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Meath and District Motor Club

Karters go Nutts!!!- Motor racing season begins in Mondello - Galligan for Astra Stages - Brady to tackle Welsh championship - Mulligan in Vee Final - White's New Subaru.

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Meath and District Motor Club

Now open for 2004 membership email mdmc@eircom.net

 

             

 

About Us

 

2004 Membership Open

Meath and District Motor Club, Ireland’s newest motorsport club, is now open for membership. MDMC will hold two kart meetings this year, the first on May 2nd. There will be a substantial discount on entry fees for club members. Also each member will receive a bi-monthly newsletter packed with news and photos. Membership application forms are available on request by telephoning 086 3479555 or Emailing mdmc@eircom.net

 

Meath and District Motor Club were established in May 2001. As a club our purpose is to promote the growth and development of motorsport in our area. With approximately 70 members to date we are affiliated to the sports governing body here in Ireland, Motorsport Ireland. As a general motor club we are not confined to any particular aspect of the sport. We have something to offer everybody that wishes to join, from karters to circuit racers to marshals to rally. We hope that as a club we can help you to enjoy motorsport in Ireland to the fullest. All our members receive a monthly newsletter keeping them up to date with all the activities of the club. This homepage is in addition to that although the main purpose of this webpage is to keep all motorsport fans in our area informed on how our local drivers are doing in their respective championships. All local competitors are encouraged to submit articles and results to the webpage. We try to keep up to date but sometimes, especially on busy weekend’s it is hard to keep ahead of things so all contributions are welcomed and should be sent to

mdmc@eircom.net

          The Meath and District webpage is updated every Wednesday night at 9pm unless it is a live update weekend where reports are updated throughout the day.

 
 
 


           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kart News

IKC Nutts Corner April 4th

The Irish Kart Club will hold their first meeting ever at the Nutts Corner venue in Northern Ireland. MDMC encourages all drivers to support this meeting and give the IKC its full support. Entries for the Meath Kart Race, the next round on the Irish calendar will be taken at Nutts Corner this Sunday. Competitors are asked not to post any entries to us due to the postal strike. If you cannot get top Nutts Corner this Sunday and would like an entry for the May 2nd then email mdmc@eircom.net or Phone 086 3479555.

 

Entry Forms & Regs – May 2nd – Kart Race Meet

Due to the postal dispute entry forms and supplementary regulations for our kart meeting on May 2nd will be made available to all karters at the IKC round at Nutts Corner on April 4th. Also you can download from the Irish Karting website www.irishkarting.com or email mdmc@eircom.net to request a copy.

 

Please support our karting fund

Meath and District Motor Club are asking all members and friends to support our fund for karting. All monies raised will cover the considerable cost incurred by bringing championship karting to the area for the first time. Advertisement opportunities are also now available at the Athboy karting centre venue. For more information or to make a donation please contact Paul on 086 3479555 or any member of the committee. Thank you for all your support to date.

 

Date Change

The karting committee has recently reshuffled the dates for the 2004 Irish karting calendar. The MDMC club round that was originally to be held on March 14th has been moved to May 2nd.

 

2004 Membership Now Available

Meath and District Motor Club are now taking membership for 2004. For the first time this year we are able to stamp competition licence forms. Please email mdmc@eircom.net for a membership form. Member's will receive regular newsletters, a membership card and can avail of substantial discounts on all events run by the club. All members are registered for the two rounds of our club championship. Trophies will be presented at the end of year presentation night.

 

Athboy, the story so far!

