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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
7/3/2026 @ 1pm-6pm
Practice & Test Day 1
(DMC Young Drivers Academy 11am-1pm)
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Tullyroan Oval
14/3/2026 @ 6pm-10pm
Practice & Test Day 2
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Tullyroan Oval
21/3/2026 @ 6.30pm
SEASON OPENER!
National Hot Rods World Series NI Round 8
1600 Rookie Bangers 2026 Tullyroan Challenge Cup
Superstox
Lightning Rods
Ninja Karts
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  Scotland’s 2.0 Hot Rods World Champion Jason Secker was the toast of Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night, when he raced to victory in the coveted Mervyn Emerson Memorial Trophy and in the process collected a cool £1,000 in prize money!
On a night of exciting racing and packed grids, the DMC Gold Cup for 1600 Rookie Bangers went the way of Garvagh’s Stephen Boyd, whilst Antrim teenager Leyton Hughes continued his great run of form in the Junior Productions as he also claimed the DMC Gold Cup. Other feature race winners were Banbridge teenager Harry Minish in the Stock Rods and Limavady’s Josh Young in the Thunder Rods.
With a total of £1700 extra prizemoney on offer (courtesy of Auto Collision Belfast, Countrystyle Burgers and Loanends Commercial Repairs), the 2.0 Hot Rods racing was always going to action packed, and Jordan Rochford got off to the best possible start by taking heat one ahead of welcome visitor Jason Secker in a race that was blighted by oil going down on the track. Heat two saw recent returnee to the formula, multi-champion Adam Hylands, take a flag to flag win over Andy Best and the impressive Secker.
On aggregate points Secker had annexed pole spot for the Mervyn Emerson Memorial Trophy final, and in a blinding start he just held Hylands at bay. There was then a big turn one crash which eliminated a number of cars, with tempers boiling over somewhat for some. At the resumption Secker led from Rochford, and the Scottish ace was able to fend off his attacker all the way home to land the stunning trophy. Behind Rochford, Chris Hamill had his best result in some time with third place ahead of Michael Woods and Jake Devlin.
Over thirty 1600 Rookie Bangers came to grid for their opening heat, and the action was always going to be frantic! With cars spinning and crashing all around, Lee Booth came through for the win just ahead of Josh Goligher, with Brendan Doherty in third. Heat two was another superb event, with Jack Murray taking the win on the road but he was disqualified in post race scrutineering for a technical issue. That elevated Dublin’s Keith McMahon to the win ahead of Dylan Connolly and Stephen Boyd.
The DMC Gold Cup Final delivered once again with some fantastic racing and crashes. The impressive Connolly went ahead early and looked good out front, before Boyd rushed ahead with Doherty in tow. Despite pressuring the front man Doherty just couldn’t get close enough to make a challenge for the lead, and Boyd took the win over Doherty with World Champion Lucas Goligher coming through for third.
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With their World Final only a fortnight away, it was pleasing to see a very packed grid of Stock Rods on hand, with a very ill-disciplined heat one falling to Rab Preston who impressed out front. Star men Mark Crawford and Sam McNeice came through for second and third. Aaron Dilly led early on in heat two, before Harry Minish came storming past to take the win ahead of Callum Magill and Jamie Cardwell.
The final was a brilliant race, with a huge mid-field battle amongst a whole pack of cars. Up front Dilly led before losing out to Magill, but Minish was soon closing in. He hit the front, only for Magill to fight back to regain the lead. Harry wasn’t finished though, as he again found a way ahead, holding on to take a great win from the challenging Darragh O’Shea and Magill.
In the Junior Productions the novice graded drivers held sway in both heats. In the opener Sam Torrington took a great win ahead of Ryan Carroll, before Carroll went one better to take his first ever win in heat two ahead of Torrington and Andrew Hawe.
The DMC Gold Cup final saw Torrington and Carroll out front in the early stages, but all eyes were on the fast moving pair of Leyton Hughes and Ryan Berry. They were scything through the pack at a great rate of knots, and were soon bearing down on the now race leader Keegan Turtle. A great battle ensued for the silverware, with Hughes getting ahead late on to take the win in fine style ahead of Turtle and Berry after a fantastic race.
