During the launch of the Isuzu D-Max I think it was quite recently, I ended up in the company of Scottish journalist David Finlay over lunch. During the general mutterings at the table it transpired that David was in fact travelling over to Belfast to compete at Craigantlet Hillclimb soon after.
As a host to a round of the Avon Tyres | TTC Group MSA British Hillclimb Championship, Craigantlet is one of very few rounds of the series that is set on closed public roads
Larne Motor Club, which featured on the blog in recent weeks after visiting Belfast Metropolitan College, was back in the public eye in its hometown of Larne while Ballynahinch and District Motor Club spent a day in Lisburn…
Larne Motor Club strengthened its relationship with Belfast Metropolitan College when club members Jonathan Millar and Gillian Magee visited the venue in February with Northern Ireland Regional Development Officer (RDO), Jonathan MacDonald. The club, which finished runner-up in the…
The Prestone MSA British Rally Championship in conjunction with UK and Ireland Peugeot Sport distributor, Race and Rally, is delighted to announce a 10,000 Euro prize fund for drivers running Peugeot 208 R2s in the Junior BRC in 2017.
The best of Northern Ireland’s rally talent is gearing up for this weekend’s Pacenotes Rally Magazine Stages Rally, round one of the 2017 McGrady Insurance MSA Northern Ireland Rally Championship!
In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche and Austrian engineer founded a company called “Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH” and moved the company to its offices in Stuttgart, Germany. Initially set up to offer consultancy and development work for the motor industry one of Ferdinand’s first assignments was commissioned by the German government and resulted in the VW Beetle being launched in 1938, to this day the Beetle is still an iconic design.
Northern Ireland’s Prestigious 111 year old Cultra Hillclimb will this year be celebrating Pre-War MG’s with the theme of “Midget Gems” with organisers hoping to have an example of just about every road going M.G. ever made during that fabulous period, with up to six Pre-WW2 MG’s competing in the Ards & North Down Council Supported speed hill-climb competition.
Fancy doing a bit of rallying but think it’s out of reach? Well it might just be more affordable than you think. For almost two decades, Irish rallying has been renowned for having a large number of World Rally Cars competing at the sharp end of the sport. But you don’t need to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds to have a bit of fun.
It was a cold and damp morning on Saturday 20 February when Kirkistown Racing Circuit reverberated to the noise of cars. Cars that covered a vast array within the automotive spectrum and many of which were driven to and from the competition as they are nothing more than someone’s daily commuter vehicle…