Tag: Forest

1967 Northern Lights Rally

Mid-Antrim M.C. NORTHERN LIGHTS RALLYReport by Esler Crawford This report is reproduced from Wheel Magazine – March/April 1967 Restricted Rallies in Ulster continue to be on the up and up, while the trend is away from the smaller 50-100 mile events. This is probably due to a combination of four[Read More…]

1978 Permapost Rally

JUST WHAT THE VET ORDERED Enniskillen Motor Club can justifiably look back on the 1978 Permapost Rally and conclude that it has to have been one of the best forest rallies ever held in Northern Ireland.  The entry list had quality – Billy Coleman, Bertie Fisher, Ronnie McCartney, Ger Buckley,[Read More…]

1972 DunOmEn Rally

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…]

1973 CAM Rally

1973 Omagh Cam Rally McCartney and Scott “Career” to Cam Rally Victory. In Omagh Motor Club’s Championship CAM Rally on Saturday 15th September (1973), Ronnie McCartney and Peter Scott took their Porsche Carrera to victory, over one minute ahead of 1973 Championship leaders, David Agnew and Robert Harkness in their[Read More…]

1979 Newry Mourne Rally

Drama in Ireland as Kidney snatches win. Ernest Kidney and Nicky Moffett snatched a dramatic last stage win on Newry & District Motor Club’s Mourne Forests Rally on Saturday. This was the second round of the 1979 Goodyear Belfast Telegraph Ulster Stage Rally Championship and followed the newly devised format[Read More…]