Tag: Autotest

1970 Northern MC Tests

Northern tests to Woodside. This report is reproduced from Motorweek, 11th of April 1970, and report and pictures are by Esler Crawford. With the Gallagher Circuit of Ireland still a talking point, motor sport took a quieter and less spectacular form last Saturday when the Northern Motor Club organised a[Read More…]

1968 Inter-Province TV Trial

MGCC IRISH CENTRE / RTE MC – INTER-PROVINCIAL TV TRIAL This report by Brian Foley appeared in Autosport, 15 March 1968 IRELAND’S first Inter-Provincial Trial was held last Saturday, with seven driving tests laid out in the grounds of the RTE Studios at Montrose, Dublin. Television audiences throughout Ireland saw[Read More…]

1966 Ken Wharton Trophy

CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE IRISH This report by Eamonn Cotter is reproduced from Wheel Magazine November 1967 SATURDAY, October 29th was a great day for Irish motor sport, with Irish drivers winning every award in the BBC/TV, Ken Wharton Memorial Trophy, Driving Tests, held at the Wrottesley Hall Country Club,[Read More…]

1966 Driving Test Championship

Lucas and Boyd share Hopkirk Trophy This report by Esler Crawford is reproduced from Wheel Magazine, October 1966. DURING the past month, the final two rounds of the Northern Ireland Driving Test Championship have taken place and the destination of the Hopkirk Trophy decided. Taking into account the results of[Read More…]