East Cork native lived for rallying and operated at every level of the sport across Ireland

CORK racing ace Matt Griffin takes part in this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours with British teammates Duncan Cameron and Aaron Scott in the No. 55 Michelin shod Spirit of Race run Ferrari 488 GTE EVO.

TEAM #109, the Cork based motorcycle team narrowly missed qualifying for their debut in the opening rounds of the Supersport 300 FIM World Championship at a sweltering Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto in southern Spain on Saturday.

CORK-BASED motorcycle outfit Team 109 will compete in this weekend’s Supersport 300 FIM World Championship, the feeder series to World Superbike Championship at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto in southern Spain.

THE 2020 Cork 20 International Rally due to be held on September 26-27 would have been a highlight of the motorsport season.  However, the CBtoolhire.

THE resumption of Irish rallying will hinge on two major factors — the permission from the community where the event is planned and the Covid-19 restrictions.

TRANSFERRING talent from two wheels to four wheels is something that comes naturally to Banteer’s Barry Meade, a champion cyclist, particularly at underage level and a winning rally driver.

HOW much of this year’s Irish motorsport calendar can actually be implemented is as much a guessing game as everything else.

THE idiom ‘It’s never over till it’s over’ has a particular resonance in motorsport. The fickleness of the sport and in particular rallying, has witnessed many unexpected twists and turns.

MENTION rallying in this country and Billy Coleman automatically springs to mind and he is without doubt the greatest rally driver this country has produced.

OVERSEAS and Welsh drivers in particular have a great fondness for Irish rallying, none more so than John Price, who passed away recently following a long battle with illness over the last four years.