Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy driver William Creighton recorded the best WRC2 result of his career at Tet Rally Lavia [18-21 July] last weekend, by taking fifth place in the fiercely contested WRC2 category. Creighton and co-driver Liam Regan would contest…
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QUARTET OF MX-5S BECOME THE FIRST CARS TO DRIVE FROM LAND’S END TO JOHN O’ GROATS USING SUSTAINABLE FUEL…
by Lyndsey Moore August 1, 2024To celebrate 35 years of the Mazda MX-5, four Mazda MX-5s – one of each generation – drove a 1,000-mile route from Land’s End to John O’ Groats using sustainable fuel. Powered entirely by a 100 per cent biofuel from…
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SUPERCUPNI GOES GREEN WITH ELECTRIC FLEET LINK-UP WITH TRUSTFORD…
by Lyndsey Moore July 30, 2024TrustFord supplies SuperCupNI with 100% electric vehicles as part of tournament’s commitment to sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint. SuperCupNI has taken a major step towards reducing its carbon footprint by striking a deal with TrustFord to add 100% electric…
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Despite Derek McGarrity’s limited outings this season the Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo driver took a start-to-finish win at the 14-stage-long EuroAuto Commercials Tyrone Stages at Benone by 5.3 seconds, writes William Neill. McGarrity, co-driven by Graham Henderson, was challenged by…
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HYUNDAI MOTOR’S IONIQ 5 N SETS BENCHMARK FOR CROSSOVER EVS AT PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB…
by Lyndsey Moore July 27, 2024Hyundai Motor Company announced today that its IONIQ 5 N models successfully completed the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) on June 23, setting a record for the Electric Modified and Production SUV/Crossover categories. With this success, the company…
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Kia UK Limited has achieved a record-breaking start in 2024, registering a greatest number of cars in the first six months of the year throughout the brand’s UK lifetime. Continuing its positive sales momentum from 2023, Kia registered 60,366 new…
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Following the successful reintroduction of the event in 2023, the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club (NI), in partnership with Porsche Centre Belfast, held the Cultra Motorsport Festival 2024 on Saturday, 8th June. Blessed with the driest day of the week in…
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Motoring event experts GTI NI return in top form bringing their fourth instalment of Eurotreffen held at the Blue Circle Boat Club just down the coast from Larne. This highly anticipated outdoor car show was put together at fairly short…
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Organisers of next month’s Modern Tyres Ulster Rally are anticipating an A-list driver line-up, for what will be the penultimate points scoring round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. After five rounds of the cross-border series, 2016 Tarmac champion Keith…
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PRM & RPM MOTORSPORT LOUGHGALL STAGES RALLY: IT GOES WRAY’S WAY!
by Lyndsey Moore July 19, 2024Aidan Wray won the PRM & RPM Motorsport Loughgall Stages Rally by 6.4 seconds in a Volkswagen Polo Rally2 – outperforming a narrow second-place finish last year – after early leader, Marty Toner was side-lined with an electrical fault, writes…