Completing the programme were the Thunder Rods, where it was pleasing to see another big grid on track. Stephanie Hawthorne impressed out front in heat one until a yellow flag brought the field onto her tail, with Rasharkin’s Jason Darrgh edging ahead to take the win over Liam Wilson and Norman Purdy. Heat two saw Wilson improve, this time taking a clear win over Joe Largey and Andrew McLean.
In the final Hawthorne impressed once again by leading until past the halfway mark, before Josh Young powered through to take the victory. Wilson, Darragh and Largey were next across the line.
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Added: 08/09/25
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 Local man Richard Stewart, who lives almost within sight of the stadium, was the man on form at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night, August 30th, as he took his first ever feature race win in the elite National Hot Rods division. There were trying conditions for the drivers all night on a damp and changing track, with the other final winners being Portadown’s Steven Haugh (Superstox), Lurgan’s Graham Meek (1300 Stock Cars), Coleraine’s Liam Wilson (Thunder Rods) and Portadown’s Ollie Williamson (Ninja Karts).
Recent newcomer to the formula, Ballymoney’s Davy Clarke, led the opening National Hot Rods heat away in the wet, and despite some heavy pressure from some star names late on, he was able to hold on for a well deserved win ahead of Drew McKeown and Scotsman James Mooney. Heat two saw Richard Stewart out front before flying Kells ace Derek McMillan swooped through from the star grade to take an emphatic win in his Lotus from Stewart and Glenn Bell.
The final was the race of the night, as the National Hot Rods delivered once again as they regularly do. Stewart wasted no time in building a lead out front once he had cleared early leader Clarke, but behind there was a huge battle for the places between eight or more cars at a time. Jordan Rochford broke clear of the fight to settle into second, but by this stage Stewart was well clear and he raced home to a very impressive maiden feature race win in the formula. Behind second placed Rochford, third fell to McKeown ahead of Bell and John Christie.
For the Superstox it was the final meeting of the 2024/25 NI Points Championship season, and it was the champion elect Steven Haugh who sealed the title with a heat and final double. Neil Hyndman won the opening heat, showing good pace to head home Sean Mark and Haugh, before Haugh took the second heat with a great drive after being delayed early on in a melee on the Brown Trout Bend. Mark and Hyndman filled the places.
Gerard Hartley led much of the way in the final, impressing out front ahead of Hyndman. Neil then moved ahead, but both could offer little resistance when Haugh came calling. The European Champion eased past them both to seal the Mk2 Escort Shells and Spares sponsored NI Points Championship in perfect style.
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There was a straightforward opening heat win for Davy Wilson in the opening heat for the 1300 Stock Cars, the Cullybackey man heading home Graham Meek and Ty Richardson. The star men, including World Champion Curtis Greer, failed to get on terms all evening as Wilson again took the second heat to earn an upgrade for the final. Josh McKinstry and Richardson were the placemen in this one.
Richardson and Ethan Dilly squabbled over the lead in the final, before former Junior Productions champion Meek surged ahead at half distance. Richardson kept him in his sights all the way home but couldn’t land a telling blow. A delighted Meek took the honours ahead of Richardson, Wilson and McKinstry.
The Thunder Rods were a late addition to the programme, and they managed to produce some great action. Joshua McCahon was the star of the heats, winning the opener from Joshua McMullan and Liam Wilson before again grabbing the chequered flag in heat two, this time ahead of Wilson and Adam Graham.
Wilson had scored third and second in the heats, and he continued his improvement on the night by winning the final after relegating early leader, recent newcomer Sam Dougherty. Behind the impressive Wilsom, Irish Champion James Goldie powered through for second ahead of McCahon and Adam McKinney.
The opening Ninja Karts heat saw the young stars cope admirably with the damp conditions. Frankie Stirling and Eddie Fowler had spells out front before European Champion Mason Carberry from Suffolk slipped inside backmarkers to outfox Fowler and take the win on the final lap. Ollie Williamson and Fowler completed the top three. Stirling again heat two away, but this time the man to watch was Rowdy Grattan who roared through to win from Carberry and Tommy Johnston.
