Tag: Omagh

2023 Autotest Series – R6 Omagh

Superb Sixth Win for Stewartstown’s Steven This report is by Grace King, with photos by kind permission of Trevor Foster. Saturday 10th June saw the competitors from the McMillan Specialist Cars Northern Ireland Autotest Championship head to the Showgrounds in Omagh for the sixth round of their championship which was[Read More…]

1970 Syonfin

It has been established beyond reasonable doubt that the officials of the Omagh Motor Club have reached some kind of agreement with the powers that control the weather.

1969 Omagh Syonfin

SYONFIN A STAGGERING SUCCESS Report and Pictured by Esler Crawford, first published in MotorWeek 14 June, 1969. Last week-end the Omagh Motor Club Annual Rave-up took place. Probably in order to satisfy the R.A.C. this masquerades under the title of the “Player‘s No. 6 Hill Climb Championship of Ireland.” The[Read More…]

1982 Omagh Pre-Circuit

1982 Omagh Pre-Circuit Rally report from Eric Hamilton’s scrapbook. Original report source is unknown. Photos by David Smyth. O’Kane and Crawford take 1982 Championship Lead. Omagh Motor Club’s Pre-Circuit Rally was won last night by local crew Kevin O’Kane and Godfrey Crawford driving an Avenger.  O’Kane finished with a comfortable[Read More…]

1971 Omagh Scallon Cup

19 FELL BY THE WAYSIDE! Only 20 competitors out of 39 starters finished the Omagh Motor Club’s Scallon Cup Rally on Friday night, the final event in the Club’s motorsport season. The fact that 19 worthy competitors succumbed to the conditions, and the final make-up of the results, made it[Read More…]

1968 Omagh Pre-Circuit Rally

PRE-CIRCUIT RALLY 1968 Report by P.J. Winters as published in Rallyboy April 1968. Omagh Motor Club’s Pre-Circuit Rally attracted an entry of 40 cars, 10 of which were in the Experts class, 8 in Semi-Experts, and the remainder in the Novice Class.  Unfortunately, four were unable to take their place[Read More…]

1972 OMC Scallon Cup

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…]

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…]