McCartney’s Triumph 2.5PI Wins This report by Brian Foley is reproduced from Auto Ireland Magazine No2 1972. Out of a field that included all the top names in Irish rallying, the McCartney Brothers from Larne came through with flying colours to score a popular and extremely well deserved victory in[Read More…]
CURLEY AGAIN ON TEXACO RALLY Cahal Curley took his BMW 2002 Ti to his fourth successive win on July 1, 1972 when, with Austin Frazer, he won the Larne Motor Club’s RAC Championship Texaco Rally by nearly two minutes from the RS1600 of Sean Campbell and Brendan McConville. With this[Read More…]
Armstrong/McFarland Win Scallon Cup. This article is reproduced from Wheels Magazine 24 October 1972 Winners of Omagh Motor Club Scallon Cup rally, run over a demanding and compact route contained within a 10 mile radius of Omagh, were local men Ashley Armstrong and Ian McFarland with a loss of 10[Read More…]
Change of luck for Hadden. This report is reproduced from Autosport Feb 3rd, 1972. Cookstown and DMC Flying Wheels Rally saw Oliver Hadden’s luck change when, with Peter Scott on the maps, he took his Broadspeed Escort TC to his first win for quite a while. Escorts took equal second[Read More…]
Adrian Boyd Wins Dun-Om-En. This article is reproduced from Wheels Magazine The Dun-om-en – it’s the name of the rally – took place on Saturday 21st, October, 1972 and started in the middle of the night. At least it seemed like that, with a start at the Dungannon end of[Read More…]
