The Cultra Hillclimb is staged at one of the oldest motorsport venues in the world and takes place on Saturday 1 June and local racing car constructor Crossle has a long association with the event. Based close by they are inviting customers past, present and potential to join with them at Cultra Manor where there will be a focus on Crossle at Cultra. There will be an exhibition of Crossle cars, photographs and other items relating to one of the oldest racing car manufacturers in the world. For potential customers Crossle will offer a test drive in the 9S sports racing car at Kirkistown on Friday 31 May, a visit to the factory at Rory’s Wood, and opportunities for local tourism for those interested.

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For the third year in succession the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum partnership have secured the appearance of yet another significant Northern Ireland race car for their 2013 Cultra Hillclimb Event. Sixty-two years after Cultra-born Desmond Titterington took delivery of his ‘Festival of Britain’ Allard J2 (OZ4444), Somerset man Chris Pring will bring the newly restored car to contest the North Down Borough Council supported Speed Hillclimb at the award-winning Museum on Saturday, June 1st. Cultra 2013 marks the Allard’s first competitive outing since restoration – a fitting return to the place where this important cars’ racing story first began. The ‘Festival of Britain’ moniker was coined by the Irish motoring press and refers to the cars brief appearance as the official Allard exhibit at the 1951 Festival of Britain transport pavilion, shortly before delivery to Belfast. Titterington’s masterful performances in the Allard, including winning the 1952 Leinster Trophy, lead to race seats in the Ecurie Ecosse, Jaguar and Mercedes works teams, plus several outings in a Connaught F1 car. After his last event in the J2, an outright win on the 1953 Knockagh Hill Climb in Co.Antrim, the car was sold to a Scotsman, Jimmy Braid, who took it to Calcutta to compete in the local racing scene that had sprung up there. It was another Scot, Allan Ramsay, who got the most out of the Allard in India – taking on the assorted competition, including an Alfa Monza 6C, a Jaguar 100SS and specials built along Allard lines – he set lap records and took notable wins. Later, rescued from a scrap heap and packed away in boxes, the car went into storage for many years before returning to the UK. Over the last 12 years it has undergone a fastidious restoration by The Leiter Motor Co in Dorset, under the watchful eye of marque expert Paul Weldon.

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After outqualifying the entire grid by over one second, Adam Macaulay took his first ever win by dominating Round 3 of the Crowne Plaza National Formula Vee Championship at a damp Bishopscourt. Despite a brief challenge at the first corner by the fast starting Kevin Grogan, Macaulay in his Newsome Racing assisted Sheane pulled out a comfortable lead that he maintained all the way to the chequered flag. The real battle emerged behind Macaulay with Dan Polley in his LOH Motorsport Sheane and Kevin Grogan in his AvantiSport Leastone swapping places several times as they both looked for the runner up prize. A well timed dive up the inside with just 3 corners to go on the last lap saw Polley take 2nd with Grogan taking 3rd Current championship leader, Ray Moore, was involved in an incident at the end of the first lap which saw him drop to the back of the grid where he duly went about putting in a spirited fight to work his way back up to 5th  ahead of the returning Roy Tobin in a Newsome Racing Sheane. Stephen Morrin in his Leastone had his best result to date when he finished 4th overall and with it took the honours in the Dunlop B Championship. Morrin also claimed the Avantisport “Highest Grid Mover” Award. The battle for the VW Spares Rookie Championship took place further down the grid with Brendan O’Brien emerging  victorious over Justin Costello; the pair being split by less than a second at the chequered flag. Being interviewed after the race, Adam Macaulay said “It’s about time I got this win. Hopefully there are plenty more to come. I really think I can challenge for the title this season.” After Round 3, Adam Macaulay now joins Ray Moore on equal points at the top of the Crowne Plaza National Championship with Damian Murphy and Justin Costello leading the Dunlop B and VW Spares Rookie Championships respectively. Star Drive – Roy Tobin. On his return to the class after a lengthy break, he took it to former champion Ray Moore for the entirety of the race finishing only 0.2secs behind. Fastest Lap – Adam Macaulay

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Macaulay Dominates In The Wet

