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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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  An outstanding Easter Monday of racing at Aghadowey Oval saw Randalstown’s Sam McNeice win the feature race of the afternoon, The Alan Connolly Memorial Trophy for Stock Rods. In the National Hot Rods formula, Galgorm ace Shane Murray reeled off a faultless hat-trick of wins to take the spoils in World Series NI Round 12, whilst Suffolk’s Mason Carberry successfully defended the King of Aghadowey title from a packed field of Ninja Karts. The other feature races fell to Portadown’s Nigel Jackson in the Lightning Rods and Glenavy’s Joe Largey in the Thunder Rods.
A healthy field of Stock Rods, including Scottish and Republic of Ireland visitors, took to the grid to contest the Alan Connolly Memorial Trophy, held annually on Easter Monday in memory of the champion driver from Ballymoney. Jonny Cardwell relieved early leader Adam Sloan of the lead in the opening heat, Jonny powering home to the win ahead of Sloan and Dan Shannon. The reversed grid heat two saw European Champion Robbie Armit take a flag to flag win ahead of Irish Champion Mark Crawford and Darragh O’Shea.
The final paired Shannon and Scotsman Dean McGill on the front row, with Dan taking up the running until Cardwell found a gap inside him into the Brown Trout Bend to hit the front. Many eyes were now on Sam McNeice as he made great strides towards the front, nipping past McGill to go second before pulling the same move on Cardwell to grab the lead. Sam romped home to a great success, with Cardwell and Crawford completing the line up after a competitive afternoon of racing.
Ahoghill’s Philip McCloy was the first to show in the opening National Hot Rods heat, before Shane Murray blasted ahead in his Ginetta. Murray took the win ahead of Derek McMillan and Jordan McCann, after Adam Maxwell was dropped from second to fourth by the Stewards for contact. Murray repeated the feat in heat two, this time mastering the changeable track conditions to win ahead of Simon Kennedy and Ian Riordan.
Kennedy set the pace early in the final on what was now a dry track, but Murray was again to be the master as he swooped past on the high outside line to take the lead and complete a faultless hat-trick for the afternoon. Kennedy, Scotsman James Mooney and McCann completed the major places.
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A huge field of 35 Ninja Karts from right across the British Isles arrived to chase the King of Aghadowey title. Norfolk’s Elliott Lake won the opening heat for England, ahead of Eddie Fowler and defending Champion Mason Carberry. Heat two again saw Lake take the win as he impressed for a second time, with Jordan Davis and Rowdy Grattan next home. The final qualifier fell to another Norfolk driver, George Cooper from Ralph Payne and Jaxon York in an all-England top three.
The final was a superb race with all 35 karts taking the green flag this time. Cooper and York had a great battle out front, before Carberry surged past to the lead to take the win and successfully defend his crown. English drivers again dominated proceedings with Cooper in second followed by Finley Weston, Tyler Ward and York.
The Lightning Rods were contesting the final meeting of the 2024/25 NI Points Championship campaign, with Nigel Jackson doing his chances a power of good with the win in heat one over Stuart Agnew and Ross Houston. Mark Corry then took a controlled win in heat two ahead of Feargal McNally and Agnew, to leave the points title on a knife edge going into the final.
Corry led early on but it was Jackson who surged through to take the win in some style and with it the NI Points title, with Houston, Corry and Conor Doherty the placemen in the feature race.
The all action Thunder Rods completed the programme, with Brandon Kernohan hitting the front in heat one before he was removed for trailing bodywork. That left Mark McLaughlin out front until a superb outside pass by Adam McKinney saw him pip Mark to the win on the final lap. Heat two was a very ill-tempered affair, but this time McLaughlin held on all the way home to take the victory over James Goldie and Joshua McMullan.
The final was another scrappy but entertaining race, with Kernohan and then James Steele setting the pace. McLaughlin squeezed past Steele to the lead but in doing so caught the eye of the Stewards, and when he took the flag he was demoted two places to third in the final analysis. That handed victory to former Stock Rods star Joe Largey ahead of Steele.
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Added: 22/04/25
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 An epic Easter Saturday night at Tullyroan Oval saw some fantastic racing from all five formulas on show. Armagh’s Mark Foster took the major win of the night, the Stock Rods Northern Ireland Open, whilst Donaghcloney’s Simon Kennedy secured a heat and final double in the latest National Hot Rods World Series Round.
Portadown’s Jordan Rochford had a dominant win in the 2.0 Hot Rods Irish Masters, with the other feature race wins falling to Lurgan’s Graham Meek (1300 Stock Cars) and Loughgall’s Casey Cherry (Junior Productions).
A huge field of Stock Rods, including quite a number of visitors, assembled for the Northern Ireland Open. The action was frantic amongst the big pack all evening with Stevie McNiece getting the better of Tipperary’s Paddy O’Dwyer to win the opening heat after a great outside run, with European Champion Robbie Armit from Scotland in third. Heat two saw defending champion Sam McNeice of Randalstown take a resounding victory by some distance over Callum Magill and National Champion Jonny Cardwell.
