Ayrton Senna – The Rain Master
Senna was highly athletic, excelling in gymnastics and other sports, and developed an interest in cars and motor racing at the age of four.
Senna's first kart was built by his father using a small 1-HP lawnmower engine. Senna started...
Jonathan Rea – The Flying Ulsterman
Born and raised in Ballymena, Northern Ireland a young Jonathan Rea was keen on two wheeled motor racing on the word go. His favourite idol was the late Joey Dunlop who he himself was already a classified legend not...
Eddie Jordan – The Irish Underdog
Eddie Jordan, who has died aged 76, was one of the most flamboyant Formula 1 team bosses in the sport's history.
Rising to wealth and notoriety at a time when motorsport was a kind of Wild West featuring many chancers...
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...
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...
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...
Billy Coleman – Continuing The Legacy
It’s hard to think that Millstreet Rally Legend Billy Coleman was crowned British Rally Champion back in 1974, it is therefore fitting to just remind ourselves 50 years later of what a great achievement that was in what was...
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...
Ken Block – Hoonigan
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...
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