Tag: Rally

1984 Ulster Rally

1984 Ulster Rally This report is reproduced from Belfast Telegraph and Ireland’s Saturday Night publications by Sammy Hamill. IT’S JUST A WALTZ FOR ROHRL “Walter’s Waltz” or “Rohrl’s Romp”?  Call it what you will, but the 1984 Rentatruck Ulster International Rally was a dashing and decisive triumph for Germany’s former[Read More…]

1980 Maiden City Valentine

PREVIEW Logan in bogey position. By Sammy Hamill Whiteabbey garage owner Jimmy Logan and his co-driver Derek Ervine moved up to take their turn at the head of the Northern Ireland Road Rally Championship field for tomorrow night’s second round of the 1980 series, the Maiden City Motor Club Valentine[Read More…]

1980 Omagh Pre-Circuit

Omagh Motor Club Pre-Circuit Preview The motorsport action starts tonight with the Omagh Motor Club‘s fourth round of the Northern Ireland road rally series. The entry list is headed by the Escort RS2000 of John Jones who has former champion navigator Mike Hart, a local expert, alongside him. Robert Copeland[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…]

1968 Scallon Cup Rally

1968 Scallon Cup Rally PREVIEW – 13 September 1968 Tyrone Constitution: Scallon Cup may have entry of 60 Friday and Saturday herald the start of the rally season in the Omagh area with the Scallon Cup Restricted event. This is the big rally of the year in West Ulster and[Read More…]