Paul Crooks charged ahead impressively in the final before he lost out to Evan Beattie. Coming with a late charge though was Wiliamson, the Portadown driver punching the air with delight as he took the chequered flag after a great drive to the front. Carberry and Grattan took the podium slots after a great evening from the youngsters.
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Added: 01/09/25
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 Despite the damp conditions at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday evening, August 23rd, the race fans were treated to some fantastic on track action in one of the most exciting meetings served up in quite some time. Crumlin’s Adam Maxwell took the honours in the National Hot Rods final with a late charge to the win, whilst Randalstown’s Sam McNeice got the best of a fantastic dice to take a superb Tullyroan Challenge Cup victory in the Stock Rods.
World Champion Jordan Robinson from Portadown took the honours in the Superstox Moffett Shield, whilst the other feature race wins fell to Glenavy’s Joe Largey in the Thunder Rods and Antrim’s National Champion Leyton Hughes as he won the Junior Productions final.
Before racing began, the new National Hot Rods National Champion Ian Riordan was presented to the crowd to a great ovation following his big win at Hednesford earlier in the month. Racing commenced on a wet track, with Kells star Derek McMillan revelling in the conditions to take the win in heat one over Drew McKeown and Jordan McCann. McMillan repeated the feat in heat two, again winning with ease ahead of Adam Maxwell and McKeown.
The final commenced on a drying track, with McMillan hitting the front ahead of McKeown and looking odds on to complete his hat-trick for the evening. But some of the star men had gambled on a two wets/two slicks tyre combination, and as a dry line appeared they came into their own. There was a titanic battle at the front for a time which was a joy to watch, but Maxwell was able to edge clear to take the victory just ahead of the charging Glenn Bell. Ian Riordan came through for third ahead of McMillan.
A number of welcome visitors from Tipperary Raceway bolstered the Stock Rods grid to a very impressive thirty cars. British Champion Siobhan Martin went ahead in the opening heat, but succumbed to the pressure from Jonny Cardwell who went on to take the win over Martin and Mark Foster. It was a very packed raceway indeed, and in heat two it was Declan O’Connor who got the best of a great scrap to win over Irish Champion Mark Crawford and Samuel Murphy.
The Tullyroan Challenge Cup final was an absolute stormer of a race, with a huge battle up front for much of the distance between pole sitter Sam McNeice, Martin and young hot-shot Harry Minish. Most were using the high line in the search for grip, and two late caution periods only added to the drama! McNeice superbly held on for the victory after perfectly withstanding all the pressure from behind, with Martin taking second ahead of the very impressive 16-year-old Minish.
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Jonathan Crawford and welcome returnee Sean Mark had a battle for the lead in the opening Superstox heat, before World Champion Jordan Robinson stormed through to take the win over Mark and Paddy Murphy. Heat two had a spectacular finish, with Mark losing out to the flying champion duo of Jordan Robinson and Steven Haugh late on. Just as Robinson looked set to take his second win of the night, Haugh punted a backmarker into him, sending the World Champ spinning out of contention and allowing Haugh to steal through for the win, with Mark and Murphy again filling out the top three.
The final, for the annual Moffett Shield, saw Crawford and then Mark at the head of the field, before Mark spun out of contention on the Tullyroan end, bringing about a caution. From there Robinson powered home to take the win and the shield over Haugh and Murphy, with Gregg Hyndman also receiving an award from the Moffett family as the best white or yellow grade finisher.
As he did for all three Thunder Rods races, Ballymena’s Brandon Kernohan led the opening exchanges in the first heat. Jordan Nicholl found a way past, before he then lost out to the charging Robert Nicholl who took the win. Kernohan impressed as he led the majority of heat two, before star man Adam McKinney surged past to take the victory over Adam Graham and Liam Wilson.
Kernohan again led the final, but this time it was Joe Largey who was making great progress by using the high line out against the wall. Former Stock Rods European Champion Largey stormed past to hit the front and take a very worthy win over Graham and Kernohan.
The opening Junior Productions heat saw Caolan Fegan the first over the line, but he was demoted two places by Race Control for a jump start. That handed victory to impressive debutant Sam Torrington ahead of National Champion Leyton Hughes. Heat two saw Tipperary racer Jamie Hadden drive a great race to win from Hughes and Ryan Berry.
