With no major visiting classes, the car race meeting at Kirkistown on Saturday 25th June seemed to have a quieter ambience. However, the racing on display was anything but quiet or serene! The first race was for Saloons. Lurgan driver, Peter Baxter,…
Warm sunshine greeted drivers and spectators at Saturday’s car and superkart race meeting at Kirkistown. Although the featured class was the Saloons/GTs, the real anticipation was centred around the Roadsports class, because everyone in the know expected the lap record for…
Saturday 14 May saw the area around Laurencetown echo to the sound of sweet mechanical music as the Trailertek Drumhorc Hillclimb returned to the Millers Oils Northern Ireland Hillclimb championship for the first time since 2019. With the sun splitting…
April’s Car and Superkart meeting at Kirkistown was bathed in sunshine. Spectators were treated to some great, competitive and clean racing in all classes. The featured class this time was Superkarts and special trophies were sponsored by the Weir family, who…
As someone who is knocking on the doors of 40 years of age, when the mention of a hot hatch is brought to the table, I automatically reminisce about the Peugeot 205 GTI, Volkswagen’s Golf GTi and Vauxhall’s Nova GSI.…
Over the next three days, St Anne’s Square, Belfast, is host to the Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% ‘IL PITSTOP’ event featuring the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One™ Team to whom the Italian beer is a partner. The event, which…
On Sunday 22nd May, in Mount Stewart House & Gardens the Ulster Automobile Club displayed 10 Cars and 10 Motor Bikes representing each of the decades to celebrate this historic anniversary. This is a significant milestone in the history of…
Desi Henry and Paddy Robinson sealed a last-gasp victory at the Claudy-based Eakin Bros Brian James Trailers Stages Rally but it is Derek McGarrity who has burst into the lead of the McGrady Insurance NI Rally Championship after round three…
A giant killing performance from Daniel McKenna and Andrew Greenan in their Ford Escort not only clinched them top honours on the national event, but placed them 5th overall among the international contenders on one of the world’s oldest and…
A County Antrim couple are raising money by driving across the USA for Alzheimer’s Research UK because they have to remember those who may forget us – the adventure of Jim and Alan Magill, on a mammoth adventure. You may recognise…