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Welcome To DMC.com
We are Northern Ireland's premier Short Oval Motor Racing promotion, bringing you the very best in Stock Car, Hot Rod and Banger racing since 2003. We promote top flight race meetings at both Tullyroan Oval near Dungannon and Aghadowey Oval near Coleraine. From the high speed, high octane National Hot Rods, to the thrill a minute wreck 'em racing of the National Bangers, DMC Race Promotions have something for everyone, from the serious motorsport enthusiast to the family looking for a day out with a difference.
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Coming Fixtures |
Aghadowey Oval
28/12/2024 @ 1.30pm
FESTIVE CARAVAN CARNAGE!
Caravan Destruction Derby!
National Hot Rods 2025 World Series NI Round 7
Ninja Karts 2024 Stars of Tomorrow Challenge
Superstox
Thunder Rods
Junior Productions
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Tullyroan Oval
4/1/2025 @ 2pm
NEW YEAR BONANZA
Big Van Bangers Van-dalism
Rookie Bangers New Year Challenge
2.0 Hot Rods
Lightning Rods
Stock Rods
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Tullyroan Oval
23/2/2025 @ 2pm
FEBRUARY BANGER BLITZ
Unlimited National Bangers 2025 Tullyroan Masters
1600 Rookie Bangers 2025 Tullyroan Masters
2.0 Hot Rods
Ninja Karts
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  Scotland’S National Hot Rods World Champion Robert McDonald was on top form at the Tullyroan Oval Speedweekend, claiming victory in both the British Championship and the Leslie Dallas Memorial Trophy. On a weekend packed full of championship action, England’s Michael Green won both the European Championship and Irish Open in the Superstox, while Magheralin’s Stuart Agnew claimed victory in the Lightning Rods World Cup.
National Hot Rods
A top quality field of National Hot Rods assembled for the Cirrus Plastics British Championship, with England’s Billy Wood taking the opening qualifier after a great pass on Dan Smith. Robert McDonald continued his great 2024 season with a clear victory in heat two, leaving he and Wood tied on points for pole position. The draw put Wood on pole, for what was to turn into a classic British title race under the Tullyroan floodlights.
The race fans were on their toes as the duo raced in close company for much of the distance, with McDonald making the decisive move late in the race to find a gap under Wood into the Tullyroan end. McDonald took the title to complete the career Grand Slam of all the major titles in the sport, with Wood and John Christie completing the podium. Christie had driven a superb race to edge past Shane Murray for third after a fantastic dice.
On Sunday Christie and McDonald shared the heat wins ahead of the big money Leslie Dallas Memorial Trophy final, but consistency saw Norfolk’s Perry Cooke on pole spot for the main event. Cooke led much of the distance before McDonald arrived to challenge, the Scotsman putting a superb outside line pass on the leader to take a sensational victory ahead of Cooke, Murray and Christie.
Superstox
A grid of almost 30 cars took the green flag in the first graded heat for the Superstox, with Irish Champion Lee Davison hitting the front before he was edged out by Michael Green as the British Champion took a stylish win. Heat two saw Green again power through from the rear of the field in classic Stock Car style, passing fellow Englishman Randall Lynn late on to take the victory once again.
With Green having qualified on pole for the Mk2 Escort Shells and Spares European Championship, the signs were ominous for the others, and he immediately hit the front from the off. In a truly dramatic race though Green would have his work cut out, having to survive four caution periods which brought the challengers right to his tail. Local favourite Steven Haugh tried his best to unseat Green with his bumper but just couldn’t pull it off, and the English star raced home to the European title ahead of World Champion Jordan Robinson, who had come from the back of the grid in a great drive after a torrid qualifying. Davison took third ahead of Scottish duo Dean Johnston and Aaron Riddell.
Sunday’s Irish Open Championship saw Loughgall’s Jamie McCann and Haugh share the heat wins, but in the final it was Green once again who survived an early onslaught to take the win over McCann and Lynn, breaking the lap record in the process, after an epic weekend of Superstox action.
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Lightning Rods
The first ever World Cup for the Lightning Rods saw the opening qualifying heat fall to Waringstown’s Ross Houston ahead of Stuart Agnew and James McKinney, before the second heat went the way of Portadown’s Mark Corry ahead of Jake Morgan and McKinney.
The Cirrus Plastics World Cup was yet another fantastic title race, with the top four drivers covered by a blanket for the whole distance. Houston and McKinney squabbled over the lead which allowed Agnew inside to the front. Despite heavy pressure from behind, Stuart held his nerve to win the World Cup ahead of McKinney and Corry.