The final saw Ryan Carroll out front in the opening laps before he lost out to the fast moving Maia Thompson. But there was no stopping Hughes in this one, as he hit the wide outside line to charge ahead and win at ease, ahead of an impressive drive from Ryan Jackson with Berry in third.
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Added: 25/08/25
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 A fine summer evening at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday, August 16th, saw some great racing served up across five classes. Limavady’s Josh Goligher scored a heat and final double to land the Ulster Championship in the 1600 Rookie Bangers, whilst Portadown’s former World Champion Jordan Rochford took a decisive victory in the 2.0 Hot Rods Hoosier Tyres Challenge Series Grand Final. The other feature race wins fell to Cullybackey’s new 1300 Stock Cars World Champion Curtis Greer, Armagh’s Mark Foster in the Stock Rods and Magheralin’s Stuart Agnew in the Lightning Rods.
A packed grid of 1600 Rookie Bangers certainly produced the goods for the fans, with Lee Booth storming through to win heat one over Philip Holmes and Aaron McGraw. The track was every bit as busy during heat two, which saw Booth out front once again for much of the distance. But Josh Goligher had his focus firmly on the win, punting Booth wide on the last bend to snatch a last gasp victory.
The Ulster Championship race saw the top finishers from the heats starting at the front, and Goligher quickly grabbed the lead. As the race progressed Booth edged in on the leader but just couldn’t get close enough to mount a challenge. Goligher impressed as he took the Ulster title, with Steven Bolton snatching second after Booth got caught up in heavy backmarking traffic late on.
Rising Dungannon teenager Jake Devlin stamped his authority all over the 2.0 Hot Rods heats, holding on the take the opener from Michael Woods and Callum Doak despite a late caution period eroding his healthy lead. It was a much more decisive win for Devlin in heat two, Jake making good use of his yellow grading to lead home Chris Hamill and Robbie Barnett.
The Grand Final of the Hoosier Tyres Challenge Series was lined up in aggregate points order from across the series, which put Jordan Rochford on pole spot. Jordan quickly assumed the lead and edged out an advantage over Andy Best, reeling off the laps to seal the victory and with it two race tyres and the trophy courtesy of sponsors Hoosier UK. Best and Devlin received a tyre each for second and third spots, ahead of Doak and Adam Best.
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Before the meeting commenced the new 1300 Stock Cars World Champion Curtis Greer was given a tremendous ovation from the home fans as he showed off his trophy and the gold roof after his big win recently in England. The first heat saw Graham Meek relieve Ty Richardson of the lead to take the win, with Gareth Halliday in third. Heat two saw Cullybackey’s David Wilson lead for much of the distance, before star man Matthew Milliken burst through to the win on the final lap with Halliday following him through to second.
The final was arguably the race of the night, with some outrageous bumper work thrilling the fans lap after lap. Richardson held the lead for some time, before Josh McKinstry fired himself ahead. But that man Greer was coming into his own just when it mattered most, Curtis landing the perfect last bend hit to unseat McKinstry from the top spot and take a stunning victory. McKinstry and Richardson were next home ahead of Wilson and Meek from the midst of an enormous places battle.
A very healthy grid of Stock Rods included a formula debut for Neil Capper, as young gun Harry Minish cruised to the heat one win over Mark Foster and Callum Magill. Heat two was another superb race, with Samuel Murphy just holding off the advances of the evergreen Victor McAfee to take the chequers.
The final saw Murphy hit the front early on, before Irish Open Champion Foster snatched the lead on the ninth lap. Mark had to withstand the advances of Minish all the way to the flag, soaking up the pressure to take the silverware after a fine drive indeed. Behind runner up Minish, Sam McNeice, Stevie McNiece and Jonny Cardwell filled out the places.
Completing the programme were the Lightning Rods where Stuart Agnew found a way past Ethan Dilly late on the take the win in heat one. 16-year-old Tom Hewitt, fresh out of Junior Productions, was the star man in heat two as he held off Agnew and Mark McBurney to take a very impressive victory.