Status Grand Prix made headway with all-important tyre management in the second race of the GP3 Series season opener at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. At this, the first GP3 race weekend with the brand-new, 400bhp, second-generation cars, all the teams found it a big challenge to maintain tyre performance throughout the races thanks to the increased power. But overnight set-up changes after a difficult first race allowed Status GP to take a step forward in Sunday’s event. China’s Adderly Fong rocketed from 23rd to 12th on the opening lap of the race, a curtain raiser to the Spanish Grand Prix. He then won a battle with Luis Sa Silva for 11th place but unfortunately had to concede two spots due to a small mistake on the final lap, and finished 13th. However, two penalties applied post-race to other drivers promoted Fong back up to 11th in the final results. Swede Jimmy Eriksson kept his starting position of 19th on the opening lap, before passing Patrick Kujala after an early safety-car period to go 18th. Once the race settled down he was setting lap times comparable with the top three, before a gearbox electronics issue forced him out. Englishman Josh Webster had moved up to 19th place, after starting from the final row following a retirement in the opening race. On one lap the Nine Group-supported driver circulated faster than all the cars in front of him, showing the close and competitive nature of the GP3 field. However, his progress was hampered by an intermittent throttle response problem which heightened his tyre deterioration, and he spun off with three laps remaining. The second round of the GP3 Series is at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit on 15th and 16th June. Before then, the teams will test at the Hungaroring on 5th and 6th June. Driver quotes: Adderly Fong: “We didn’t know how many places I would gain but it was good to run in a position that was more like what we expected. It’s an extremely steep learning curve, and the Pirelli P Zero tyres throw in an extra factor and turn it into a real tactical game. If you go off line you get on the marbles, and if you lock up or get wheelspin it takes a while to recover. Eventually my tyres went off and I made a mistake, but the race was much better overall.” Josh Webster: “I got a really good start but I was suffering with a different throttle issue to yesterday from the start. That in turn was really hurting my tyres and hampering my lap times. You can’t just relax and stay in 19th position – you’ve got to try and improve – and I ended up spinning into the gravel. It’s tough for the team but we’ll come back from it and be stronger at the next test in Hungary.” Jimmy Eriksson: “We made a lot of changes for this race, so it’s a real shame I didn’t finish because it would have been great to see if the tyres lasted the race. I was saving my tyres, being really cautious, and about halfway through the race I was beginning to feel it start to pay off, because the guys in front suddenly lost a second a lap and I kept the same pace as before. I was doing the same lap times as the drivers who were P1 and P2, but then my gearbox gave up and I couldn’t shift. That’s a shame – I’m sure a top 10 was possible.” Adderly Fong ran close to the points battle Josh Webster fends off a tight GP3 pack Jimmy Eriksson was quick but out of luck

