This week’s special New Year's Eve RIAC - Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is action from the Belfast City Millennium Motorsport Festival.

The brainchild of RPM’s own Alan Tyndall, the four day Belfast City Millennium Motorsport Festival included a motorsports market, a gala evening, autotests, stunt riders and over 500 vehicles taking part in parades and static displays but the major attraction of the weekend was the festival hillclimb event at Stormont Castle which featured a jaw dropping array of vehicles and drivers including Sterling Moss, Giacomo Agostini, Eddie Irvine, Derek Daly, John Watson, Tommy Byrne, Martin Donnelly, Jimmy McRae as well as then current F1 star Jarno Trulli who attended with Jordan Grand Prix Team and the Honda/Mugen powered Jordan 199. 

This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on New Year’s Eve:

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This week’s RIAC - Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is action from the three-day 1990 Circuit of Ireland with reporting from Alan Tyndall, Gary Gillespie, and George Hamilton.

David Llewellin was on the crest of a wave in the late 80s and early 90’s but the reigning British Rally Champion faced a tough challenge on the 1990 Circuit of Ireland with Malcolm Wilson and a young Colin McRae looking to topple the Welsh man. There was as ever, a strong local contingent with Austin McHale, Bertie Fisher, James Cullen, Kenny McKinstry and Richard Smyth looking to cause an upset against the professionals. Changeable conditions played into Llewellin’s hands however as his four-wheel drive Toyota Celica began to pull away from the opposition and he claimed his second Circuit win in five years with some spectacular driving along the way. 

This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on Christmas Eve: 

Next week’s final upload of 2020 will feature highlights of the Belfast City Millennium Motorsport Festival where a spectacular array of machinery tackled the hill at Stormont.

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On behalf of all of us in the RIAC, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our members for your continued support throughout this extraordinary and challenging year, and wish you all the best this holiday season. 

I would once again like to express my appreciation to our staff who have performed tremendously well under exceptionally difficult circumstances. I would also thank those of you that have recognised their unwavering dedication by contributing to the staff fund, details of which can be found here. 

I would like to remind you that the RIAC car-park will continue to operate a 24-hour service over the Christmas period. Please contact the garage directly with any queries on 01 677 5299. 

If you have any questions or if the Club can be of assistance to you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Alternatively you can call Holly on 01 677 5141 or email info@riac.ie

I wish you, your family and friends a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year and look forward to welcoming you back to the club in 2021, in what I hope will be under more normal circumstances. 

Happy Christmas and Stay Safe, 

Arthur Collier,
Chairman, RIAC

Christmas Opening Hours

Clubhouse Restaurant
Open – December 24th until 3pm
Closed – December 25th  
Reopening – January 4th, 2021

RIAC Office
Closed – December 23rd
Reopening – January 4th, 2021

RIAC Garage 
The garage will operate as usual on a 24-hour basis and can be contacted directly by phone on 01 677 5299

Renewals 2021
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The office will be closed from Wednesday 23rd of December 2020 and will reopen on Monday, 4th January 2021.

Please note payments can be made online via the link in Clubnet email sent on 10/11/2020, by Bank transfer, post, or credit card over the phone (from 4th Jan, 2021).

This week’s RIAC - Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is action from the 2000 Dunlop Rally of Ireland.

A unique one-off event which featured the first section of a special stage held indoors in Ireland, the Dunlop Rally of Ireland was run by ALMC Motor Club. Utilising terrain in Dublin, Wicklow and Laois, the event took in some classic stages, but pre-event favourite Austin McHale had early dramas when a collision on the road section to the opening stage left him languishing in 133rd and last position. It took all his guile and experience to work his way back to the front to take the win, helped in no small part by the demise of Eamonn Boland and turbo issues for Peadar Hurson.

This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on Thursday, December 17th.

Next week’s Christmas Eve upload will feature full highlights from the 1990 Circuit of Ireland.

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MEMBER NEWSLETTER: Dec 2020
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The RIAC Newsletter for December 2020 is now available online. 

Click on the button below to read all the latest RIAC Club news, developments and updates.
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​This week’s  RIAC -Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is action from four rounds of the Dunlop RT2000 Championship with commentary from Brian Tuite, Declan Quigley and Alan Tyndall.
Having being established in 1999, by the following year the RT2000 class had established itself and one of the most competitive and spectacular tin top series on the island of Ireland. After a season long battle, the title decider in the millennium year boiled down to a straight fight between John Whelan and Brendan Donegan with Donegan starting on pole. However a disastrous start and first corner accident dashed his hopes as Whelan began to pull away.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on Thursday, December 10th.

Next week’s upload will feature highlights from the 2000 Dunlop Rally of Ireland where Austin McHale fought his way back from an early mishap to take the win.
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