1969 UAC Bangor Tests
10th September 2026
Leslie Vard won the Dun Laoghaire car trial
After four runs over test two he was up to second place behind arch-rival Peter Grimes, and at the end of all 12 tests was winner by just a tenth under four seconds.
AS is now usual in U.A.C. rallies, the 1965 Winter Rally was divided into two sections with an easy first stage.
For their Winter Rally on the afternoon and evening of 11th January 1964, Ulster Automobile Club introduced the rather novel idea of dividing the event into two quite distinct sections.
Four of the seven events counting towards the 1966-67 Eire Rally Championship have now been run off, and at this stage the leader is reigning champion Noel Smith.
Campbell and Lyons’ intense duel: McCartney is NI Champion.
The Ulster Automobile Club’s Crocus Driving Tests which took place on 18th February in a quarry near Ballygowan
THE “Tullyhommon Flyer” Mervyn Johnston and co-driver Paul Phelan, from Dublin, are the 1970 Ulster Rally champions which was confirmed with victory in the Queen’s Winter Rally.
Ballina Motor Club’s Single Stage Rally on 4.11.84 was lost rather than won on the first of three runs over the five mile stage.
Eire man wins Circuit of Ireland rally.
Ballymena “boy” best Ulster driver.