2026 DMC Championship Autotest
3rd August 2026
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Fred Crawford and Drew Todd were 1980 Rally Champions.
Last weekend (14th and 15th August 1976) there were two rallies in Ireland, The Bushwhacker and Wexford Rallies.
Winners were Cathal Curley/Austin Frazer (Autoextra-powered BMW2002) after a terrific battle with the luckless Billy Coleman/Dan O’Suilleabhain.
The Hagley & District Light Car Club promote annually a series of driving tests for a trophy named after Ken Wharton, to be competed for by regional teams.
1959 Hagley and District Light Car Club Meeting Won by Ulster Team.
These snippets are reproduced from Ulster Motorist Magazine, August 1965.
The 1965 Ken Wharton TV driving tests Organized by the Hagley & D.L.C.C.
With over one hundred and fifty entries, this year’s Donegal Motor Club, Harvest Stages Rally returned to its last year’s venue, The Fleets Inn, Downings.
In the two-day Bowmaker Circuit of Munster, organised by the Limerick Motor Club, Charlie Gunn overcame the jinx which has made him a non-finisher in four out of the last five years, by winning with a healthy margin from Ronnie McCartney.
POOLE WINS JACK FROST RALLY
This report is reproduced from `MotorWeek dated January 28, 1969. The report is by Richard St. John Young, and photos by both Richard and Esler Crawford.