2024 motor racing season at Kirkistown Racing Circuit came to a close on Saturday 28th September with the final car and superkart meeting. And what an incredible meeting it turned out to be! The first race of the day…
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The Ford Fiesta Rally2 crew of Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin stormed to victory on the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally to strengthen their grip on this season’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title. Thousands of fans lined the stages of the…
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Tractor Pulling is a sport which the people of the Ards Peninsula don’t often get the chance to take part in, so Kirkistown man, Stevie Evans organised an event that saw the Glenshane Anchor and its team of volunteers join…
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Bangor man Terry Harryman has been officially inducted into Ards and North Down Borough Council’s Sporting Wall of Fame. The successful former rally co-driver, who won several World Championship events including the Monte Carlo Rally, Safari Rally and Finland’s 1000…
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Co Tyrone driving ace Mark King set to represent Team UK at the FIA Motorsport Games for the second time in the Auto Slalom category. 2024 sees the return of the multidisciplinary event, with drivers competing across 27 disciplines. The…
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Brothers Patrick and Stephen O’Brien won the Trailer Parts and Spares Lakeland Stages after an epic day-long battle with both Niall McGonigle and Cathan McCourt – the latter picking up a puncture on the final 16-mile stage of the McGrady…
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FERGUSON BLACK RETURNS: ULSTER TRANSPORT MUSEUM PLAYS HOST TO THE TRACTOR THAT REVOLUTIONISED FARMING
by Lyndsey Moore October 4, 2024Ulster Transport Museum has introduced a remarkable new addition to its existing Museum of Innovation Gallery – the Ferguson Black Tractor. Now on display, this iconic prototype, engineered in Belfast, truly expresses the genius of Harry Ferguson. It brought together…
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Classic cars and even a few modern cars of interest returned to the Ards Peninsula recently to raise money for charity whilst enjoying some tremendous driving roads thanks to Carrowdore Presbyterian Church. When asked to think of the seaside, many…