Work on the track at Athboy is well on its way to completion with new tyre wall barriers in place and corners made safer. Late in 2003 a safety officer along with representatives of Motorsport Ireland inspected the track and made their recommendations known to us. We have been working around the clock to ensure that these recommendations are implemented fully for the safety of karters not just on the dates of our meetings but throughout the whole year. See the ‘Athboy Progress’ section on the news page of the Irish karting website

 

Motorsport Ireland has recently implemented a ‘Code of Conduct for Children’ in motorsport. Karting is the area most affected by this. A copy of the code is available on request from club secretary by email mdmc@eircom.net

For more kart news visit www.irishkarting.com

 

Now open for 2004 membership

Email mdmc@eircom.net for details

 

2004 Irish Karting Calendar

Date

Club

Venue

Championship

 

 

 

 

March 28th

SKC

Tynagh

Club

April 4th

IKC

Nutts Corner

Club

April 18th

SKC

Tynagh

National

May 2nd

MDMC

Athboy

Club

May 16th

MMC&CC

Watergrasshill

Club

May 29th/30th

SKC

Tynagh

IRL Plate

June 20th

MMC&CC

Watergrasshill

National

July 4th

IKC

Nutts Corner

National

July 24th/25th

IKC

Nutts Corner

C Plate

August 21/22nd

MMC&CC

Watergrasshill

O Plate

August 29th

SKC

Tynagh

National

September 18th

IKC

Nutts Corner

National

September 26th

MDMC

Athboy

National

October 10th

MMC&CC

Watergrasshill

National

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


     Meath and District Motor Club open for membership, Email mdmc@eircom.net

 

Athboy Karting Centre is continuing to get better and better have recently opened their new extension to the circuit. This brings the track length to over 1200 metres long. The circuit has got the thumbs up from the many local karters that use the circuit regularly for testing purposes. The circuit is open for testing 7 days a week and telephone numbers for enquiries can be found in the advert below. You can also visit their website at

 

www.athboykarting.com

 

Text Box: Athboy Karting Centre Experience the thrill of Racing Karts on our new outdoor track Open 7 days a week, Group bookings welcome www.athboykarting.com All new Karts to hire to book: 087 2480650 / 086 8068776  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Rally Scene

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Text Box: White’s New Subaru 01/04/04 Top rally driver Paddy White has recently acquired an ex-Tommy Makkiken Subaru Impreza S8. The left-hand-drive machine has been totally rebuilt by leading Subaru experts Prodrive and the car will get it’s first run in Kerry this weekend. White, who hopes to stay with left hand drive for the rest of the season will use this weekend’s event in Kerry as a shakedown for the Circuit of Ireland that takes place on Easter weekend. Circuit of Ireland 01/04/04 The Circuit of Ireland, round two of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac championship, will take place on Easter weekend the 9th-12th of April covering approximately 400 miles with 23 special stages. Supported once again by Buy & Sell magazine this will be the 71st running of the ‘Circuit’. Local driver James Foley is leading the Group N category but will have the likes of Aaron McHale and Dicke Curran looming large in his rear-view mirror. Astra Stages Rally 29/03/04 This weekend Rory Galligan will contest the Astra Stages rally, round 2 of the Mitsubishi Evo challenge, hoping to make it back to back wins in the series after his maiden win in round one. Martin Brady will navigate for Brendan Murphy at the Astra for the opening round of the Welsh national championship. Graham Quinn is entering a hired Mitsubishi Evo 7 for the Kerry event on Sunday. Brady competes in clubman event by Martin Brady 29/03/04 I competed in Kilbroney Clubman’s, in Rostrevor Co Down on Saturday with Derek Tracy in a hired 106, we finished the rally in the 40s but last in class, that was all we wanted as Derek needed a finish for a signature to upgrade his licence- we had a sticking throttle all day which gave us some very nervous moments!!! so we took it very cautious as it was a tarmac stage but in a forest park with some very dangerous tress, and where there was no trees there was plenty of fresh air! but he got to the finish and now we are planning our first rally in the UK which may be the Pirelli in his Group A Lancer Evo 6. Then I was due to compete in Mitchellstown forest today (Sunday) but Jason Kelly who I was going with in the 106 had a problem with his gearbox as he got ready to travel down and didnt want to drive all that way and risk a non finish which is probably what would have happened as it was sticking in 3rd and 2nd was going as well. I had another seat but I didn’t know the guy so I decided not to take the risk of sitting in with a lunatic and getting hurt and maybe missing the Astra stages. Also the minute I land back on Sunday I’m straight up to Enniskillen to recce for the Circuit of Ireland so it’s a busy time and not one to be out of action for. Donoghue Delighted with third 08/03/04 Round 3 of the Irish rallycross championship took place at Mondello Park on Sunday where Dan Donoghue, Trim finished 3rd in the supercar final behind championship leader Dermot Carnegie and John McCluskey. David Donoghue, Drumree finished 3rd in the Stock Hatch B final while brother Gary came home 2nd in the Modified B final. Disappointment for Donegan in Mayo 07/03/04 Unfortunately for Kells based rally driver Pat Donegan, the weekends Mayo stages rally was not the start to the 2004 Border championship he was looking for. With little or no testing time in his Escort prior to the event he suffered a heavy shunt on a private test on Friday evening damaging the rear of his car. The mechanics done a terrific job to get the car ready for the start of the Sunday morning event. Set around the picturesque setting of Crogh Patrick the mountainous roads roared to life with the sound of 131 starters. Donegan showed pace for most of the event and at one point lay in seventh position overall and second in class. It all unravelled on stage five however when an off road excursion resulted in a trip into the boggy countryside and lost the Meath man seven minutes dropping him right off the leader board. Brady for Welsh national championship 07/03/04 Navan co-driver Martin Brady will team up with Mallow based 18-year-old Brendan Murphy for the 2004 Welsh national championship. Having sourced a Group N Subaru Impreza the pair have just returned from a two-day test session at the Superdrive rally facility in Portadown. Impressed with the car they are looking forward to the opening round of the championship, the Astra stages that will take place on April 3rd.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Athboy Rally School Now Taking Bookings Telephone 086 8068776  

