Donal O'Neill from Trackskills Joins Sold as Seen Episode 11

See the blog feature on this - Donal O'Neill is circuit manager at Kirkistown Race Circuit, the fastest circuit in Ireland, one half of Trackskills, Saloon Racing winner, owner of Mulsanne Casinos ... and he's a hypnotist.  He's competed in motorsport for decades in multiple disciplines from motorcycles to formula Vee.

In this show we talk about Kirkistown, his life at the circuit and beyond, and what the future holds for the track under his stewardship.  Donal is a natural raconteur with plenty of great stories to hear along the way. Read the Full Article Here



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[pablo]

this should be good!

 

[Marc]

It’s well known that Donal can tell a good story! This is gonna take me a few days to get through this episode with the 40mins a day I get peace to listen to it

 

[Cooper]

Some photos we talked about:

Pamela Ballentine:

Early 60s Paddock:

Start Finish in the 50s - no barriers, tower etc:

Douglas Motorsport:

Team Elite:

 

[gav525]

Cracking listen so far, only get 48mins at a time listened to as its 24min walk along the beach each way to collect my lunch and back lol

@Cooper definitely relate to what you were saying about popping out to do a 30min job in the garage and it taking the whole day, or longer! Wife always laughs now when i say i'm just heading out to do a quick job in the garage

 

[Coog]

Great episode gents!

 

[Marc]

Great episode! Enjoyed it! Donal doesn’t seem to be old enough for all those experiences!

 

[Big Pimp]

Brilliant guys

 

[Gaz]

It was a very enjoyable one to record, could sit and listen to Donal tell Kirkistown stories all day.

 

[300trophy]

That was a brilliant episode. It’s really whet my appetite to get out on another track day again!

 

[Zach57]

Great episode guys. I enjoyed listening about the Limavady tech as I studied motor vehicle there from 2012-16. They had an ex police Mondeo ST and 2 3rd gen Astra’s for track driving.
I think they stopped the track driving around 2012/2013. Unfortunately I wasn’t one of the ones at it.

 

[Arfur]

Fantastic episode lads. Hearing Donal chatting about the beginning of the track days brought me right back to the memories of Marshalling and hammering round in our trusty Corolla. Only 90bhp but had the brakes, suspension and a cage…. That’s all it needed to raise a few eyebrows from time to time.
Perfect decision for Donal to be appointed circuit manager also, I don’t think there is anyone we could trust more to carry the circuit forward into what’s certain to changing times.

 

[NIXR2]

Really Interesting and enjoyable show.

Here is the link to the Fiesta Challenge Donal mentioned:



It is well worth watching!!

 

[thefool1983]

Great episode!
Donal a fascinating character and definitely sounds like the right man to look after kirkistowns best interests.

Going for a weekend in a glamping pod and spending all day Sunday watching/competing in trackskills would be epic! (Not sure her indoirs would agree!)

 

[gixermark]

yup - well done lads... great podcast that........ thoroughly enlightening & entertaining

 

[Graham]

I don't do podcasts, but I'd say I have heard many of the tales over the years. Donal is such a great and interesting guy.

He LOVES his new office - lol