Newly crowned Irish Tarmac champions, Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey (Subaru WRC) hold a 20 second lead at the end of the opening day of the Murphy Construction Cork '20' International Rally.

Reigning Irish Tarmac champion, Eugene Donnelly and co-driver, Paul Kiely, lead the way at the end of the opening leg of the Topaz Donegal International Rally in Letterkenny.

Peugeot driver Marcus Gronholm mounted a stunning comeback to climb up to sixth in Wales Rally GB on stage five after brake problems earlier in the day had seen him slip down the order.

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.

Kilkenny’s Ray Breen and his Waterford co-driver Andrew Purcell secured a start-to-finish victory in the Heritage Hotel Laois Rally in their Ford Focus WRC today.

Production world rally champion Niall McShea admitted he had lost all hope at one point of claiming the title on the Rally Australia.

World champion Sebastien Loeb ended day two of the Rally Australia in the lead after Marcus Gronholm retired early on.

PEUGEOT’S Marcus Gronholm got off to a fine start in the Rally Australia after setting the pace in the opening stage yesterday.

Petter Solberg saluted his successor as world champion after Sebastien Loeb became just the second Frenchman to take the title.

Armagh’s Andrew Nesbitt and his Cork co-driver, James O’Brien are gearing up for the Swedish rally, the second round of the World Rally Championship.

At the Ferrari-owned Mugello track in Italy, Michael Cullen won the final event of the European Ferrari

MAINTAINING his remarkable run of success on the Killarney Historic Rally, Dessie Nutt, co-driven by Geraldine McBride in a Porsche 911, won his fifth title when he finished the ten-stage event a minute and twenty one seconds ahead of the similar Porsche of John Keatley/Maurice Beckett.

BILLY COLEMAN, arguably Ireland’s greatest rally driver, will be honoured this evening at the Motorsport International Show at the Simmonscourt Pavilion where a video entitled Tarmac Titans will be launched.

For the third time in a row, the Kingdom Fast Fit Kerry Rally was won by Johnny O'Sullivan in his Escort WRC.

Austin MacHale and his co-driver, Brian Murphy, continue to move up the leader board of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain. In this morning’s first stage of the second leg, Resolfen, one of the longest stages in the World Rally Championship at 54.69 km, their Tom Hogan Motors/Michelin supported Corolla WRC moved into 23rd place in overall classification.

A brave bid to move to ninth ended with Michael Keohane having to rejoin the final race of the British

Cork driver, Michael Keohane finished fifth in today’s penultimate round of the British Formula 3

Cork driver, Michael Keohane, will start today’s penultimate race of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3

SUNDAY’S racing at Mondello Park will be dominated by the Fiat Punto Abarth Cup and the famed Leinster Trophy race.

Northern Ireland’s, Eugene Donnelly, driving a Toyota Celica ST205, is continuing his recent fine form as he leads the Formula Karting Mourne Rally.

Continuing their excellent run, Niall McShea/Michael Orr finished the highest placed of the Irish crews involved in the Network Q Rally. They were 17th overall and second in the Super 1600 category.

Niall McShea continues to lead the Irish challenge after the conclusion of the second leg of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain. The Fermanagh driver in his Citroen Saxo, co-driven by fellow Northern Ireland man, Michael Orr, finished today's stages in 18th place.

Niall McShea/Michael Orr (Citroen Saxo) head the Irish contingent at the end of the first leg of Network Q Rally of Great Britain. Eamonn Boland/Anthony Nestor also made it safely through but Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman are out.

Top Irish rally star, Austin McHale was prevented from starting the Network Q Rally of Great Britain last evening when his car failed to pass pre-event scrutiny in Cardiff.

Entering the third and final stage of the Carrick-on-Suir Single Stage Rally, local hero, Ritchie Curran (Escort WRC) has a 41 second lead over the Metro 6R4 of Willie Dwyer.

Two Irish crews finished in the top three of the Bulldog Rally in Wales, the final round of the ANCRO Rally Championship.

In the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, there were heat wins for both Adam Carroll and Gary Turkington.

Dermot Carnegie is the 2001 BRDA Rallycross Champion after a dominant win at Mondello Park. Pat Doran (Ford Escort RS200), the pre-event championship leader, retired on the first lap with clutch maladies. Carnegie led all through and finished over three seconds ahead of the Metro 6R4 of Lawrence Gibson.

Cork driver, Matt Griffin, will start tomorrow's final race of the 2001 British Formula Renault Championship on the front row of the grid.

The Marine Hotel Fastnet Rally, due to take place in Glandore, West Cork on Sunday 28th has been cancelled.

Ford driver, Francois Delecour, was the star performer during the first two stages to today's second leg of the Acropolis Rally.

Mounting a strong attack on the sixth and final stage of leg one, Colin McRae powered his way to the top of the leaderboard in the Acropolis Raly, the seventh round of the World Rally Championship.