Sunday’s NI Open saw heat wins for Agnew and Houston, with the latter and McKinney paired on the front row on aggregate points. McKinney hit the front at the off but had Houston all over him, until they tangled whilst amongst backmarkers. That opened the door for Agnew, who grasped the opportunity to hit the front and take his second title of the weekend. Corry and Houston completed the podium.
Ninja Karts
The largest ever Ulster entry for the 6-11 year old Ninja Karts stars served up some fantastic racing, with the Keir Millar Memorial Trophy Saturday’s big race. The heats went to English trio George Cooper, Charlie Weston and Henry Hunn. The final, in memory of the former star Ninja racer Keir Millar, saw a great battle for the lead with another English driver, Mason Carberry, coming through to win the superb trophy ahead of Weston and Jaxon York.
Sunday saw the kids chasing the DMC Gold Cup, with the heats falling to Weston, Carberry and Hunn. The final was another excellent event with 40 karts taking the green flag. Weston came through for the win in fine style ahead of Charlie Major and York.
Support Racing
Two Irish Masters titles completed the programme, with the 1300 Stock Cars on Saturday impressing with some heavy hitting racing. Craig Bodenham and Michael Logan shared the heats, before Curtis Greer held off a spirited last bend assault from Davy Wright to take the title ahead of Bobby Johnston and Scottish based World Champion Darren Rae.
The 2.0 Hot Rods Irish Masters saw Scotland’s Keith Brown and Antrim’s Conor Hughes share the heats, before Hughes dominated the final to take a superb win over Jordan Rochford and Wayne Woolsey.
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Added: 23/09/24
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 Some excellent oval racing was served up at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night across all five divisions in action, with Ballymena’s Victor McAfee taking a great feature race win in the Stock Rods. In the 2.0 Hot Rods Portadown’s Wayne Woolsey won the second round of the Hoosier Tyres Challenge Series with Bleary’s Drew McKeown the winner in the meeting final.
Killyman’s Matthew Weir took a closely fought King of Aghadowey title for the Junior Productions, with Drumahoe’s Gavin Gamble taking the King of Aghadowey crown in the Rookie Bangers. The Thunder Rods completed the line up and it was Portglenone’s Jordan Nicholl who scooped the silverware.
Close competitive racing was the order of the day in the Stock Rods, with Sam McNeice first home in the opening after a great late run, ahead of Victor McAfee , Rab Preston and Dan Shannon. Preston then went one better in heat two, taking the win ahead of McAfee and Reuben Kernohan.
In the damp final, Samuel Murphy held sway out front for the first ten laps, before McAfee slipped past to take up the running. Victor was totally in control of the race and the worsening weather conditions, and he reeled off the remaining laps to take a fantastic and popular win. Murphy, Siobhan Martin and Callum Magill rounded out the major placings.
The opening race of the evening for the 2.0 Hot Rods was the final of the second round of the Hoosier Challenge Series which was held over from the last meeting. Wayne Woolsey made no mistake from pole position in this one, pulling clear to take an emphatic win over Jordan Rochford and Drew McKeown.
The opening heat proper of the night then saw a flag to flag win for Colin McFarland, as he held off Jordan Rochford and Aaron Stewart at the line. Heat two saw a clear win for Rob Barnett, who impressed to win ahead of Stewart and Matthew Nicholl.
By final time the rain had arrived, with Barnett leading early on. There was no answer to the pace of McKeown in this one though, as the British Champion powered ahead after just ten laps to reel off a very comfortable win. Woolsey, Rochford and World Champion Adam Heatrick filled out the places.
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The Junior Productions were using the reverse grid system as they contested the King of Aghadowey, with Leyton Hughes showing his quality to win the opening heat ahead of Dylan Fegan and Jack Morrison. Charlie Johnston led heat two for a time before Alfie Litter came through to take a hard earned win ahead of Ryan Berry and Owen O’Brien.
The rain appeared before the King of Aghadowey final, with Berry in the lead early on from pole position. Callum Doak then found the slenderest of gaps down his inside to take up the running, but by now all the top runners were together in what was heading for a superb finish. It was becoming an enthralling race, with Harry Minish and Johnston impressing as they came right from the rear of the line up. Doak got edged out of the lead through the Brown Trout Bend, with Minish coming through to take the chequered flag on the road. A number of penalties were then handed out for contact during the race, which elevated Matthew Weir to the win ahead of Hughes and an unfortunately demoted Minish.
The Rookie Bangers were spectacular all evening, with red flags required twice during the opening heat given the amount of action. England’s Harry Botfield came through for the win ahead of Phillip Farrell and Stephen Boyd, before Marc Morrell won the second heat from Botfield. The one also saw a rollover for Rodney Herron on the exit of the Brown Trout bend.
