Roscrea’s Nicole Drought to Drive 1989 Team Ireland Chevrolet Lumina in Mondello Park

Roscrea racer Nicole Drought is set to take the wheel of the 1989 Team Ireland Chevrolet Lumina NASCAR at the Carole Nash Historic Festival in Mondello Park next Sunday. Drought has previously driven the Lola T70 – Chevrolet and the C86 from the Martin Birrane Collection in demonstrations and is looking forward to the prospect […]

Tipperary Man Named Young Racing Driver Of The Month

Rob Parks Junior from Ballina, Co Tipperary, has been selected as the Young Racing Driver of the Month for September. The 16 year-old took a win and a second place in the Ginetta Junior races at the Leinster Trophy meeting at Mondello Park to score his fourth victory of the year. Combined with his other […]

Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup

Double champion Derek Tohill got his bid for a hat trick off to a good start by dominating yesterday’s opening round of the Parts for Cars National Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park, once again beating regular rival Noel Greene into second place. Tohill led his fellow Dubliner in the heats to start the Supercar Final […]

Motorsport Ireland Weekend Round-up

Former double National Rally champion Declan Boyle took a comfortable victory in the opening round of this year’s Triton Showers series by bringing his Ford Fiesta home 37 seconds clear of the nearest opposition in the Achill Island Hotel-Connacht Print and Signs Mayo Stages Rally yesterday. The Donegal driver and his new Monaghan partner James […]

Tipperary driver Pat O’Connell wins MEC Rallysprint at Mondello Park

Tipperary driver Pat O’Connell drove his Lancer Evo 9 to a comfortable win in yesterday’s MEC Rallysprint at Mondello Park, finishing the three runs 27 seconds clear of his nearest challenger, Alan Smyth, in a Suzuki Swift. Jason Roche took third place overall, with Graham Kelly heading a close three way battle for fourth position. […]

Six Hour Ford Fiesta Endurance Race

In a thrilling finish, Donegal sports car ace Damien Faulkner yesterday drove the Southside Motor Factors car to a split-second win in the Six Hour Ford Fiesta Endurance Race at Mondello Park, just six tenths of a second ahead of the first of the Murray Motorsport cars after more than 300 miles of racing. Faulkner, […]

Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup

Former Hewison Autotest champion Sam Bowden made a rare appearance in the TDC Howard Wilde Memorial event at Mondello Park yesterday and proved that he can still take on the current crop of drivers. After twelve tests, Bowden drove a much modified Mini Special to a clear win, setting the pace from the start, and […]