Woodside Returns to Winning Ways at Springfling Targa. (By Grace Campbell) Despite their massive popularity, only one Mazda MX- 5 made it into the top five on Dungannon Motor Club’s annual Springfling Targa Rally, sponsored by Donnelly Group. Now widely regarded as one of the best events of this type,[Read More…]
Stewartstown’s Steven Ferguson took the win at the JRS sponsored DMC autotest at Loughry College on Saturday. Reigning NI Autotest Champion Paul Mooney was fastest on Test 1, with Ferguson only 0.5 seconds behind him but by the end of three tests, Ferguson was in the lead, and there he[Read More…]
Reprinted from MotorWeek March 7th 1970, Report and Pictures by Richard St. John Young Scanning and clean-up by Derek Smyth MERVYN JOHNSTON MAKES IT THREE IN A ROW. Ulster Driver wins the final round of 1969/70 Eire Championship. Last Saturday night, Mervyn Johnston proved a point very conclusively by winning[Read More…]
Article reprinted from MotorWeek March 14th 1970 Report and Photos by ESLER CRAWFORD Scanning of text and photos cleaned up by Derek Smyth “UNKNOWN” WINS THE SNOWDROP After some months without any navigation rallies, frustrated enthusiasts down Dungannon way got back into the swing of things last Friday night[Read More…]
Reproduced from MotorWeek 14 February 1970. Report and pictures by Richard St. John Young. Text and Images scanned and cleaned up by Derek Smyth. JOHNSTON SHINES ON STAR-STUDDED EVENT Thanks to a goodly slice of sponsorship from Harp Lager, last Saturday’s Circuit of Galway, held over 140 miles of special[Read More…]
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…]
Mooney The Targa Dominator! Damien Mooney and his navigator Tony Anderson pulled off a totally dominant performance at the Ballynahinch Autumn Lanes Targa Rally on 11th November. Driving his usual Citroen Saxo, he set the fastest time on the first test and then led the event all the way to[Read More…]
MOONEY TAKES LOUGHGALL TARGA After winning the Dungannon Motor Club Moonraker Rally a few weeks ago, Damien Mooney and Tony Anderson showed that they can do it on Targa Rally as well and were delighted winners at the North Armagh Ballylisk Car Sales Rally in Loughgall. Monsoon rain through the[Read More…]
Tyrone’s Mooney Helps N.I. Team to another Ken Wharton Success. Reigning Northern Ireland Autotest Champion, Paul Mooney, helped the Northern Ireland team to yet another win at the 2017 Ken Wharton Memorial Autotest Competition. He didn’t make it easy for himself though, with a pylon fault on the very first[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…]