Botfield led the wet final early on, only to lose out to Gavin Gamble who pulled clear. As the action continued all around the track, a late caution for a loose wheel with two laps to go set up a grandstand finish. With the field biting at his tail, Gamble pulled off the perfect restart to claim a well deserved win ahead of Botfield and Farrell.
It was great to see an increased number of Thunder Rods back on track, with the action as frantic as ever. Ballymena’s Tyler McMaster impressed on his way to the opening heat win over Liam Irwin and Robert Nicholl, before Tyler repeated the dose in heat two to take another fine victory over Irwin and Jordan Nicholl.
The final saw a great scrap early on as Sean Boyd, Irwin and Nicholl all contested the top spot. Nicholl used his experience to scythe through to the lead, from where he raced home to take the win. Irish Champion James Goldie raced well to take second spot, ahead of Ian Hobson and Liam Wilson.
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Added: 16/09/24
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 County Cork National Hot Rod ace Jeff Riordan made it three World Series wins from three outings when he took the feature race win at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday evening. It was a night a great racing, with Scottish star Siobhan Martin marking her debut as an Ulster-based racer with a tremendous Stock Rods final win.
England’s Mason Carberry also drove a great race to win the Ninja Karts Golden Helmet, with the other feature race wins falling to Portadown’s World Champion Jordan Robinson in the Superstox and Magheralin’s Stuart Agnew in the Lightning Rods.
The opening heat for the National Hot Rods was brought to an early halt following a big crash for Derek Martin after his throttle stuck open at the end of the back straight. Nigel McCauley was an unfortunate innocent party who also got collected in the incident. Gary Woolsey went ahead in his new Maxda MX5 before Shane Murray swooped past to take the win over Jeff Riordan and Woolsey. Ian Riordan was the man to watch in heat two, as he took his first race win in the formula ahead of Woolsey.
The final of World Series NI Round 4 saw Woolsey ahead with Jeff Riordan chasing him down. They were together when they came across the rejoining Andrew Stewart, which forced them both wide. Jeff hit the front and never looked back as he took a convincing win, his third in as many outings. Woolsey, Adam Maxwell and Ian Riordan completed the major places.
The Stock Rod action was close and competitive all evening, with a whole host of closely matched cars. Ryan Dilly drove a great first heat under pressure to take a fine win, holding off Victor McAfee and Declan O’Connor at the line. Heat two saw Rab Preston take the chequered flag for a welcome win, ahead of Reuben Kernohan and O’Connor after second man on the road Jonny Cardwell took a penalty for contact.
The final was an enthralling race, with McAfee holding sway out front for much of the distance despite huge pressure from behind. A late caution period saw a five lap dash to the flag, with Siobhan Martin bursting around the outside with a great drive to snatch a well deserved victory on her first outing since switching her racing full time to Northern Ireland. Mark Crawford, Kernohan, Dan Shannon and Cardwell filled the places.
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A nice sprinkling of mainland visitors added an extra edge to the Ninja Karts Golden Helmet, kindly sponsored by B-TEK Battery Services. England’s Thomas Wilkins had a huge lead in the opening heat before it was wiped out by a caution period late on when Tommy Bevan rolled. That opened the door for Jaxon Cairns to grab the win over Wilkins and Jack Murphy. Eddie Fowler and Ollie Williamson tangled when chasing the heat two lead, allowing Murphy to grab the win over Cairns and Tommy Johnson.
Cairns led the Golden Helmet final from pole spot early on, before World and National Champion Lewis Hazlett powered past to take up the running. He soon had Suffolk’s Mason Carberry right with him though. Carberry went ahead, and he held for victory on despite Hazlett’s best efforts to get back on terms. Murphy took third ahead of Austin Grattan and Jayden Jeffrey, with the top three all receiving great prizes from the sponsors, as did best novice home Wilkins.
There was a first ever race win for Ethan Martin in the opening Supertox heat, as he held off Gerard Hartley and Lee Davison at the flag for a popular victory. Heat two saw Hartley take the win, withstanding a last bend assault from Davison in great fashion.
The final saw Martin set the early pace, and he led until the 5 laps to go board came out. Hartley then took over out front, but he had no answer to the flying Jordan Robinson, as the World Champion eased to the front and took the chequered flag. Steven Haugh and welcome returnee David Beattie took the podium places.
An encouraging field of Lightning Rods came to grid for their opener, with Jake Morgan taking his luminous orange BMW to a great win over Ross Houston and Ian Hobson. Heat two saw a repeat feat from young Morgan as he again led them home, this time ahead of Houston and Thomas Dilly.
