Reprinted from Motoring News November 5, 1970 Report by Paul Phelan After the long summer layoff, the first round of the 1970/71 Irish National Rally Championship took place on Saturday/Sunday, October 17/18th 1970, organized jointly by the Cavan and Monaghan clubs.  This was the first qualifying event to be held[Read More…]

Article scanned from Motorweek September 20th 1969.  Photos and report by Esler Crawford.  OCR and Image scanning/clean-up by Derek Smyth. CURLEY STRIKES AGAIN When Omagh Motor Club was advised that it might not be a good idea to run an all-night rally at the present troubled time, the organisers of[Read More…]

Woodside top in Omagh Test Motorweek January 3 1970 – Report and Pictures by Esler Crawford. On the Saturday after Boxing Day (1969), the driving test scene moved West to Omagh where the local club ran their usual Christmas event.  The venue was the army camp at Lisanelly where the[Read More…]

Article reproduced from Motorweek April 11, 1970.  Report by Richard St. John Young and pictures by Esler Crawford. Images and OCR Text scans cleaned up by Derek Smyth. In last week’s issue, we gave a rather brief rundown on what happened on this year’s “Circuit,” so this week,  just to[Read More…]

BUGGY BEATS THE REST After a week of scorching weather, Dungannon Motor Club had to contend with roaming thunderstorms at their Carling Black Label Autocross, held on Wednesday, June 10th.  This was, of course, the first round of the Ulster Autocross Championship, and as such created quite a lot of[Read More…]

Quite a few Northern competitors ventured down South for the Leinster M.C.’s “Hellfire” rally run over a “traditional” navigation cum special stage route on half-inch maps.

The newly instituted Northern Ireland Autocross Championship looks like being a very closely fought and exciting affair.

First published in MOTORWEEK on June 14 1969 Report and Pictures by Richard St. John Young AUTOCROSS OFF TO A GOOD START On Wednesday last, the Dungannon Motor Club started the Autocross ball rolling with a very slickly organised event at Cookstown, over what must have been one of the[Read More…]

Motorweek – September 3 1970 WEE MERVYN WINS AGAIN by Peter Scott. [Photographs shown here were not with the original article (copy not good enough to scan) but most have been provided by Bryce Sands from his personal archive.] Dungannon Motor Club’s Moonraker Rally 1970 was one of the greatest[Read More…]

Local Crews Dominate Snowdrop Rally Friday the 4th March saw the first round of the 1983 Dungannon Motor Club Rally Championship when forty-four crews turned up to tackle the Snowdrop Rally. Ken Colbert and Alistair Donaldson, the reigning club champions, led the field away from the start area at Magowan’s[Read More…]