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Race Report

 

Text Box: Mulligan drives home points from Mondello. 29th March 2004 Local driver Dan Mulligan was in motor racing action at the weekend as the Irish season got underway at Mondello Park with the first clubman championship races of the year. Sunday’s event saw championship rounds for Formula Vee, Formula Ford, Strykers, Historics and Fiat’s with non-championship races for Porches, Saloons and Single Seaters also on the programme. The biggest change for 2004 is the adoption of new engine regulations for the Stryker class. The change to a Zetec engine was tested at the end of last season with the cars instantly lapping Mondello’s national circuit 2 seconds faster. As usual Formula Vees boasted the biggest entry of the day with 30 plus racecars taking to the circuit. Qualifying was a close affair with mere fractions of a second separating the frontrunners. Mulligan had a trouble free morning in his car that was prepared by the Andy Stewart motorsport team and was reasonably happy to line up 9th on the grid for the feature race. With the Formula Vee drivers divided into three grades Mulligan, a ‘B’ racer, found himself positioned amongst the ‘A’ grades and had his work cut out for himself during the 12 lap race and after a solid drive crossed the finish line in 12th place. That result combined with the points earned in the qualifier places him well up in the point’s standings. Acknowledging the support of sponsors Motorsport Accessories, Navan Shopping Centre and Abbeylands Furniture, Mulligan will travel to Kirkistown this Saturday for round two of the championship. Noel Cooke finished 5th in the Punto final despite injuring his hand on Friday last. Sonya Fildes took 4th place in the Stryker decider while Dunshauglin’s Dan Daly drove his impressive Ex-formula one Ralt to a win in the open libre final. David Donoghue finished second in the Fiat Uno race continuing the strong tradition that Meath drivers have in the Fiat one-make series. Testing Times For Fildes 20/02/04 Murray Jones Jonathan Fildes continued his preparation for the 2004 Porsche Cup with an extensive testing session at the Thruxton in England last Friday where he was matching the race winning laps times for the circuit. Fildes is one of Ireland’s brightest motor racing prospects and has great ambitions for the future. Racing the Porsche 996 GT3 this year is the natural step up the ladder for young Fildes and he will continue his working relationship with the Total Control Racing team who supplied him with a championship-winning car for last year’s Clio Cup campaign. Fildes manager Larry Armstrong agrees with this view saying "We are entering the next phase of Jonathan's career development and our aim is to progress Jonathan to that of a full-time professional driver in 2005 and for us TCR are the ideal partners, as we have built up a very successful and rewarding relationship with them”. Fildes will be testing again this week at Donnington today (Tuesday) before travelling to Snetterton on Friday.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Your guide to local motorsport coverage, The Meath Weekender, every Tuesday with Murray Jones - The Meath Chronicle, regular features with Brian O'Loughlin - The Drogheda Independent, regular features with Marcus Cavaroli - LMFM 5.45pm every Monday and Friday on the sportsdesk with Brendan Cummins