The final paired Siobhan Martin and Mark Foster on the front row from points scored in the heats, and after a few laps side by side it was Foster who broke clear into the lead. He wouldn’t be challenged all the way home to the title, with Martin and Cardwell completing the top three after a great night’s action.
Simon Kennedy quickly hit the front in the opening National Hot Rods heat, just holding off a late charge from Scotsman James Mooney to take the win with Cork’s Ian Riordan in third. Heat two was run in slippery, drizzly conditions and this time Gary Woolsey got the better of early leader Kennedy to take the win over Dean McCrory and Jordan McCann.
Kennedy led the way in the 35 lap feature event, building a significant lead until a caution was called with Jeff Riordan stranded on turn two. The double file restart saw his challengers pull right alongside and behind Simon, but he knuckled down with some great speed to extend his lead once again. Despite Ian Riordan challenging hard over the final laps, Simon held on to complete a fantastic heat and final double, with Woolsey in third.
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Shane McMillan was the frontrunner in the opening 2.0 Hot Rods heat, and he just fended off a late charge from British and Irish Champion Drew McKeown to take the win. There was a great battle early on in heat two between World Champion Adam Heatrick and Aaron Stewart, with Adam getting the win in the end ahead of Andy Best and Jordan Rochford.
In the Irish Masters final there was no stopping Rochford, as he quickly pulled clear of the chasing pack to take a dominant win. McKeown came through for second place ahead of an impressive Ally Neill and Heatrick.
Alexander McCreadie and then Graham Meek had spells ahead in the first 1300 Stock Cars heat, but Jonny Patterson timed a perfect last bend hit on Meek to race through to take a fantastic win. Heat two was action packed once again, with Matthew Milliken this time the winner over Fionn Donnelly and Meek.
The early exchanges in the final were superb to watch, with Meek emerging with the lead. The former Junior Productions Irish Champion reeled off the laps and took the win in some style from Craig Bodenham and Patterson.
Irish Champion Leyton Hughes got the better of a battle between Ryan Carroll and Ryan Berry to snatch the opening heat win in the Junior Productions in opportunistic fashion. In heat two there was a first ever victory for young Austin Grattan, as he raced home to the flag ahead of Noah Teggart and Charlie Johnston.
The feature race final was littered with caution periods, with Carroll out front until he was bundled wide by Grattan. Hughes then challenged for the lead before coming unstuck on the treacherous outside line, which opened the door for British Champion Casey Cherry to take the win after a great drive. Hughes and Andrew Russell completed the top three.
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Added: 22/04/25
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 County Cork driver Ian Riordan had his Lotus Exige in sparkling form at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday evening, grabbing the spoils in World Series NI Round 10 for National Hot Rods. Dublin’s Stevo McGrath took the honours in the Unlimited National Bangers King of Krash, whilst the other three finals all fell to Portadown drivers – Nigel Jackson (Lightning Rods), Steven Haugh (Superstox) and young Ollie Williamson (Ninja Karts).
Thomas Dilly made great use of his yellow grading and his joker round (giving him 4 new tyres) to take the opening National Hot Rod win of the night ahead of Scotsman James Mooney and Dean McCrory. Heat two saw a fiery and very scary engine blow up early on for Mark Heatrick, which necessitated a caution period to clean up the mess. Dilly was once again on fine form, and he pulled away from the chasing pack to take his second win of the evening. The flying Ian Riordan inherited second spot ahead of John Christie after a lightning fast race from the rear of the field.
Dilly again held the premier spot for much of the final, until he unfortunately found the wall on the Annaghmore Bend. That gifted top spot to Mooney, but he could offer little resistance to the flying Ian Riordan, the Lotus pilot from County Cork blasting around the outside to take a sublime victory over Christie and Mooney.
A lower than anticipated entry of Unlimited National Bangers still produced some very watchable racing, with Gordy McKee the leader in the main King of Krash event until he was baulked by the backmarking Kieran McIvor. That opened the door for Stevo McGrath to take the win over McKee and Leonard Dunn.
The first Allcomers event saw McKee take the win this time ahead of McGrath and Dunn, before McIvor led the second Allcomers until McKee swooped past to take another win. The Destruction Derby completed the night, with McIvor and Dunn fighting it out. After trading several great blows it was Dunn who took the win as last car moving, with McIvor having to make do with the Entertainer of the Meeting tag.
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Neil Hyndman quickly hit the front in the opening Superstox heat, but he had no answer to the pace of the flying World Champion, Jordan Robinson. Jordan took the win over Paddy Murphy and Ethan Martin. Hyndman once again took the lead in heat two, this time holding the top spot all the way home for victory ahead of Murphy and Steven Haugh.
The star graders traded blows early in the final which was a joy to watch, as Hyndman and then Murphy held sway out front. But Haugh was the man this time, scything through to the lead and the win in some style ahead of Jamie McCann and Kyle Beattie.
It was pleasing to see such a good grid of Lightning Rods on hand, with Jake Morgan excelling in the opening heat to win ahead of Nigel Jackson and Feargal McNally. Jake then repeated the feat in heat two in his fluorescent orange BMW, racing home once again with Conor Doherty and Dermot Tynan the placemen this time around.
