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Hawes are N.I. Nav Champions 2015

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…]

ADC Turkingtons Autotest

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…]

1982 Moonraker

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…]

M-Benz Truck & Van Moonraker

  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…]

1967 Moonraker

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…]

DMC History (up to 1970)

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…]