Motorsport Ireland Fixtures 20/21 April 2013
DATE: 20/21.4.13 CLUB: Leinster MC EVENT: Weekend Sporting Trial VENUE: Moneystown, Ashford, Co Wicklow START TIME: Sat 11.30, Sun 11.30 Event Secretary: Ben Deithrick ph: 086-1675724 DATE: 20/21.4.13 CLUB: Galway MC/Clare MC EVENT: Hillclimb/Sprint (HC) POSTPONED DATE: 21.4.13 CLUB: Co Monaghan MC EVENT: Stages Rally (SR) VENUE: HQ: Hillgrove Hotel,... [Read more...]
Motorsport Ireland Fixtures 30/31 March 2013
DATE: 30.3.13 CLUB: Ulster AC EVENT: Easter Stages Rally (TROA) CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS DATE: 31.3.13 CLUB: Connacht MC EVENT: Autocross (LS) VENUE: Saehan Media Factory, Hazelwood, Sligo START TIME: 11.00 Event Secretary: Sean Hannigan ph: 087-9853280 DATE: 31.3.13 CLUB: Irish Karting Club EVENT: Kart Race Meeting (KC) VENUE: Whiteriver... [Read more...]
Motorsport Ireland Fixtures 9/10 March 2013
DATE: 9/10.3.13 CLUB: Co Monaghan MC EVENT: Navigation Trial (NT) VENUE: Acorn Centre, Newbliss, Co Monaghan START TIME: 21.30 Event Secretary: Cora Maguire ph: 086-3627000 DATE: 10.3.13 CLUB: Munster Kart Club EVENT: Kart Race Meeting (KC) VENUE: Kartworld, Watergrasshill, Co Cork START TIME: 09.15 Event Secretary: Michelle Edwards ph: 087-9582779 DATE:... [Read more...]
Weekend Results for 16/17 February 2013
WEEKEND RESULTS for 16/17 February 2013 CO MONAGHAN M C AUTOTEST AT SWANS CROSS, CO MONAGHAN (ROUND 11 OF HEWISON TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP): 1 Paddy Power (Mini Moke) 645.5s, 2 Daniel Byrne (Mini) 651.7s, 3 Mark King (Nova) 653.0s, 4 Norman Ferguson (Mini) 653.4s, 5 David Thompson (Nova) 658.4s, 6 J J Farrell (Mini) 663.3s, 7 Robin Lyons (Mini) 665.0s, 8... [Read more...]
Motorsport Ireland Fixtures for 16/17 February 2013
February 13, 2013 by Paul Phelan
Motorsport Ireland Fixtures for 16/17 February 2013
DATE: 16.2.13 CLUB: Donegal MC EVENT: Closed Mini Stages Rally VENUE: HQ: Ballyliffin Hotel, Ballyliffin, Co Donegal START TIME: 09.45 Event Secretary: Laura Fuery ph: 087-6646002 DATE: 16/17.2.13 CLUB: Cork MC EVENT: 4×4 Trial VENUE: Rockgrove, Coachford, Co Cork START TIME: 11.00 Event Secretary: Kathleen O’Shea ph: 086-8308250 DATE: 16.2.13 CLUB:... [Read more...]
F1 heats up Birmingham
January 13, 2013 by Autosport International
Large crowd's have attended Autosport International 2013
Temperatures in the UK may have plummeted, but the combination of horsepower, stars and cars warmed up the attending fans in an exciting celebration of motorsport during the 23rd Autosport International show. Tens of thousands of motorsport fans flocked to Birmingham’s NEC as the public element of Europe’s biggest motorsport show got underway. The... [Read more...]
Kirkistown News December 2012
December 26, 2012 by Ian Lynas
Philip Shields will be hard to beat in 2013
Philip Shields broke the lap record at Kirkistown this season in his fantastic Breezemount Motorsport GP2, can he further that advantage in 2013? Photo: Raceline Photography
Regulations are now available for the 500 MRCI Single Venue Rally which takes place at Kirkistown circuit on Saturday 19 January 2013 and the good news, entry fees are pegged at the 2012 rate. The event will be held over six stages all within the confines of Kirkistown circuit. Regulations can be obtained from the website: www.kirkistown.com or by telephone:... [Read more...]
World First For Irish Karting
December 5, 2012 by Tony Gregory
Charlie Eastwood put himself in the history books as Ireland's first Karting World Champion winning the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Final in Portugal
Irish Motorsport is celebrating its second world championship in as many weeks, but it is Karting in the spot light this time through young Irish karter Charlie Eastwood becoming Ireland’s first Karting World Champion. The Belfast based 17 year old who attends Aquinas Grammar School was competing in the 125 max senior class at The Rotax Max Challenge... [Read more...]
Superstar Irish Karter Coffey to compete in Bahrain
November 8, 2012 by Declan Lee
Nicole will be jetting off to Bahrain to take part in the CIK / FIA Karting Academy Trophy after a successful end to the Irish Karting Championship recently
The Princess of Irish motorsport, Nicole Coffey, heads to Bahrain this weekend to compete in the CIK / FIA Karting Academy Trophy. Coffey may only be 14-years-old but she is starting to make big waves in Irish motorsport. At the recent Irish Karting Awards she came home with trophies for the All Ireland Karting Championship, the Munster Karting Club... [Read more...]
Nicole Coffey: OMG AGAIN! I won the SKC, the MKC and the IKC ‘Young Driver of the Year’. What a year!
October 30, 2012 by Nicole Coffey
Nicole has had a hugely successful season but its not over yet as she jets off to Bahrain in a couple of weeks for the final CIK-FIA Academy Trophy round
I attended the Karting Awards on Friday night and I was delighted. As well as receiving amazing trophies for 1st place in the Munster Karting Club Championship, 1st place in the the Southern Karting Club Championship and 2nd place in the Motorsport Ireland Championship, I was also awarded The Irish Karting Club’s ‘Young Driver of the Year’! On... [Read more...]
