2026 DMC Championship Autotest
3rd August 2026
This is for news about DMC and what is happening at a club level.
MAD Targa in Davagh Snow. Snow and Ice greeted competitors at the early-morning Shepherd’s Rest start of the Magherafelt and District (MAD) Motor Club Targa Rally. As it turned out, once inside the forest, the snow would not be a major factor in the final results, and Robert Woodside Jr,[Read More…]
Eamonn “Byrnes” the Rest in BAD Rally. There was nothing “BAD” about Eamonn Byrne’s win on the Ballynahinch And District’s Autumn Lanes Rally. Eight fastest times out of the nineteen tests saw him lead the rally from Test 2 to the finish and was never threatened during the day. Partnered[Read More…]
Dungannon Motor Club Thanks Local Supporters Dungannon Motor Club held a social evening to recognise the contribution made by local landowners, businesses, and key marshals for their contribution to the success of the Club’s recent events. Without such support over the years, the Autotests and Rallies wouldn’t have been as[Read More…]
Normal Woodside Service Resumed at Loughgall Targa. Robert Woodside Jr and Bruce Drummond arrived back on the Targa Rally scene at Loughgall and stamped their authority on the event. Mark Faulkner and Aly Coyle might have been fastest on the first test, but once he got into his stride on[Read More…]
Evans Snatches UAC Targa Victory By Just 3 Seconds. The Ulster Automobile Club ran their Equinox Targa Rally at the weekend and it was Wicklow drivers at the top of the timesheet yet again. Christopher Evans and Kevin Fagan came out tops by just 3 seconds from Eamonn Byrne,[Read More…]
Patterson Splits Wicklow Pair at Cookstown Targa Rally. Wicklow driver Chris Evans, with Kevin Fagan navigating, led from start to finish on the Cookstown Motor Club A29 Targa Rally in their Mazda MX5. Hot on their heels all day were Dungannon’s Eric Patterson and Raymond Donaldson, also in a Mazda[Read More…]
Mooney Takes Championship Win Coagh driver Paul Mooney went into the last round of the Sam Bowden Garage Services Autotest Championship with a slender 2 point lead over season-long rival Paul Blair. The final event in the series was held in the grounds of Loughry College and attracted 23 drivers[Read More…]
Sponsor Trevor Falloon himself presented the trophies at the end of the Dungannon Motor Club Moonraker Rally. The buzz among competitors who had completed the event was unlike anything we have seen in a long time for a navigation Rally. While the club had arranged four reasonably challenging sections of[Read More…]
Dubliner Christopher Evans, navigated by Kevin Fagan, took his Mazda MX5 to a narrow victory over Robert Woodside Jr and Bruce Drummond at the North Ulster Car Club’s first Targa Rally on 9th July 2016. The event was based in Garvagh, and for a first-time event for the[Read More…]
Mooney Keeps Championship Title Hopes Alive. Coagh driver Paul Mooney might not have been the outright winner at the Omagh Motor Club Autotest, but second overall still keeps him in with a shout for the 2016 title. A close battle all day with Peter Grimes came down to who would[Read More…]