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This profile by Richard St John Young was first published in Motorweek dated 15th February 1969.
During the l968 racing season the name Archie Phillips became something of a household word among the followers of the sport.
COMBER MAN WITH WINNING WAYS
Started racing career with a combine harvester!
Charles W Eyre-Maunsell is a motor-sportsman of the old school, but he is very much a man of the nineteen-sixties too.
Dessie’s Mighty Midget is Put Through its Paces. This article is reproduced from Motorweek 7 March, 1970. MG Midgets have long been successful on the racing scene, and you’ve only got to look at the local results sheets for last year to see that. Despite having been around in one[Read More…]
David warms to Achim’s super BMW. This article is reproduced from Ireland’s Saturday Night 20 August 1976. A familiar car in not so familiar surroundings. This magnificent and distinctive BMW was last seen in Ireland powering its way to victory in the memorable 1975 Donegal International rally in the hands[Read More…]
THE VAN MAN ARRIVES Interview by Plum Tyndall first published in Wheels magazine in Once in a while an almost complete unknown will burst into the scene and this is one of the most fascinating aspects of Motor Sport. If natural talent is present in a driver, given the breaks[Read More…]
“Carnmoney farmer wins Circuit of Ireland at 19” – “Youngest driver ever wins Circuit of Ireland” – were the sort of headlines which heralded Adrian Boyd and Maurice Johnston’s win in the 1960 Circuit of Ireland at the wheel of an Austin Healy Sprite.
Lee Lucas was a very successful motor sport competitor, especially in Autotesting, where he was a member of the winning Northern Ireland team at the famous Ken Wharton Memorial International Autotest in 1978 and 1982. Lee passed away at the age of 86 on 15th December 2012. He was born[Read More…]