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LEINSTER M C/BARC RACE MEETING AT BISHOPSCOURT, CO DOWN (ROUNDS OF MOTORSPORT IRELAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS): FORMULA FORD 1600 RACE 1 (12 laps): 1 Ivor McCullough (Van Diemen RF00) 16m 13.91s, 80.91 mph, 2 Niall Murray (Van Diemen RF99) 16m 14.80s, 3 Sean Doyle (Van Diemen RF91) 16m 21.79s, 4 Rob Barrable (Van Diemen) 16m 24.03s, 5 Jonny McMullan (Mondiale M89S) 16m 25.30s, 6 Stephen Daly (Ray GR05) 16m 32.27s. Fastest lap: McCullough 1m 19.166s, 82.95 mph.   FORMULA FORD 1600 RACE 2 (12 laps): 1 Ivor McCullough (Van Diemen RF00) 15m 11.82s, 86.42 mph, 2 Niall Murray (Van Diemen RF99) 15m 15.46s, 3 Sean Doyle (Van Diemen RF91) 15m 15.60s, 4 Noel Dunne (Van Diemen RF00) 15m 15.70s, 5 Rob Barrable (Van Diemen) 15m 17.48s, 6 Kevin O’Hara (Van Diemen LA10) 15m 26.69s. Fastest lap: Dunne 1m 14.194s, 88.50 mph.   CROWNE PLAZA DUNDALK FORMULA VEE RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 Adam MacAulay (Sheane) 15m 11.16s, 79.27 mph, 2 Dan Polley (Sheane) 15m 14.73s, 3 Kevin Grogan (Leastone) 15m 15.37s. Fastest lap: MacAulay 1m 20.769s, 81.30 mph.   CROWNE PLAZA DUNDALK FORMULA VEE RACE 2 (11 laps): 1 Dan Polley (Sheane) 15m 47.45s, 76.24 mph, 2 Ray Moore (Leastone) 15m 49.89s, 3 Adam MacAulay (Sheane) 15m 50.37s. Fastest lap: Grogan 1m 24.139s, 78.04 mph.   FORMULA LIBRE RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 Martin Daly (Tatuus F Renault) 15m 22.05s, 78.34 mph, 2 Cian Carey (Tatuus F Renault) 15m 22.82s, 3 Bob Scanlon (Radical SR3) 15m 53.08s. Fastest lap: Scanlon 1m 21.062s, 81.01 mph.   FORMULA LIBRE RACE 2 (13 laps): 1 Martin Daly (Tatuus F Renault) 16m 07.47s, 88.23 mph, 2 Fergus Faherty (Tatuus F Renault) 16m 08.09s, 3 Cian Carey (Tatuus F Renault) 16m 09.24s. Fastest lap: Daly 1m 11.165s, 92.27 mph.   IRISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 Erik Holstein (BMW M3) 15m 26.86s, 77.93 mph, 2 Dave O’Brien (BMW E46) 15m 29.96s, 3 Robert Savage (Honda Integra) 16m 21.03s, 4 Garreth Hayden (Honda Integra) 16m 23.51s, 5 Norman Fawcett (Honda Civic) 10 laps, 6 Mark Keane (Honda Integra) 10 laps. Fastest lap: O’Brien 1m 21.473s, 80.60 mph.   IRISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 2 (12 laps): 1 Dave O’Brien (BMW E46) 15m 53.29s, 82.66 mph, 2 Erik Holstein (BMW M3) 15m 53.82s, 3 Robert Savage (Honda Integra) 16m 46.35s, 4 Norman Fawcett (Honda Civic) 17m 12.05s, 5 Keith Rabbitt (Honda Integra) 17m 14.99s, 6 Ian Radford (Honda Integra) 17m 19.89s. Fastest lap: O’Brien 1m 16.928s, 85.36 mph.   FORMULA SHEANE RACE 1 (9 laps): 1 Kevin Sheane Jnr 12m 31.19s, 78.67 mph, 2 Brian Hearty 12m 36.41s, 3 John Linnane 13m 09.14s. Fastest lap: Sheane 1m 20.669s, 81.40 mph.   FORMULA SHEANE RACE 2 (10 laps): 1 Kevin Sheane Jnr 15m 44.41s, 69.53 mph, 2 Robbie Allen 15m 45.20s, 3 Barry Rabbitt 15m 45.52s. Fastest lap: Sheane 1m 14.283s, 88.40 mph.   PATCH TYRE EQUIPMENT FIESTA RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 John Denning 16m 17.00s, 67.21 mph, 2 Ryan Campbell 16m 17.89s, 3 Uel McMillan 16m 19.41s. Fastest lap: Denning 1m 35.115s, 69.04 mph . FIAT PUNTO CLASS: 1 Gary Miller.   PATCH TYRE EQUIPMENT FIESTA RACE 2 (10 laps): 1 Ryan Campbell 15m 53.86s, 68.84 mph, 2 Andrew Blair 15m 54.59s, 3 Paul Magill 16m 22.15s. Fastest lap: John Denning 1m 33.068s, 70.56 mph . FIAT PUNTO CLASS: 1 Mervyn Miller.   GLOBAL LIGHTS RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 Paul Fitzpatrick 15m 29.10s, 77.74 mph, 2 Mark Twomey 15m 33.92s, 3 Richard Finlay 16m 11.38s. Fastest lap: Alan Byrne 1m 22.190s, 79.89 mph.   GLOBAL LIGHTS RACE 2 (11 laps): 1 Peter Drennan 15m 27.27s, 77.90 mph, 2 Mark Twomey 15m 39.90s, 3 Richard Finlay 15m 49.17s. Fastest lap: Drennan 1m 22.862s, 79.25 mph.   GLOBAL LIGHTS RACE 3 (11 laps): 1 Paul Fitzpatrick 15m 37.56s, 77.04 mph, 2 Mark Braden 15m 47.13s, 3 Ivor Miller 15m 59.31s. Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick 1m 22.545s, 79.55 mph.   STRYKER RACE 1 (11 laps): 1 Alan Watkins 16m 52.59s, 71.33 mph, 2 Dave Griffin 10 laps, 3 Brian Kingston 10 laps. Fastest lap: Watkins 1m 27.459s, 75.08 mph .   STRYKER RACE 2 (12 laps): 1 Dave Griffin 17m 17.72s, 75.93 mph, 2 Alan Watkins 17m 18.10s, 3 Paul Yeomans 11 laps. Fastest lap: Watkins 1m 20.799s, 81.27 mph .   HISTORIC RACE 1 (10 laps): 1 David Kelly (Crossle 9S) 15m 40.21s, 69.84 mph, 2 Bernard Foley (MGBGT V8) 16m 27.79s, 3 Stephen Doyle (Chevron B8) 16m 51.87s. Fastest lap: Kelly 1m 30.993s, 72.16 mph.   HISTORIC RACE 2 (11 laps): 1 Jackie Cochrane (Sunbeam Tiger) 15m 44.45s, 76.48 mph, 2 David Kelly (Crossle 9S) 15m 46.81s, 3 Stephen Doyle (Chevron B8) 16m 07.12s. Fastest lap: Cochrane 1m 21.793s, 80.28 mph.   PRE-1955 HISTORICS (9 laps): 1 John Keatley (Healey Silverstone) 16m 12.38s, 60.78 mph, 2 Kevin McBride (Lancia B20) 17m 07.83s, 3 Ken McAvoy (Riley TT Sprite) 17m 34.91s. Fastest lap: Keatley 1m 45.182s, 62.43 mph .

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