The final saw a battle royale between the top runners McBurney, Dilly and Agnew. There was a late shuffle of the places as Dilly came through to take the flag, but he was docked for contact on McBurney which handed the win to Agnew which will see the former World Cup holder return to the star grade for the next meeting. McBurney was second, with Dilly having to make do with third for his efforts.
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Added: 18/08/25
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 A superb evening of racing was served up at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday night, with Portadown’s Jordan Rochford the big winner as he scooped the Lee Cherry Memorial Trophy for 2.0 Hot Rods. There were Tullyroan Challenge Cup wins for Ballymena’s Adam Graham in the Thunder Rods and County Armagh’s Jack Murphy in the Ninja Karts, whilst the Superstox final fell to Stephen Stewart of Portadown. The DMC Gold Cup for Unlimited National Bangers went to Dublin’s Stevo McGrath, whilst the crowd were also treated to some demonstration laps by the legendary three-times World Champion Norman Woolsey in his replica Royal Mail Peugeot 205 as he celebrated his 82nd birthday.
The opening qualifier for the 2.0 Hot Rods saw an easy win for Jordan Rochford over British Champion Conor Hughes and welcome visitor from Scotland, World Champion Jason Secker. The reversed grid heat two saw Andy Best take the win over Sean Maher and Jake Devlin.
Rochford had qualified on pole spot for the Lee Cherry Memorial Trophy final and, despite an early caution period, he stamped his authority all over the race. As Jordan took the win and the magnificent trophy, Secker and Best filled the podium places.
Ninja Karts
A number of visitors boosted the Ninja Karts field, with Rowdy Grattan coming on strong late in heat one to take the win from Eddie Fowler and Cumbria’s Jayden Jeffrey. A mid-race caution in heat two brought the star drivers right into contention, with NI Points Champ Jack Murphy taking the win by a nose over Tommy Johnston and Ollie Williamson.
The Tullyroan Challenge Cup final saw Murphy set the pace from pole position, and he raced on to take the title victory in some style. A great places scrap saw Williamson take second from Cahan Bradley, Johnston and Scotland’s Christopher Lattka.
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Some of the closest racing of the night came from the Thunder Rods, with Joshua McMullan taking the opening heat ahead of Joe Largey and James Goldie, before Jason Darragh grabbed the heat two win ahead of Adam Graham and Goldie.
The final was arguably the race of the night, with Graham out front but with a pack of ten cars or more right on his case. It was fantastic stuff, with Graham managing to break clear late on to seal the Tullyroan Challenge Cup victory. The huge places battle went right to the wire, with McMullan snatching second ahead of Goldie, Mark McLaughlin and Adam McKinney at the end of a great night of racing from the formula.
The Superstox saw welcome returns to action for David McMenemy, Andrew Murphy, Dean Catherwood and Paul Crawford which helped boost the grid. Ethan Martin impressed on his way to the heat one victory, coming home ahead of McMenemy and Gerard Hartley, before European Champion Steven Haugh grabbed the heat two win after relegating McMenemy late on.
Novice grader Jonathan Crawford quickly settled into the lead in the final, and was driving superbly to open up a gap out front. With the others struggling to make inroads into his advantage, he looked a cert to take what would have been a career first feature race win. But with only a few laps left he picked up suspension damage after clipping the wall, which opened the door for Stephen Stewart to steal through and collect the trophy. World Champion Jordan Robinson and McMenemy filled the top three, with Crawford struggling home in seventh after an impressive drive that promised so much more.
A depleted field of Unlimited National Bangers did their very best to entertain, with David Gurney leading the DMC Gold Cup race for much of the way. He was stopped in his tracks on the last lap by Steven Reynolds, allowing Leonard Dunn to hit the front. But Leonard had clipped the melee of the Gurney/Reynolds incident sustaining suspension damage, and as he struggled around the final bend Stevo McGrath sneaked past to take a very fortunate victory.
The opening Allcomers fell to Daryl Gilshenan, before he repeated the feat in Allcomers 2. The Destruction Derby went the way of McGrath, after he stopped both Jake and Steven Reynolds to take the win.
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Added: 11/08/25
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