Monaghan Restricted Single Stage Rally - 29 Sept 02
Posted: September 30, 2002 10:03 AM - 13938 Hits
Philip Shaw/Herbie Blackburn take narrow win
The Trackrod Rally - 28-29 Sept 02
Posted: September 29, 2002 12:05 PM - 9225 Hits
Round 7 - 2002 Pirelli British Rally Championship
Johnny Milner wins the British Championship after Justin Dale retired on SS2 with a blown engine
Bushwhacker Rally - 27-28 Sept 02
Posted: September 27, 2002 4:45 PM - 10407 Hits
Thanks to Isaac Busby & Sammy Hammill
Rally based @ Molly Sweeney's in Omagh. Scrutiny on Thurs night & Fri
a'noon.
Rally starts 6pm Friday for 3 stages, a double use
spectator stage @ Moffats quarry near Drumquin & the 6-mile Glegawna stage at Gortin.
Dungannon Motor Club Moonraker Rally
Posted: September 26, 2002 4:05 PM - 4114 Hits
Round 5, ANICC Navigation Rally Championship
Thanks to Patrick McCollum
Results
SAFETY REVIEW GROUP REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2002
Posted: September 25, 2002 3:01 PM - 5606 Hits
Report as published on www.motorsportireland.com
Safety has always been of paramount importance in Irish Motorsport. It is vital if our sport is to continue to flourish that safety standards are not alone maintained but in fact improved.
Safety extends to everyone involved in the sport from competitors and officials to the media and spectators. We can never be too vigilant.
Earlier this year there were a number of accidents that happened both in rallying and hillclimbs. The Motorsport Commission decided to set up a Review Group to look into those accidents and to report on how safety procedures might be strengthened. Their report was adopted by the Motorsport Commission at it’s meeting of 19th September.
Below is the report of that Review Group. It sets out a series of specific recommendations to strengthen the safety aspects already in place for these branches of Motorsport in the light of these events.
Motorsport - An Introduction to Stage Rallying.
Posted: September 25, 2002 8:43 AM - 5351 Hits
Training Associates is run by Joe Downey , Deirdre Gallagher, Alan Binley ,
Noel Devlin
Training Associates have put this rally programme together with the assistance of DIT Bolton Street.
A ten week course plus examination will be presented by Training Associates in conjunction with DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1, commencing with registration on September 30th 2002 at 7pm.
This evening course is designed to give the participant an insight and an appropriate base of knowledge into Motorsport with particular emphasis on stage rallying. The course also aims to create an environment, which promotes the necessary skills and rules of the sport in an interactive and enjoyable fashion. Participants have the opportunity to study to an appropriate depth , many key area and aspects of stage rallying and are encouraged to use the benefits of the Programme to further their involvement in the sport.
GMR head south for Cork 20 Rally!
Posted: September 25, 2002 8:35 AM - 6558 Hits
The next event on the calendar for Group Motors Rallying is the Cork '20'
Rally, based at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Held over the weekend of
4 - 6 October, the GMR team of Kieran O'Neill and Dairmuid Falvey, backed
by Good Fellas and Kit Kat, will tackle a total of 16 special stages in
and around Cork.
Beginner's Rally School Starts - Wed 9 Oct 02 for 5 weeks
Posted: September 24, 2002 11:01 AM - 4445 Hits
Thanks to Colin Courtney
Every hardened rally spectator has stood at the side of a stage wondering how to get started in the sport, and if they'd be any good at it. Well, now's your chance to see if you have what it takes to become the next Nicky Grist or Robert Reid. The Newry and District Motor Club, together with the Rathfriland Motor Club are running a beginner's rally school in October, to teach wannabe co-drivers the trick of the trade, and help them on their way to a competition future. They'll also show you that a tulip is not only something that grows in your garden.
The course will run for five weeks on Wednesday nights throught October. The classes will be held in the Old George, Rathfriland, and will start on Wednesday the 9th October. The first three Wednesday nights will explain the different types of Rally navigation involved, including such items as tulips, map trace, grid reference, grid lines and spot heights.
Dale Set for Title Showdown at Last Round of PBRC 2002
Posted: September 24, 2002 9:53 AM - 6844 Hits
Pirelli British Rally Championship, Round 7, The Trackrod Rally, York 28-29 Sept 02
The official Peugeot Super 1600 Pirelli British Rally Championship team enter the seventh and final round of 2002 drivers’ championship this weekend as the series heads to Yorkshire for the Trackrod Rally.
The final round of the manufacturers’ series is the Michelin South of England Tempest Stages rally which Dale and team mate Rory Galligan will contest on the weekend of October 26/27th.
