Northern Ireland BBC Rewind Motorsport Stuff Thread

[Cooper]

If you haven't been on it yet, have a gander at BBC Rewind. Thousands of BBC clips from all over NI from decades ago.

Rules of the thread are simple. Find any motoring or motorsport gold, post the link in here.

I'll go first. Not sure if the video will embed, probably not as its such a new service, but if its supported in future will retrospectively apply it.

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Eddie Jordan and Arnie Black interviewed by Alan Tyndall regarding Kirkistown Motor Sport Festival Meeting. Exhibition of vehicles in Belfast City Hall grounds. 1978

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New stretch of M2 Motorway between Glengormley and Templepatrick opened today: Opening ceremony was attended by Mr and Mrs Don Concannon, government minister. 1975

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Motor Racing. Report on start-off at Templepatrick of this year's Circuit of Ireland, where Jimmy McRae and Russell Brookes are the strong favourites. 1989 - Park Ferme at Dunadry Hotel

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Report from the Motor Show at the King's Hall, Belfast. 1982

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Mark Robson reports on action from Kirkistown. Bruce Batten interviews local racer Eddie Irvine, the 1600 class leader. 1987

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Mark Robson interviews Jimmy McRae and George McMillan at Nutts Corner, regarding the Ford Sierra Performance. 1988

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Stirling Moss for Jaguar led the TT race for most of the way but car trouble put him in fourth place. 1953

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A report on the first day of Ulster Motor Show 1987. Paul Clark interviews Denis Bell, Motor Agents' Association and Mike McKimm, BBC motoring expert. 1987 - Sierra Sapphire Launch!

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The 20th Ulster Motor Show is opened at King's Hall today by Secretary of State, Tom King. Interview with Garth Corbett (Motor Show Organiser). 1989

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Ulster Rally 1989 - Europa Hotel

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Ulster Motor Show 1984

 

[Zach57]

Every Thursday at 7pm the Motorsport Ireland YouTube channel uploads old racing coverage. It’s mostly the rally’s from 70s to the early 2000s but there’s a few circuit races.
https://youtube.com/c/MotorsportIrelandRIAC

This week will be the 2002 Ulster rally

 

[Cooper]

Back at this like a boomerang.

Fuel hits £1.20 a Gallon in NI in 1979, so a canny local converts his Cortina? to Calor Gas. I would have said LPG but it could well have run his Superser

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The first R plates are introduced in 1968 in NI. Wholly underwhelming video for a project that should have been scrapped.

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Full of the rack, it says at Antrim forum but I reckon its Boyd Quarry in 1978 Rewind

COI ends in Larne, epic 2.7 Carerra

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A more general link for motoring - Rewind
Motor Racing - Rewind

Eddie Irvine in 1987

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Kings Hall Motor Shows over the years? This link is for you:

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Circuit of Ireland - Rewind

Launch of Vascar in 1976 - Rewind