Article reprinted from Autosport Magazine May 1965. DUNGANNON MOTOR CLUB MAY RALLY 1965 With the dust of the Circuit of Ireland just about settled, the less strenuous round of Summer rallies in Ulster started with a 75-mile navigation event organised by the Dungannon Motor Club. This attracted a good entry[Read More…]
Article reprinted from Autosport Magazine October 1966 1966 D.M.C. MOONRAKER RALLY The combination of Robert McBurney, Esler Crawford and VW-Porsche gained its first Ulster Championship win of the season by finishing 19 marks ahead of Des McCartney and Terry Harryman in a Mini-Cooper S in the Moonraker Rally, the fourth[Read More…]
This report is reproduced from Motoring News 10 February 1977.Report by Mike Greasley. Photos from the MN report plus some from Motorsport Yearbook as noted. ROGER CLARK SNATCHES GALWAY VICTORY IT was a very bad weekend for the sporting Irishmen. Whilst the rugby fanatics were drowning their sorrows in Dublin[Read More…]
This Article is reprinted from Motoring News 7 September 1978. MN Photos supplemented by photos from D. Smyth collection. TAYLOR ON TARGET DEREK BOYD AND FRED GALLAGHER so nearly provided Leyland with a gift of a win on last weekend‘s Belfast Telegraph Ulster Rally. That is until the Triumph TR7[Read More…]
Article reproduced from Autosport 11 December 1964 (Thanks to Fred Gallagher for the copy) DUNGANNON MOTOR CLUB Officials Rally Despite the name, the Dungannon Motor Club’s Officials’ Rally was not only for Officials but also for the usual “circus” and in fact consisted of two categories – one for expert[Read More…]
This article was reproduced from Carsport Magazine March 1983. 1982 CHAMPIONS OF NI MOTORSPORT Ulster International Rally winner Bertie Fisher was named as Northern Ireland‘s Motorsport Personality of the Year for 1982. The award, won by Fisher for the first time, was handed over at the Association of Northern Ireland[Read More…]
Article reproduced from Carsport Magazine July 1983 Report by Sammy Hamill, Photographs by Harold Moffett In truth, the 1983 Donegal International turned out to be a classic dish conjured up out of ingredients which had looked appetising to the discerning. There was no indication in the entry list that it would[Read More…]
This article is reproduced from Autosport Magazine 21 April 1977 with added photographs from Autosport 14 April and RallySport magazine May 1977. Brookes leads tough event throughout — Chequered Flag team improve greatly — Coleman onslaught hindered by mechanical problems — impressive drives by Ove Andersson and Will Sparrow —[Read More…]
FOR their June driving tests meeting the Dungannon M.C. moved from their usual venue at Cluntoe to that better-known airfield at Megaberry.
Report reproduced from Autosport Magazine 11 December 1964. Report by Beatty Crawford. DUNGANNON M.C. NIGHT RALLY Aided by torrential rain resulting in partially flooded roads which turned an already tough route into an uncleanable one, the Dungannon M.C.’s Night Rally was the sixth and probably the best yet event in[Read More…]
