Fifth Place in the season opener for Kalinecki

The first round of The British Rallycross Championship was held at the famous Lydden Hill circuit on March 16th/17th and reigning Retro Rallycross champions Sportchip.ie were back to defend their title.  Their distinctive Lancia Delta Integrale had received a full rebuild at their Dublin base and was resplendant in its new white livery. Conditions... [Read more...]

Unlucky day for the Sportchip.ie Team

Round three of the Irish Rallycross Championship turned out to be unlucky for both drivers in Sportchip.ie Team. It initially started very well for John Kelly in the Mitsubishi Evo 7 winning the first heat, but unfortunately in the second heat the gearbox let go, making it impossible to continue and forcing him to withdraw from the event. Grzegorz Kalinecki... [Read more...]

Double Trouble with Sportchip lineup

John Kelly had a comfortable win last round with mechanical gremlins hampering others in the supercar class, the Longfordman was largely unchallenged by the field on the day. Going into the 25th John Kelly is joined by Sportchip’s Grzegorz Kalinecki fresh from his victory in the UK Retro Rallycross Championship with the ultra quick Lancia Delta.... [Read more...]

60 seconds with Grzegorz Kalinecki

Name: Grzegorz Kalinecki Age: 43 Occupation: Mechanic Road Car: Iveco van Grzegorz on the top step of the podium! Photo: myrally.ie Dream Road Car: Audi RS3 Race Car: Lancia Delta HF Integrale Dream Race Car: Lancia Delta S5 Group B or Audi S1 Group B Race of My Life: Race of Champions 2001 in Poland Biggest Supporter: My girlfriend Marlena Other Interests:... [Read more...]

First title for Kalinecki as Driver of the Year 2012 in British Retro Rallycross

As Motorsport.ie readers will know, The Irish based Polish Sportchip.ie Rallycross team have been doing really well in the new for 2012 MSA Retro Rallycross series in the UK. The team went to the final round of the series last weekend in Croft with a strong chance of taking the outright title. when the chequered flag waved at the end of the Final, the... [Read more...]

Double Victory for the Sportchip Team!

The Sportchip.ie team had a wonderful weekend at round three of the British Retro Rallycross Champion at Pembrey on October the 7th. Grzergorz, driving his distinctive Delta Integrale managed his first ourright win in the series, and with round 1 of the Irish Rallycross Championship being run at the same meeting, he also took the honours in that too!... [Read more...]

Sportchip.ie Lancia takes on British Retro Rallycross

The Lancia closes in on the historic Porsche Powered Beetle. Photo: sportchip.ie Polish born, Irish based, Grzegorz Kalinceki is currently competing in the new British Retro Rallycross series in his Lancia Delta Integrale. Grzegorz has owned the Integrale for almost twenty years. When he originally bought the car, he rebuilt it and ran it in the Polish... [Read more...]