1969 UAC Bangor Tests
10th September 2026
Hellfire to Smith/Foott in Cooper S. This report is reproduced from Autosport Magazine 25 December 1969. MONDELLO PARK, Eire’s racing circuit, was the busy scene for the 10pm start of the Leinster Motor Club’s Hellfire Rally, the fourth round of the national rally championship, on Saturday, December 6. Special attraction[Read More…]
This report is reproduced from Motoring News Wednesday, June 26, 1985. Coleman still king AUSTIN McHALE’S jinx remains unbroken. He has still to beat Billy Coleman. After a superb battle that lasted throughout the rally, the rapid Dubliner took second on the Shell Donegal Rally, finishing just one second behind[Read More…]
Tostal Trial – Saturday, 26th June, 1965. Story & pictures by Brian Foley This report is reprinted from Irish Motor and Watersports Vol5 No4 (1965) Apart from the Hewison Final, to win the Motor Enthusiasts’ Club’s Tostal Trial is the biggest thing in a trials drivers career. This year’s Tostal[Read More…]
This report is reproduced from “Irish Motor & Water Sport”, May 1963. Story and pictures by Brian Foley On Monday, March 18th, eighteen-year-old Stephen Griffin won the Hewison Final by the narrowest of narrow margins from Seamus Griffin, the man who held the Hewison Trophy for the last three years[Read More…]