Monaghan DRUMLIN Night Navigation Trial - 5 Oct 02
Posted: September 23, 2002 10:19 AM - 7601 Hits
Round 1 - 2002/03 Night Navigation Trial Championship
Regulations are now available for the opening round of the 2002/03 Night Navigation Trial Championship, the Monaghan Motorclub "Drumlin" Trial
Ford Focus Championship - Round 3 Clare Stages Rally
Posted: September 23, 2002 10:08 AM - 11428 Hits
MURPHY SCORES MAIDEN VICTORY
Colm Murphy from Athea, Co. Limerick scored his maiden victory on the third round of Irelands premier one make rally championship, the 2002 Ford Ireland Focus Rally Championship, at the Clare Stages Rally.
Colm in the Kingdom Fast fit/ Guerin Crash Repairs/O'Keefe Haulage Ford Focus once again was involved in a ding-dong battle all day with his great rivals Oliver Stanley (Durrow) and Cathal O'Reilly (Cavan). With the first stage of the day cancelled, Oliver Stanley in the Perry Motors Ford Focus set fastest Focus stage time on the second and opening stage of the day; despite the cautious start the Athea crew set second fastest time. However disaster struck as Colm increased his pace on stage three, he ran wide at a very fast corner clipping a bank, damaging his front suspension. Limping off the stage luckily Colm was able to head into service and get his car repaired in time to resume the battle.
Lynch Hotels Clare Stages Rally 2002 - 22 Sept 02
Posted: September 23, 2002 8:11 AM - 26974 Hits
Thanks to Liz Farrell
Round 9 - 2002 Dunlop National Rally Championship
Round 4 - 2002 Top Part West Coast Rally Championship
Round 3 - 2002 Ford Ireland Focus Rally Championship
Niall Maguire & Paul McLoughlin dominate rally. Elliot/Moriarty take second ahead of Denis Cronin & Helen O'Sullivan in the immaculate M3
T&D Rallying - 2002 Lynch Hotels Clare Stages Rally
Posted: September 23, 2002 8:04 AM - 6613 Hits
RANDLES BACK IN THE HUNT AFTER CLARE RALLY SUCCESS
Tom Randles has put himself back in the frame to win Class 14 in the 2002
Dunlop National Rally Championship, following an excellent result on the Clare
Rally last Sunday. The Kilgarvan driver needed a good finish to remain in
contention for the championship, having been forced out of the previous two
rounds in Sligo and Tipperary due to mechanical failures, and the Clare result
has provided the required boost to Randles' points tally.
Munster Night Navigation C'ship Open Meeting - (Fri) 27 Sep 02
Posted: September 20, 2002 12:39 PM - 8304 Hits
Munster Night Navigation Championship open Meeting on
Friday 27th September at the Hibernian Hotel
Mallow at 8:15pm.
All interested welcome to attend.
World Cup Rally - A COUNTRY A DAY FOR IRISH RALLY CREW
Posted: September 19, 2002 3:58 PM - 6288 Hits
Dublin duo aim for World Cup Rally success
Martin Taylor and Peter Gallagher will be aiming for a repeat Irish success on the 2002 World Cup Rally next month when they compete in the London to Athens event. Starting from Blenheim Palace in Britain on October 5th, the Dublin duo will tackle the 4,300 kilometre marathon rally which will take them across 12 countries in 12 days to the Greek finish on October 16th.
Birr Forestry Rally - 29 Sep 02
Posted: September 18, 2002 2:21 PM - 8986 Hits
Entries still available for the Birr Forestry Rally
30 Stage miles in a 2x2 format, with 60 road miles.
Tel 086-8179297 4-7pm
IRISH BEAUTY BEATS THE COMPETITION TO BE THE NEW rallyXS PIRELLI GIRL
Posted: September 17, 2002 3:06 PM - 13089 Hits
Juliet Ward, the gorgeous rally fanatic from Cork has been voted the
first ever Irish winner in the 2002 rallyXS Pirelli Girl competition.
Juliet, 21, made it through to the finals from thousands of entries, where she competed with 22 other stunning contenders at the exclusive Stoke Park Golf Club- famous for 007 James Bond's game of golf with arch villain Goldfinger.
The brainy law graduate wowed judges as she went through a series of photo shoots, interviews, tests and tasks and was picked to be one of the final six to be voted for by the readers of rallyXS and News of the World - who voted on line, by phone and via SMS text messaging.
Fisher Foundation
Posted: September 17, 2002 2:34 PM - 12178 Hits
2002/03 National Navigation Trial Championship
Posted: September 17, 2002 9:38 AM - 9273 Hits
by Fergus N Casey
Following the long enforced lay off due to Foot and Mouth scare, the Motorsport Ireland National Navigation Trial Championship returns for the 2002/03 season
Dick Bailey (Wexford) Stages Rally - 14-15 Sept 02
Posted: September 17, 2002 9:22 AM - 32112 Hits
by John Dier & Will Downing
It's difficult to work out new ways of saying things when the same and
expected result arrives.
Eamonn Boland's fifth Wexford Rally was as comprehensive a triumph as his
most recent one previously in 2000, and sees him joining Ger Buckley and
Stephen Murphy as a five-time winner.
Photo: Seamus Counihan
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