Craig Breen & Paul Nagle are the 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally after taking a start to finish victory in the Today’s Ulster Rally. Breen who drove a Hyundai i20 R5 on this occasion win took his fifth win of the season which leaves him in an unassailable position with one round still to go. The …
The Today’s Ulster Rally which takes place on Saturday August 17th is the penultimate round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship which is still very much up grabs. Championship leader Craig Breen wasn’t eligible for points on the last round due to driving a World Rally Car, the tragically curtailed Donegal International Rally, but is …
The TROA are pleased to announce that Michelin will be supporting the 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Michelin have over many years supported the ITRC in one guise or another and It is a testament to the championship that they have continued for 2019. For competitors competing in an R5 or RHD R5 derivative and …
Michelin offer prizes on each Tarmac Championship Round Read More »
The 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship is shaping up to be very exciting indeed with strong interest being shown across the various categories ahead of the Galway International Rally which takes place on Sunday February 10th. The oldest International Rally in the Republic of Ireland is back after a twelve month absence and takes its …
Encouraging signs for the ITRC ahead of the first round in Galway Read More »
Back as far as April 2018 the TROA undertook to investigate the avenues available to facilitate RHD R5 cars to compete on the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Initially contact was made with the manufacturers to enquire if they were interested in homologating RHD cars and the responses were all negative. Direct contact was then sent …
Statement from T.R.O.A. regarding R5 RHD Derivative Cars Read More »
The 2018 Irish Tarmac Historic champion Owen Murphy with Anthony Nestor on the notes began the defence of his title in the perfect way with an impressive win on the Rentokil Initial Killarney Historic Stages Rally. At the end of the eight stage event, Murphy driving a Sunbeam Lotus held off a strong challenge from …
