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…]
BRILLIANT sunshine, spectators in their thousands, and a top class entry of 50 Crews were the recipe for the 1984 Burmah Rally, which took place in Lurgan Public Park. It was a recipe that Bertie Law seemed to enjoy fully, for the Ulsterman achieved a fine victory in his 2.6[Read More…]
This report is a combination of two newspaper articles, pieced together to make a single story! Seventy Compete in Moonraker Rally Dungannon Motor Club’s Moonraker Rally, the fourth round of the 1979 Northern Ireland Road Rally Championship, got underway despite worries that fuel shortages would impact the event. Despite that,[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…]
Fred Wins after last event drama. This report appeared in Belfast Telegraph on 22 February 1979. In a dramatic last-event turnaround, Fred Crawford, navigated by Drew Todd, came from behind to win the Universities Road Rally Championship. Crawford had been in third place after the first three rounds but victory[Read More…]
1969 Jack Frost Rally This summary is reproduced form Autosport, January 24, 1969 The 1969 Ulster Rally Championship got off to an early start on Friday January 17 with a new event, the Belfast Bangor and Newtownards Motor Club’s Jack Frost Rally. The 240-mile predominantly navigational route on OS Maps[Read More…]
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…]
This report is reproduced from Motoring News 21st September 1978. Leyland TR7 Strikes Again! TONY POND made no mistakes to win last weekend’s Mopar (State aided!) Manx International Rally for Leyland (State aided!!). The only other driver able to stay with the TR7 V8 was Hannu Mikkola who was just[Read More…]
