Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes have secured their second Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title after finishing fourth on the Ulster Rally. Four rally wins through the 2022 Acesigns Irish Tarmac season put the 2018 champions in a strong position heading…
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Automotive NewsBlog
Bid for Bond: No Time To Die Defenders, Range Rover and Jaguar in 007 charity auction at Christie’s
by Graham September 5, 2022Two Defenders and a Range Rover Sport SVR will be offered, led by a Defender 110 (estimate: £300,000-£500,000) famed for its all-terrain stunt scenes in No Time To Die. Its sale will benefit the British Red Cross. The auction lot…
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The Five Hundred Motor Racing Club of Ireland, who organise the car and kart racing at Kirkistown Racing Circuit, usually have one two-day race meeting per year and it happened on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August. It was named The Leinster Trophy…
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The return of an iconic model in the Toyota line-up sets expectations stratospherically high for the new Supra. Nissan managed it with the reincarnation of the GTR of course; conversely both Peugeot and VW floundered for successive generations with the…
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Car Shows
SPECTACULAR FINISH FOR AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY EVENT AT BISHOPSCOURT
by Graham August 23, 2022Thousands of supercar fans descended on County Down’s Bishopscourt Racing Circuit for NI Supercar Sunday 2022, where some of the most exclusive road going metal was being put through their paces on track. This was day two of the charity…
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The last weekend in June brings the greatly anticipated Cairncastle Hill Climb Festival. The two-day event set in the Mid and East Antrim Borough sees the top drivers of the Millers Oils N.I. Hillclimb Championship visit Cairncastle for an adrenaline…
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Motorsport Events
JULY 500 MRCI – SUPERBLY SUCCESSFUL CAR AND SUPERKART RACE MEETING
by Guest August 23, 2022The Five Hundred Motor Racing Club of Ireland hosted a mega-race event at Kirkistown Racing Circuit on Saturday 30th July and Clerk-Of-The-Course, Chris Edwards, and his team of officials, deserve major congratulations for getting a seventeen race programme executed and…
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Northern Ireland’s biggest and best online car marketplace has been announced as one of the co-sponsors of the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally, which takes place on August 19 and 20. Established in 2006, Used Cars NI has quickly grown to…
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Entry numbers for the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally are steadily building, with many of the top drivers from the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship among those set to tackle the event. Taking place on the weekend of August 19 and 20,…
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Car Shows
SPECTACULAR 2022 FESTIVAL OF SPEED COMES TO A GLORIOUS END WITH A NEW SHOOTOUT RECORD
by Graham July 29, 2022The Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard was back in full swing this year after selling out quicker than ever. Spectacular vehicles, drivers, partners and exhibitors were present at motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party for its 29th year, celebrating the world…