The Ulster Automobile Club will organise an interclub Sprint on 8th October 2022 at Kirkistown Race Circuit.
October Sprint 2022
Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
With the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday, the Council and membership of the Ulster Automobile Club Ltd wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family and all those mourning her loss. Her Majesty was a selfless leader whose work ethos and devotion to her family will be sadly missed by many people from all walks of life across the nation.
Knockagh Hill Climb – Cancellation
It is with sincere regret that the Ulster Automobile Club have made the decision to cancel the 2022 Knockagh Hill Climb, which was due to be the final round of the ANICC Hill Climb Championship & the UAC Club Championship.
This decision was not taken lightly, but due to lack of entries & rising costs this meant that it was not feasible to run the event.
We hope you understand our decision & look forward to seeing you at our next event, the UAC October Sprint on Saturday 8th October at Kirkistown.
A full refund will be given to each entrant, but please be patient as this does take some time to process.
The Club would like to thank all those competitors who had entered & all those that had signed on to marshal and support the Hill Climb.
Once again our sincere apologies.
Yours in Motorsport
Wilson Carson
Clerk of the Course
Knockagh Hill Climb 2022
Entries for the final round of the ANICC Millers Oils Hill Climb Championship are now open – please visit rallyscore.net.
Annual General Meeting on 29th June 2022
Attention All Members
Don’t forget the AGM on 29th June 2022 at 19:30 in Shandon Park Golf Club.
Relevant paper work, nomination forms, minutes of previous AGM, etc., can be downloaded below using the password which was emailed to you.
95th AGM Minutes
AGM Current Members of Council 2021-2022
AGM Invite Notice 2022
AGM Nomination of Office Bearers 2022
Secretary’s Report 2021 UAC
UAC Annual Accounts for 2021
100th Anniversary of the Road Races Act celebrated in style!
Last Sunday in Mount Stewart House and Gardens the Ulster Automobile Club displayed 10 cars and 10 Motor Bikes representing each of the decades to celebrate this historic anniversary.
This is a significant milestone in the history of Road Races because this Act facilitated the closing of public roads for the purposes of racing. Currently some of the most famous uses of this legislation include the North West 200, Tandragee 100 and Armoy Road Races for motorcycles. Special thanks to Will Corry Senior who arranged all the motorbikes and to Ray McCullough’ the Dromara destroyer for his appearance on the day.
Read moreWeather or not – Menzies strikes again!!
Wallace Menzies clearly demonstrated why he is the current Avon Tyres British Hill Climb Champion by setting the Fastest Time of the Day on the Simon Brien Residential UAC Craigantlet Hill Climb, netting him the News Letter Trophy. (Pic A) His driving skills also resulted in him collecting the Dunlop Trophy (Pic B) for his Class 15 win and taking a ‘clean sweep’ by winning both rounds 3 and 4 of the Avon Tyres British Hill Climb Championship at the weekend. Nichola, Wallace’s wife received the Noble Trophy for the second year in a row as the fastest lady up the Hill. (Pics C&D) Congratulations to them both!
The battle for the overall win was intense as the rain continued to fall throughout the day making traction of the start line and on some of the corners a challenging prospect, however the big man from Alloa in his Gould GR59-M set the Fastest Time of the Day (Pic E). Given the conditions, only 5 seconds off the current hill record of 39.12s (jointly held by Scott Moran and Dave Uren) this was a magnificent result. Second place driver Alex Summers in his DJ Firestorm (Pic F) followed by 0.17 seconds who in turn was 0.54 seconds faster than Scott Moran in his Gould GR59J (Pic G).
Read moreCraigantlet Hill Climb on 30th April 2022
Final Instruction No. 1 (Issued 26th April 2022)
Due to the increase in the number of entries scrutiny will be held on Friday Evening, 29th April 2022, from 18:00 until 21:00 at the car park in Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast, BT4 2ND.
A limited number of places may be offered for Saturday Morning at the ‘Hill’.
A map with directions is displayed below…
Fisher & Noble Master the Glens!!
Wastewater Solutions Circuit of Ireland International Rally goes to the wire. The final four stages of the ‘Circuit’ produced superb performances by winners Alastair Fisher and Gordon Noble in their VW Polo R5 to claim the coveted UAC Circuit of Ireland Trophy. 11.6 seconds separated them from Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes, (winners of the UAC Easter Stages Rally in 2018), in their Hyundai i20 R5 who had set the fastest times on stages 4 and 7 over the two days and were leading the event going into the final stage.
Callum Devine and Shane Byrne had set 3 of the fastest times on stages 2,3 and 6 on day one but were not able to repeat their performance given the blistering pace on day 2, finishing a further 30.3 seconds behind to claim third place. Desi Henry and Paddy Robinson pushing their Ford Fiesta Rally 2 to set fastest times on stages 1 and 5 led the rally at the end of day 1, however their rally ended with engine failure after stage 9 on day 2.
Read moreThe Crème de La Crème are on the line at Craigantlet!!
The Ulster Automobile Club (UAC) are thrilled to announce that when entries closed, the best drivers and machinery in the UK will be coming to Northern Ireland to ‘battle it out on our Hill’. Six months ago entries filled within 6 minutes of entries going live; this year we took a little longer, somewhere in the region of a half a second, the difference between the winner and 2nd place on this amazing event.
We are extremely delighted to continue our relationship with Simon Brien Residential, our generous title sponsor, competitor and avid supporter of motorsport. Simon commented, “Craigantlet is highly regarded by local competitors and our friends in the British Hill Climb Championship as one of the fastest in the series.
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