The name O’Connell is well established in motor sport circles in Ireland. The Dungiven based brothers; Gerard and Seamus, along with Seamus’ son Tommy have entertained fans for many years and have the cars and the trophy cabinet to boot.
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This week seems to be one for fundraising road trips; firstly we had the RNLI-911 Challenge visit the Donaghadee Lifeboat and in this article we meet a local lad who will be Rallying for Down Syndrome Awareness.
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What do you get when you take a retired couple from London, a Porsche 911, and an idea to raise a lot of money for those who save lives at sea? The ‘RNLI-911 Challenge’ – that is what you get!
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Fitted with a Nissan SR20 engine, this isn’t a Ford that will satisfy our purist readers but everyone will appreciate the love and attention that has gone into this stunning 10-year project which has resulted in a 410bhp monster of an Escort!
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Father and daughter, Robert and Olivia Coulter, have a passion for Ford Anglias. Robert has been campaigning his Anglia for almost 20 years and recently his daughter has successfully followed in his footsteps…
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You would be forgiven for thinking that this stunning Peugeot 106 is a little used show car but that couldn’t be any further from the truth. Owned by Portadown’s Alan Cassells, this is a very potent competition car that Cassells drives competitively on a regular basis…
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In keeping with reporting on some very rare cars now and again on the blog, i thought we’d take a closer look at a special Mini. And we didn’t have to travel too far to find one. It’s amazing what you can find lurking in garages just around the corner…
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Cultra 2017 will see the Irish launch of eRally’s fully-electric rally car, this popular concept is based on the Renault Zoe and is the first fully-electric rally car to be inspected for a competition log book.
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Did you hear the one about the Englishman, the Irishman, the Scotsman and the Welshman? Well, let me explain…
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Will Corry and Brynmor Pierce are riding the crest of a wave. They gave the Toyota GT86 CS-R3 its maiden rally victory at August’s John Mulholland Motors Ulster National A Rally, less than 12 months after it was homologated. And they followed that with a top 20 result, as well as first in the BRC3 class, at the Rally Isle of Man…