Strykers Set for 2013

February 24, 2013 by Brian Kingston  

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Irish Strykers are confident of strong 2013 season- but can anyone beat 4 time champion Watkins?

Now entering it’s 15th season, the Irish Stryker Championship is continuing it’s resurgence as the clubman racing class of choice in Ireland.  Committee members Paul Yeomans and ex-Octane.ie members Keith Drofla and Brian Kingston have been ploughing time into the class in the off season and are very excited about the forthcoming year. ... [Read more...]

Cregor’s Video of the Week!

January 23, 2013 by Cregor Elliott  

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The longest short race ever!

The longest short race ever! Irish Formula Vee Race, Anglesey Wales, 4 July 2009 The Irish Vees visited Anglesey for a double header in July ’09 and Saturdays race was bizarre to say the least. Officially it was one of the shortest races I’ve ever seen while unofficially one of the longest due to rain, and incidents up at Radar corner. The... [Read more...]

Cregor’s Video of the Week!

January 1, 2013 by Cregor Elliott  

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Near Miss!

This weeks video comes from 2002 when the Vees visited Anglesey for their annual visit to the UK, and while it looks fairly hairy it scared the living daylights out of me. I used to do a separate intro to the video in those days and was always looking for something different for each meeting. I think it was Jimmy Lyons that lent me his goped for the... [Read more...]

Mark Twomey: It’s an Addiction

October 6, 2012 by Mark Twomey  

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The collection of Global GT front wing's that largely stayed in one piece! Photo: Mark Twomey

So after the Leinster Trophy meeting in Mondello the season was over. It all goes by too quickly. Reflecting on the season, on one hand it was my worst ever having never set foot on the podium all year, however on the other hand it was quite good my driving had improved considerably, I had managed to get consistant lap times and I got to race on the... [Read more...]

Barry-John McHenry: My return to Anglesey

July 5, 2012 by Barry-John McHenry  

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Barry-John's car always look great preapred by Kellett Motorsport. Photo: Con Connolly

After two years the Dunlop Abarths returned to Anglesey in Wales where I had the biggest crash of my career back in 2010. This year I was keen to make amends for my lack of wins this season and was full of confidence in my Tom Kane Recovery backed car. After a single test session it was onto qualifying and pole position was anyones with the top 4 all... [Read more...]

Brennan and Greaney do the Welsh double

June 27, 2012 by Paul Healy  

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John Greaney took a pair of fine victories in the Touring class in therace2race.com Honda Integra. Photo: Darren Fawcett

Phil Brennan in his rapid BMW M3. Photo: Darren Fawcett Philip Brennan and Jonathon Greaney have taken commanding leads in their respective classes having done the double at the Yokohama Irish Touring Car Championships annual visit to the Anglesey Circuit on the Welsh coast. Brennan now leads the Super Touring class from Gareth Hayden with early championship... [Read more...]