Ulster Rally 2016

[dufunk]

Ulster Rally - News - 2008 - Derry & Strabane to host 2016 Ulster International Rally...
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19th/20th August.

Will be taking in my local roads around Donemana, also Gortin and Newtownstewart some serious great stages around this part of the country well worth a trip down!

 

[davecoupe]

Class. Some great stages around the area, some old COI stages that could get a revisit.

 

[bob]

Looking forward to this, Lark in the park too next month.

 

[starletterry]

New sponsor announced for the next 3 years for the Ulster Rally. John Mulholland Motors of Randalstown!!

 

[PeteMoore]

I'll be having a play in this over the weekend

 

[davecoupe]

I see Jennings is entered in the international section. Could be interesting to see what he is out in.

Very close in the championship, 5 or 6 could still win it so this has the makings of a good rally.

 

[weeloaney]

Some awesome road up round there, will have to get to that

 

[Mel]

I plan to get to a few stages on the Friday and cannot wait

 

[dufunk]

MD is to take part I hear, I ordered the programme so hopefully show the routes ill try and get them scanned on to here.

 

[Cess]

Please do not scan and upload maps. Rallies cost the host club a great deal of money to run and one of their main sources of income is programme sales. It's only a tenner. Sure where else would you get two days of top level motorsport for a tenner?

 

[dufunk]

Fair enough but there will obviously be a general map of the routes on there website near to the time. Having a PDF programme would definitely entice more people into buying them in this modern age.

 

[bob]

Friday Stages

Holly Hill 1
Mary Gray 1
Butterlope 1
Holly Hill 2
Mary Gray 2
Butterlope 2

Saturday Stages

Slievekirk 1
Drumnahoe 1
Barnes Gap 1
Rousky 1
Slievekirk 2
Drumnahoe 2
Barnes Gap 2
Rousky 2

 

[PeteMoore]

Sadly not me in the silly seat for the Ulster, but hoping to be out on the Manx

 

[dufunk]

Hollyhill above strabane and butterlope near plumbridge are epic along with slievekirk around lisdillion and taboe road. If your into your fishing best bring a rod you have moorlough, loughash, the Dennett and Glenelly nearby.

 

[brizer123]

Is there a night stage on the friday ??

 

[starletterry]

Is there a night stage on the friday ??

There is indeed. I am running the stage called Butterlope (just outside Plumbridge). First car is due off the line for the second run through at 20.04 so if all goes according to plan..the last car (if there there still is 150) will be due off the line at 22.34 or there abouts so will be dark for at least the last 70/80 cars anyway.

Stage itself is only 4.5 miles from start to finish but is tight and twisty with a very tight hair pin in the middle. The hairpin is the only published spectator viewing location but as plenty of high hills for good vantage points.

 

[brizer123]

Cheers sir...............

 

[PeteMoore]

needless to say I have achieved the square root of f**k all in work this morning

 

[davecoupe]

What engine does that have in it @PeteMoore ?

I think the DGM one had a Millington in it when Declan Gallagher was driving it to try and give it more power.

 

[PeteMoore]

What engine does that have in it @PeteMoore ?

I think the DGM one had a Millington in it when Declan Gallagher was driving it to try and give it more power.

It's the original boxer lump dude, have to run it for the class. Not massively fast and probably underpowered for the R3 class with only 235hp, but we can only wait and see what happens really.

Yeah Kelly's millington engined one is awesome, but it has to run in Modified which is utterly pointless for a manufacturer backed "works" car.

 

[PeteMoore]

5 mins until SS1 goes live

UlsterRallyRadio

 

[weeloaney]

Where's the best website for news, the ulster rally sight only talks about the top men.

Heard Pat Kirk may have had a bad off? Any truth/word on it?

 

[weeloaney]

Just seen a couple of pictures of the car, doesn't look good. Hope the drivers alright, can't find any news on him.

 

[KevM]

Twitter is great for following local rallies @weeloaney

 

[Graham]

Yup twitter is fantastic, DGM done a 'box change on Cronin car there in service, was a live BRC feed from someones phone on twitter