Jonny McMullan: Hoping To Cross The Pond for 2013!
December 24, 2012 by Jonny McMullan
A mix of highs and lows in FF1600 in 2012, the aim for 2013 is to move to the USA! Photo: Raceline Photography
In 2012 for the second year we were going to be driving the NI Radiator Services Mondiale 89s in the Northern Ireland Formula Ford 1600 Championship! From a very good end to the 2011 season we went into the new season feeling confident about the year ahead! It started well and in March at the first round we started the new season with a bang winning... [Read more...]
John Kenny: Damien Faulkner back in full-time motorsport
Donegal’s Damien Faulkner, something of the “forgotten man” of Irish motorsport, is back in full-time motorsport having completed his comeback season in the USA. The Donegal man has secured a full time contract to race in the 2013 American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Faulkner, 35, has a huge racing pedigree and has multiple international titles... [Read more...]
Dempsey Engages in Walter Hayes Trophy to Seek Record-Breaking Victory
November 6, 2012 by Mandy Skinner
Peter Dempsey battling at the famous Walter Hayes Trophy event in Silverstone last weekend. Photo: peterdempsey.com
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, UK (November 5, 2012) – Though it’s the off-season for most, Firestone Indy Lights driver Peter Dempsey spent this weekend at U.K.’s renowned Silverstone Circuit where he engaged in the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy to seek his fourth, record-breaking victory in the event. The Irishman returned to his Formula... [Read more...]
Martin Brady: Right Hand Driven – Continuing Rally adventures from the right seat!
September 22, 2012 by Martin Brady
Martin in the Mitsubishi Evo with Tingwu Song in just one of the many rallies he's taken part in this season
In the midst of an ever busy juggling session of rallying, working and travelling to either I made time to check in as usual on motorsport.ie and check how my fellow Irish were doing flying the flag abroad and it suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t been sharing any stories for a long period now. Not that it was a lack of mileage that stifled my stories... [Read more...]
Weekend Wrap-Up from Baltimore: Dempsey Achieves Top-Five Finish in Race
September 5, 2012 by Mandy Skinner
Dempsey wrapped up the weekend at the second annual Baltimore Grand Prix with a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s race
Baltimore, Md. (September 3, 2012) – Peter Dempsey wrapped up the weekend at the second annual Baltimore Grand Prix with a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s race. The Firestone Indy Lights driver qualified 12th after facing multiple setbacks in the preceding practice and qualifying sessions but come race day, he refocused on achieving a solid finish... [Read more...]
Irish Racer Peter Dempsey Travels to Baltimore for Penultimate Season Event
August 30, 2012 by Mandy Skinner
Dempsey will race in the penultimate event of the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights season
Chicago, Ill. (August 29, 2012) – Irish racecar driver Peter Dempsey will travel to Baltimore, Maryland this weekend for the penultimate Firestone Indy Lights race of the season. Following a tremendous turnout last year, the series is returning to the two mile, 12 turn street course for the second ever Grand Prix of Baltimore event. Dempsey, 26, conquered... [Read more...]
Martin Brady: Rally tales from a Ski resort, in 30degree heat
July 16, 2012 by Martin Brady
Martin on the notes with Tingwu Song in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Not the obvious place you might think for a July rally, but then again I haven’t found much obvious about the motorsport paths over here in the good old USA. This week I find myself in the “Sunday River Grand Summit Resort”… on a Wednesday for a recce and it’s a ski resort in 30 degree heat and I cant ski even if there was snow. Although... [Read more...]
