Damien Faulkner is in sixth position in the Formula Palmer Audi series in Britain, and can improve on his championship status in the weekend's double-header at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
The Co Donegal driver drove an incredible race at Thruxton two weeks ago, slicing through the field from 17th on the grid to snatch third place from Peter Clarke in a daring last-lap manoeuvre at the chicane.
Following his Formula Opel win at Mondello last Saturday, Ken Grandon has obtained sponsorship from Irish Permanent Finance to drive a Meritus Motorsport car in the weekend's two final rounds of the Euroseries at the Luxembourg Grand Prix meeting at Nurburgring.
Dublin rally driver Richie Holfeld competes in tomorrow's Trackrod Forest Stages Rally in York. With co-driver Ian Grindrod, Holfeld leads the prestigious Group N division of the RAC British National Rally Championship driving a Lancer RS Evolution 4 for the Ralliart Co-ordsport Team Mitsubishi. He has 10 points in hand over Vince Wetton
Neil Shanahan (Dublin) who scored his sixth race win in the Formula Ford Zetec championship at Mondello last Sunday to win the Ford of Ireland laurels, won the Formula Ford 1600 Championship and the Dunlop Sexton Trophy last year. He campaigned a Van Diemen RF98 this year, again run with great efficiency by Mick Merrigan Motorsport. Shanahan (18) is preparing to go professional racing on the British circuits in 1999.
The bikers take over Mondello Park on Sunday, where the Fingal Club's Christy Clarke Memorial meeting will be held over the 2,808 metres `intermediate circuit' used for the first time for motorcycle racing.
