Mid-West presents bid to host World Rally Championship 2025

The Mid-West Region’s bid to host the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2025 will be presented to officials from the WRC Promoters and Motorsport Ireland at Limerick Racecourse this Thursday. The Patrickswell venue has been put forward by the Limerick Motor Club in association with the Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau as the base […]

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

There was heartbreak for Ireland’s Callum Devine shortly before the finish of Vodafone Rally Portugal yesterday just as the Derry driver looked all set to take runner up position in the Junior section of this World Rally Championship round. The 23 year old current holder of the Young Rally Driver of the Year title, and […]

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 […]

Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup

Monaghan’s Sam Moffett kept his unbeaten record in this year’s Triton Showers National Rally Championship to clinch his first National title in Sligo yesterday. His sixth win in a row leaves him in an unbeatable position with two rounds still to come, with his Fiesta finishing a convincing minute and a half ahead of the […]

Motorport Ireland Weekend Roundup – Moffett Masters Midlands

Monaghan’s Sam Moffett was again out on his own in yesterday’s second round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, with his Fiesta WRC leading the Midland MC’s Longford Arms Hotel event based on Longford town from start to finish to take a comfortable victory, more than a minute ahead of his closest challengers. Moffett […]

Tipperaryman Dominates Triton Showers National Rally Championship

  Monaghan’s former Young Rally Driver of the Year Sam Moffett dominated yesterday’s opening round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, with his Fiesta WRC leading the Birr MC’s Abbey Court Hotel event at Nenagh from start to finish in treacherous conditions. Moffett and his co-driver James Fulton headed the high class field on […]

Christmas Greetings From Motorsport Ireland

As the season winds down I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support that you have shown Motorsport in Ireland over the last year. The coverage we have received has been fantastic and has contributed in no small way to greater numbers attending events throughout the country and more […]

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. […]

Outstanding Motorsport Achievement Awards Announced

The winners of the Dunlop Sexton Trophy, the prestigious Billy Coleman Award and the International Driver of the Year have been announced at the Dunlop Motorsport Ireland Awards Ceremony in Dublin. The Billy Coleman Award for the Young Rally Driver of the Year went to 22-year-old Kerry native, Robert Duggan, who narrowly beat runners up […]

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