Dungannon Motor Club got 2016 off to a flying start with an Open Night at the Dungannon Rugby Club on Wednesday 3rd February. As well as the regular active Club Members, there were plenty of new faces making an appearance to see what the Club is all about. There were[Read More…]
Adrian Hetherington has Cracking Icebreaker. In the first Forest Stage Rally of 2016, Donaghmore driver Adrian Heatherington, co-driven by Aughnacloy’s Cathal Mulgrew, took a fantastic fourth place overall, and top two-wheel-drive on the Mid-Antrim Motor Club Icebreaker Rally. The event was won by rally legend Kenny McKinstry in one of[Read More…]
Targa Rally Fans in Christmas Slump! It is over 4 weeks since the last Targa Rally at Magherafelt, and thanks to this huge gap in the motorsport calendar, it looks like Club Rally Drivers are going to have to resort to Christmas shopping. The next event is not until the[Read More…]
Local Crews Dominate Snowdrop Rally Friday the 4th March saw the first round of the 1983 Dungannon Motor Club Rally Championship when forty-four crews turned up to tackle the Snowdrop Rally. Ken Colbert and Alistair Donaldson, the reigning club champions, led the field away from the start area at Magowan’s[Read More…]
Hawes are NI Champions but Night Navigation Rallies are in Crisis. The 2015 Northern Ireland Navigation Rally Champions are Cousins Leslie and Gareth Hawe from Ballygawley. Little did they know that after winning the first three rounds of the 2015 series, there would only be one more round in the[Read More…]
Paul over the Moon at ADC Autotest. Coagh driver Paul Mooney took a convincing win at the end-of-year ADC test at Turkington’s Yard in Portadown. A fantastic twenty five entries signed on for this final event of the 2015 year, organised by the Autotest Drivers Club of Northern Ireland. The[Read More…]
Reprint of a Tyrone Courier report by Jarlath Hughes, published on 22nd September 1982. Ken Colbert and Allister Donaldson asserted their authority on Friday night by winning the Moonraker Rally, and in the process clinching the Dungannon Motor Club Road Rally Championship. After the first two rounds earlier in the[Read More…]
The Tyrone lanes aren’t the only bends competitors will encounter on this years Moonraker Navigation Rally. Mercedes-Benz Truck and Van (Dungannon) have come on-board with Dungannon Motor Club to ensure this year’s N.I. Championship event is a success. Entries are already flowing in to the Secretary of the Meeting,[Read More…]
RALLYBOY MOONRAKES ! A re-print of a report in 1967 by Ronnie Trouton. The Dungannon Motor Club Ltd. held their event to count towards the 1967 Ulster Rally Championship on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September 1967. The restricted rally covered 292 miles of straightforward navigation with no ticks, on[Read More…]
Dungannon Motor Club – The Beginnings (Up to 1970) The Club was formed at a meeting of interested parties in the Castle Cafe, Dungannon, on Thursday 25 March 1954, with James Shiells as Chairman and J.C.W. Simpson as Honorary Secretary. At this meeting, a committee was chosen to draw up[Read More…]