 

Motorsport in the Meath Weekender

Every Tuesday With Murray Jones

 

To add your link or report to this webpage just email mdmc@eircom.net

 

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Marshals

Meath and District Motor Club continue to canvass for marshals to join the Motor Racing Marshals Club of Ireland. This fantastic organisation provides an essential service to Irish motor racing. Marshalling mostly at Mondello Park the club is made up of a dedicated group of motorsport fans that really enjoy what they do. Those of you that have access to the Internet should look up the clubs website

 

www.mrmci.com

 
 
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AutoTesting

 

            www.tdcireland.org

For all the latest autotesting news visit the Trial Drivers Club website at www.tdcireland.org

 

JJ Farrell fared well at the weekend’s double-header of championship rounds in Kerry finishing first on Saturday and second on Sunday. Eammon Byrne earned the points necessary to secure victory in the Hewsion championship for the tenth time equalling the record set by Dermot Carnegie.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


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Contact

 

            Meath and District Motor Club would be more than happy to hear from you regarding any queries you may have regarding Irish motorsport, how to get started, how you can be more involved, about our club or indeed anything to need to know. Email us at

 

mdmc@eircom.net

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

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Links

 

            Below are links to other motorsport related websites that you might find interesting.

 

Seamus Counihan                      www.crspics.com                                      for the best rally photos

Rally photos                                                                                                                  in the Country

                       

Irish Kart Club                         http://www.irishkarting.com                          Top karting website

                                               

Motorsport Ireland                   http://www.motorsportireland.com/                           National Governing Motorsport Body.

 

Mondello Park                           045 860200                                                                 Ireland’s Premier Motor-racing Circuit.

 

Motor Racing

Marshals Club

of Ireland                                http://www.mrmci.com/                                              A Great Bunch of Guys and Girls That Provide

an Essential Service To Motorsport in Ireland.

 

Magherafelt Motor Club            www.magherafeltmotorclub.co.uk                                  Great site on this hard-working enthusiastic Derry club

 

 

 

Athboy Karting                         086 8068776 / 087 2480650 / 086 3479555              One of the Newest and Largest Outdoor Karting

Centre                                      046 26849                                                                   Facilities in Ireland.

                                                www.athboykarting.com

 

Irish Rallying                            http://www.irish-rallying.com                                    Everything you Need to Know About Irish Rallying.

 

 

Limerick Motor Club                  http://www.limerickmc.ie                                           All you need to know about down there.

 

Donegal Motor Club                  http://www.donegalmotorclub.com                             If it’s happening up there, it’s here.

 

Trial Drivers Club                     http://www.tdcireland.org                            The best of Ireland’s Autotesters can be found here.

 

 

If you would like your club page added to this list send URL address to mdmc@eircom.net

Only motorsport related and appropriate links will be added

 

Thank you for visiting our club page. Check back every Wednesday evening for updated info!

 

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Established 2001

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