In contrast to last year when Declan Boyle clinched the Dunlop National Rally Championship at the Clonmel-based Sepam Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally, the Donegal driver will journey to South Tipperary this weekend to keep his current title bid alive.

Wexford’s Eamonn Boland and co-driver, Francis Regan won the Athenry-based Loughrea Plant Sales Galway Summer Rally, in a Ford Focus WRC.

Extending his overnight advantage, Glen Allen and co-driver Damien Connolly, in their Toyota Corolla WRC, won the Cork Forest Rally today.

WITH their home event just a week away, Irish drivers, Colin Turkington and Gavin Smith will be hoping to improve their current positions within the British Touring Car Championship in Sunday’s three rounds at Croft.

Northern Ireland’s Kevin O’Kane and co-driver Mark Hanna have won the Killarney Forest Rally in their Subaru WRC.

Ireland’s, Colin Turkington (MG ZS) capped a fine weekend of racing in the British Touring Car Championship at Mondello Park with a superb victory in the third and final race.

Aspiring young Irish racing drivers will receive good news this morning from BMW Ireland, who will announce details of a fully-funded drive in the 2005 Formula BMW UK Championship.

LEADING from the start, Derek McGarrity and co-driver Chris Patterson withstood pressure from defending champions Andrew Nesbitt and James O’Brien to take their first win in the Buy & Sell Circuit of Ireland Rally.

The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in association with Bord Fáilte, gets the green light in Mondello Park this weekend.

Scotland’s, Dom Buckley, in a Subaru, has won the SEAT Cars Lurgan Park Rally after a tight tussle with nine-time winner, Kenny McKinstry (Subaru).

The achievements of a number of leading Irish drivers were honoured at the Alfa Romeo Awards for Excellence in Irish Motorsport.

With Roy White/Michael Patterson bowing out of the Condroz Rally, the final event of the 2001 Belgian Championship, the top Irish crew at the end of the two day, 22 stage event was Seamus Heron and Gerry McVeigh.

Garry Jennings, co-driven by James O'Brien, took fine win on the Ashford Rally in Kent, the penultimate round of the Peugeot Super 106 Cup.

Takuma Sato is amongst the next crop of drivers heading for Formula 1.

Ireland's, Damien Faulkner, scored his second victory in the Indy Lights series at Oregon over the weekend.

Donegal's, Damien Faulkner finished seventh in the fourth round of the Dayton Lights Championship at Milwaukee where fellow Irishman, Derek Higgins was out of the race in the early stages.