Jackie Cochrane – Winner of the 2018 Hawthorn Trophy!
Well done to Jackie Cochrane, winner of the Hawthorn Trophy, 2018! The prestigious award, which is presented to the National Racing Driver of The Year, is open to all Motorsport Ireland race classes and is decided by calculating the scores of each competitor on a...
Kirkistown Race One – With Commentary!
Check out this fantastic video of the cars going all out in Kirkistown, Northern Ireland! Many thanks to the circuit team for commentating and putting together this video.
Kylemore Update
We are still accepting entries to the exciting Kylemore Karting event on Saturday 19th of January! Have a great days fun and help out the club. For further details, contact conorcookerascas@gmail.com
Karting Kylemore Saturday 19th January
Here we go again - after last year's successful first outing, Conor Cooke has organised another event on the above date. (Conor kindly reminded me he finished 2nd last year!!) So get your racing gear out, lose some weight, have a few practice sessions, and we will see...
Awards Dinner – National Yacht Club 2
Our Awards Dinner was very successfully held on Saturday 1st December in the National Yacht Club Dun Laoghaire. 47 Members and friends attended. We had a brief introduction by our Chairman Wolfgang, a delicious meal which included wine, our raffle where we must have...
Bryan Brophy RIP
It with regret and sadness that we report the death of Bryan Brophy . Bryan’s contribution to Irish Motorsport was immense. He was involved actively in all disciplines for over 50 years racing, rallying, hill-climbing and officiating. Bryan will be remembered...
Membership Renewal/Application
Please download the 2019 Member form here 2019 HRCA Membership Application Form final
News update
NEWS UPDATE - Nov 18 Your new Committee met for the first time since the AGM and I would like to bring you some news updates don't forget the Awards Dinner on Saturday 1st December - contact Liam liampruth@gmail.com to book the Archivist tab has been set up on...
Social Events
Please put in your diaries! Awards Dinner Saturday 1st December - National Yacht Club - tickets €45 includes wine contact Liam Ruth 087 617 5193 and liampruth@gmail.com Kylemore Karting - fun Saturday afternoon - put your name down - this was a great success last...
AGM held 15th October 2018
The AGM was held in the RIAC attended by about 15 Members. All resolutions were passed, the Accounts were approved, your new Committee was elected. After the formal meeting, there was a discussions on issues such as 2019 Calendar - racing and social Website and...
The Wicklow Ramble Photos
The Wicklow Ramble attracted over 30 cars and nearly 80 people – not bad for a first run of this event
The event finished in Kilcoole with a barbeque and excellent music provided by the Liam Ruth Band.
Preserve our history
For discussion at AGM - we need to preserve our history - please keep those Programmes, Results and all your Photos! We hope to appoint an official Archivist shortly, there is so much history that must be preserved and made available to the next generations.
Historic Festival Mark Ashby photos
HRCA features in AutoSport Magazine
Mondello Park August 18 -19
Leinster Trophy 15th and 16th September
The next Mondello Event is the Leinster Trophy on the International Circuit It's the last event for our Race Championships, so all the top contenders will be in action to improve their points score. I wonder how many of the 45+ Mondello Historic Festival entries we...
Mondello Historic Race Festival 2018
The Mondello Historic Festival took place 18th / 19th August It has been a long time since so many racers and enthusiasts have been seen in Mondello. Saturday morning was a bit damp and drizzly, but by 11:00 the track was drying out and we had the morning for free...
Three Wise Men
THREE WISE MEN or HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL It is Saturday, it is Mondello. That is fine so until all remember for the first time in 20 years the race is the other way around the circuit. Some of our fine members can find it challenging to make it...
Aches and Pains
Following our karting outing there were great resolutions to eat less and get fit. Along came the red snow alert, a bit like a red flag in racing, and everything stopped. Days of being stuck indoors, eating and contributing to the €2,000,000 extra spent in Ireland...
RDS Classic Car Show 2018
The HRCA will have a stand at this years Classic Car Show in the RDS on 10th and 11th March 2018. Amazingly we will have 5 cars that competed in the last International Race in the Phoenix Park in 1939. Amongst these will be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed cars. This is...
Happy New Year to all HRCA Members!
Having survived our way through Christmas and the New Year and eaten our own body weight in cakes and goodies we suddenly remember: At our Annual Awards Dinner, which was a brilliant night, we signed up to a new event on the HRCA calendar: a social afternoon karting....