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Owen Murphy Championship Presentation.

Posted on Friday 11th Nov 2011

Saturday 5th November in The Clonmel Park Hotel was the night where two of Cork Motor Clubs Finest, Owen Murphy and James O’ Brien, were rewarded for their hugely successful year in the Valvoline Forest Rally Championship driving the Red Hankook…

Donagh Kelly Wins Down Rally Thriller!

Posted on Tuesday 25th Oct 2011

Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan secured victory at last weekend’s FMCCL Down Rally, round nine of the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship!

Driving their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Kelly snatched victory on the final stage of…

Owen Murphy is 2011 Valvoline Forest Rally Champion

Posted on Tuesday 4th Oct 2011

Owen Murphy and co-driver James O’Brien in their Hankook Mitsubishi Evo 9 won the 2011 Valvoline Forest Rally Championship in Saturday’s Bushwhacker Rally, based in Omagh. Murphy from Ballincollig and O’Brien from Kanturk are the first all…

McCloskey Seals Bushwhacker Win

Posted on Monday 3rd Oct 2011

Former Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Rally Champion, Connor McCloskey, made a succssful return to the series by winning the McKelvey Bushwhacker Rally, round eight of the 2011 series!

Navigated by Francis Regan, McCloskey led the event from…

Back On Track, Jonny Leonard Rally Report

Posted on Monday 26th Sep 2011

We’ve just received this rally report from Jonny Leonard following the recent Bushwacker Rally. Following a difficult season, Jonny returned to class winning ways at this latest event of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

Jonny Leonard…

IRC success as Toni Gardemeister finishes in 6th place at Barum Czech Rally Zlin

Posted on Friday 2nd Sep 2011

Daventry, UK, 2nd September 2011 – Hankook are thrilled as their Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) team finish in 6th place at this weekend’s Barum Czech Rally Zlin.  Driver, Toni Gardemeister, is one of just a few privateers within the…

Jonny Leonard – Ulster Rally Report

Posted on Sunday 28th Aug 2011

2010 Hankook Junior Driver winner Jonny Leonard has just sent us his teams report from the 2011 Ulster Rally.

2010 Hankook Prize drive winner Jonny Leonard undertook only his second international rally at the weekend.

The 20 year old…

Hankook satisfied after Finland IRC test.

Posted on Wednesday 6th Jul 2011

Hankook Motorsport personnel recently completed a very successful tarmac tyre test at a race circuit in Finland with Toni Gardemeister, using the same Fabia S2000 car as used in the IRC Ypres rally. Hankook tyre technicians worked with TGS…

IRC Review: Jonny Leonard Interview

Posted on Thursday 30th Jun 2011

Last weekend, 20 year old Jonny Leonard collected his Hankook Junior Prize by taking to the stages of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) Belgium as part of a fully backed professional team. Now returned to his native Northern Ireland, we…

Jonny Leonard – Rally Ypres Update

Posted on Thursday 23rd Jun 2011

Below are some notes straight from the Hankook Camp at Ypres Rally Belgium. Jonny Leonard and Jackie Elliott  have been busy with two days of recce ahead of Thursday shakedown.

Day 2, Tuesday: Jonny and Jackie spent a very long first day on…

Jonny Leonard prepares for Ypres Prize Drive

Posted on Wednesday 22nd Jun 2011

2010 Hankook Young Driver of the year, Jonny Leonard, will this weekend embark on his works prepared prize drive at the Ypres Rally, Belgium.

Driving a Ford Fiesta R2, Jonny and co-driver Jackie Elliott will receive the full support of a…

O’Keeffe serves up Great Stuff on the double

Posted on Wednesday 25th May 2011

Last year’s winner Brian O’Keeffe in his Subaru Impreza has won the Darren Swanton Memorial Cork City Rally sprint sponsored by Great Stuff Caterers for the second year in a row. He used all his experience to bring his car home in less than…

Dara Leonard Scores Sperrins Success

Posted on Thursday 19th May 2011

Dara Leonard took the Fiesta Sport Trophy Ireland honours on the C Bradley Motorsport Tour of the Sperrins after a titanic battle with his brother Declan.

Changeable weather conditions were forecast for the 70 mile closed road event as the 95…

Image Galleries – Tour of Sperrins 2011

Posted on Monday 9th May 2011

Official Image Galleries of the 2011 Tour of The Sperrins Rally.

McKinstry Wins Sperrins Thriller!

Posted on Monday 9th May 2011

The McKinstry steamroller express continued at last weekend’s C. Bradley Motorsport Tour of the Sperrins Rally, as Banbridge rally preparation expert, Kenny McKinstry, secured his fourth Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Rally Championship victory…

C. Bradley Motorsport Tour of the Sperrins

Posted on Thursday 5th May 2011

Round four of the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship takes place this Saturday with the C. Bradley Motorsport Tour of the Sperrins Rally!

Based at Walsh’s Hotel, Maghera, the event will mark an historic occasion as the…

Circuit of Ireland 2011 Gallery

Posted on Monday 2nd May 2011

Image slideshow from Round 3 of the Northern Ireland Rally Championship which also made up day one of the 2011 Circuit of Ireland Rally. More images can be found on official Hankook Flickr…

McKinstry Tops Hankook N.I. Rally Series!

Posted on Monday 2nd May 2011

The opening day of this year’s Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally was also a counting round of the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship, and series leader Kenny McKinstry locked horns with Derek McGarrity throughout all 10…

Derek McGarrity Tops Entry For Circuit of Ireland Rally

Posted on Tuesday 19th Apr 2011

Rallying bursts back into action this weekend as competitors tackle round three of the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship, the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally, in association with UTV Drive.

The famous event is a…

Two wins on the trot for McKinstry

Posted on Monday 21st Mar 2011

The 2011 Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship continued on Saturday 19th March with the McGrady Insurance Bishopscourt Stages Rally.

The Ballynahinch & District Motor Club organised event attracted an excellent entry of…