Sabine Schmitz – Queen of the Nürburgring
Following occasional drives with the family car on the Nordschleife, all three Schmitz sisters started racing, but only Sabine continued and went on to achieve several notable victories.
Schmitz had become synonymous with the Nurburgring, the 14-mile circuit in Germany...
Craig Breen – Our Craig
Climbing through the ranks
From such an early age you knew Craig was destined to do great things.
Craig was the son of Ray Breen, a national champion in Irish rallying. He began karting in 1999 in Ireland. He began...
Ken Block 1967 – 2023
Ken Block famous for his gymkhana videos on YouTube tragically lost his life in a snowmobile accident at the age of 55.
He started his rallying career by participating in the X-Games, an annual extreme sports event organized, produced and...
Jimmy McRae – The Godfather Of British Rallying
When we talk about McRae rally family, the most rewarded family in the history of British rallying, with eight national championship titles, the first person we think about is the 1995 world champion, Colin McRae. His brother Alister also...
Colin McRae – The People’s Champion
Colin was the son of Jimmy McRae who was a five-time winner of the British Rally Championship. McRae was the eldest of three brothers; his middle brother, Alister, who he himself was also a rally driver.
McRae began his competitive...
William Dunlop – The Gentle Dunlop
5 years ago, tragedy struck once again in the Dunlop Family Circle when William lost his life when racing in the Skerries just outside of Dublin.
It was a shock, something which many people thought we would see the...
Rosemary Smith – The Flying Lady
Rosemary Smith, born on 7 August 1937, has passed away peacefully on 5th December at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin.
Rosemary etched her name in the annals of motorsport history as a pioneering rally driver from Dublin, Ireland. With a...
Frank Kelly – The Maverick
When the term Frank Kelly is named, many people would think of the actor who played Father Jack in the Father Ted series. However, throughout the last 5 – 6 years that named has been making all the headlines...
Colin Turkington – The King Of Consistency
Born in Portadown, Northern Ireland Colin was raised into a bike-racing family (his grandfather and father having sponsored the road-racing exploits of Isle of Man TT winner Phillip McCallen) in 1982, it was two-wheeled action that the young Colin...
Murray Walker – Voice of the people
One light, two lights, three lights, four lights, five lights, pause…..GO! GO! GO! To me that was the sound of my childhood. From my early days watching F1 Murrary Walker was the star attraction of the sport even more...