Despite and upgrade on the grid for the final Morgan quickly led again, only to go out with mechanical issues whilst ahead. That put Dilly into the top spot, but he couldn’t just stave off the outside line attack from Stuart Agnew. Agnew went on to win convincingly, ahead of Hobson and Mark Corry.
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Added: 02/09/24
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 DMC Race Promotions would like to inform our drivers and fans of some important fixture changes coming up.
The Tullyroan Oval meeting on Sunday September 8th has been cancelled.
The Charity Bangers Challenge scheduled for this date has been postponed and we will look to run it in early 2025 possibly.
The Spedeworth TV/NIOval TV Series Shootout Final for Superstox has now moved to the meeting at Tullyroan Oval on October 26th.
With the World & National Ninja Karts Champion Lewis Hazlett off to race in South Africa in late October/early November, we have had to find a new date for the Ninja Karts Irish Championship. This will now take place at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday October 12th, in what will now be a huge six formula meeting!
The Stock Rods will now have an extra fixture on Saturday October 26th at Tullyroan Oval, replacing the Ninja's Irish Championship on that fixture. |
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Added: 27/08/24
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 Waringstown’s Ross Houston was on top form at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday as he took a splendid win in the feature event, the Lightning Rods King of Aghadowey. The Young Trophy for Junior Productions fell to a dominant Harry Minish from Tandragee, whilst Ballymena’s Daniel Rodgers in the Thunder Rods and Cullybackey’s Curtis Greer (1300 Stock Cars) were also feature race winners.
Some Republic of Ireland visitors bolstered the Lightning Rods field, with the opening heat falling to Ross Houston in his BMW ahead of James McKinney and Stuart Agnew. Agnew then raced to the win in an actioned packed second qualifier, leading home Houston and McKinney at the chequered flag.
Houston and Agnew were paired on the front row for the King of Aghadowey final, with Houston edging clear early on to romp to a fantastic victory. Agnew held on for a gallant runner up slot ahead of a huge battle for the minor places which went to McKinney, as the Lightning Rods impressed on their return to Aghadowey.
A very healthy field of Junior Productions provided some of the best racing of the evening, with the opening heat seeing a clear win for Belfast’s Caolan Fegan who really is now finding his feet in the formula. He came home well clear of fellow novice Ryan Jackson and Owen O’Brien. Heat two saw Tom Hewitt hold sway out front until he drifted wide on the last lap, opening the door for Harry Minish to take the win ahead of Matthew Weir and Leyton Hughes.
The final was for The Young Trophy, presented annually by the Young & Hosie families. Minish really was on top of his game in this one, powering ahead from pole position to take a decisive and deserved victory. Hughes came through for the runner up slot ahead of Weir, Dylan Fegan and Callum Doak. The top three and heat winners all received nice trophies for their efforts, alongside best white grade finisher Fegan, best yellow grade finisher Hewitt and O’Brien as the Most Improved Driver.
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The Thunder Rods were as close and competitive as ever, with newcomer James Steele heading the opening heat until half distance when Adam McKinney went through to win ahead of Steele and James Goldie. Heat two saw a welcome win for recent newcomer Joshua McCahon, as he held off Liam Irwin’s late advances with Daniel Rodgers in third.
The Thunder Rods final was arguably the race of the meeting, with a whole gaggle of cars vying for the win. Steele showed great nerve to hold the pack at bay for much of the distance, only for Ballymena ace Rodgers to slip past with just three laps to go to take a fine victory. Jason Darragh and Andrew McLean filled the podium places.
Novice Ashley Bodenham led most of the opening 1300 Stock Car heat as he impressed greatly, only for Josh McKInstry to edge past of the last lap to take a fine win over Cullybackey duo David Wilson and Curtis Greer. Heat two saw Bodenham this time hold on all the way home, taking a deserved win over Gary Freeburn and Greer.
The final again saw Bodenham again with a healthy advantage out front, but as the laps progressed Greer was slowly chipping away at his lead. Curtis took his opportunity with five laps to go, the recently crowned Scottish Open Champion powering ahead to take a great win. Bodenham impressed in second, with McKinstry and Jonathan Brown next home.
The 2.0 Hot Rods should have been the headline act of the meeting, competing in the second round of the Hoosier Challenge Series. Unfortunately though a power failure in the stadium when the cars were lined up saw the Final postponed until a later date.
The opening heat earlier in the night fell to former World Champion Jordan Rochford after long time leader Jake Devlin got onto the greasy outside line and spun late on. The second heat saw a great drive from another former World Champion, Wayne Woolsey, which netted him an impressive victory over Matthew Nicholl and Rochford.
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Added: 26/08/24
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