An upgrade for the final did little to thwart Morgan’s progress in the final, but just as he challenged for the lead he found the turn one wall and his race was done. That opened the door for stalwart Nigel Jackson to take the victory and the silverware over Ross Houston and McNally.
A big grid of young Ninja Kart racers as always produced some fine racing, with Frankie Stirling leading the opener until Matthew McNeill went motoring past to take it up. Matthew just left the door open in the final bend, and that allowed Rowdy Grattan to snatch the win superbly over William Brown. There was a first ever win in heat two for Jordan Davis after a splendid drive, as he just held off Brown on the run to the flag to grab a well deserved first trophy in his racing career.
Stirling impressed in the final as he raced into the lead, but he was eventually caught by the pack before a mid race caution period bunched them all up for the race to the chequered flag. Ollie Williamson burst through to the lead, and he took the trophy in fine style from Cahan Bradley, with the impressive Brown next home ahead Grattan.
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Added: 14/04/25
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 It was a night of close finishes and first time winners at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night (April 5th), as the sun drenched fans were treated to some great racing. Portadown’s Jordan Rochford (2.0 Hot Rods) and Ballymena’s Bobbie Johnston (1300 Stock Cars) were both crowned King of Aghadowey in their respective formula’s, whilst there were heat and final doubles for both Cullybackey’s Keegan Turtle in the Junior Productions and Coleraine’s Mark McLaughlin in the Thunder Rods.
The Stock Rods also served up some fine action, with Portadown’s Rab Preston taking the trophy by the smallest of margins.
The reversed grid qualifying system was in operation for the 2.0 Hot Rods, with former double World Champion Jordan Rochford taking the opener ahead of Drew McKeown and Ally Neill. Broughshane’s Adam Weir continued his good run with victory in heat two, but all eyes were on Rochford who used the notoriously tricky Aghadowey outside line to haul himself past the field in the closing stages to superbly grab second in what was easily the drive of the night.
On aggregate points Rochford had annexed pole spot from McKeown, and when the green flag went down they settled into the top two spots. McKeown just had no answer to Rochford’s pace, Jordan taking the King of Aghadowey with ease from McKeown and Aaron Stewart.
The 1300 Stock Cars were also chasing the King of Aghadowey title, the opening heat seeing a runaway win for Jonny Patterson from his generous yellow grading with Michael Logan second in his Toyota Starlet ahead of Fionn Donnelly. Patterson again won heat two to take pole position for the main race, with Josh McKinstry’s stirring drive in the midst of a lively places battle netting him second ahead of Craig Bodenham.
The King of Aghadowey final was lined up in points order with a closed grid, and as expected the opening exchanges were very lively indeed! As the frontrunners rattled around the wall early on, Bobbie Johnston burst through to the lead, and despite the best effort of Matthew Milliken it was Bobbie who took the honours with Gary Freeburn in third.
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The opening Stock Rods heat produced a stunning finale, with the top three all coming to the line side-by-side. It was the closest of finishes, with Declan O’Connor getting the nod by a hairs breadth from Harry Minish and Rab Preston. Junior Productions graduate Minish again led the way in heat two, and once again he had O’Connor and Preston tracking him down from the handicap. Harry this time just held on for his first ever senior win from O’Connor and Preston.
The final, unsurprisingly, again saw the same trio battle it out as the star graders struggled to get on terms. Minish led but as the lap boards came out his night long adversaries had arrived to commence battle. O’Connor went to Minish’s outside and edged narrowly ahead, only for Preston to find a gap up the inside of them both on the final lap to nip ahead. Rab took a fine win by another very fine margin, ahead of O’Connor and Minish, with Mark Crawford next home in fourth.
The Thunder Rods are currently booming with a superb 24 cars on track. It was hectic going throughout the field all evening, with Mark McLaughlin racing past early leader Brian Hutton to win the opener by some distance. Hutton and Liam Irwin completed the places, before Hutton went one better by grabbing his first ever win in the second heat ahead of Irwin and Liam Wilson.
Ballymena’s Brandon Kernohan had a spell ahead in the final before Hutton charged to the front, but McLaughlin was once again a man on a mission as he scythed through past Irwin to the lead to take his second chequered flag of the evening. Mark even survived a late caution period and restart, with Irish Champion James Goldie getting the best of huge places scrap to take second from James Steele and welcome returnee Adam Graham.
There was a first ever win in the Junior Productions for Jake Barnett in the opening heat, coming home ahead of Leyton Hughes and Jack Morrison. Heat two saw another maiden victory, this time for recent Ninja Karts graduate Keegan Turtle in only his second ever meeting in the formula. Keegan led home Ryan Abernethy Jnr and Charlie Johnston at the chequered flag.
The final saw an early yellow flag, which looked likely to change the face of the race. But Turtle had other ideas, calmly settling into the lead once again despite the challenge of Johnston from behind. Keegan drove superbly to keep them all at bay and take his second win of the evening, with Johnston, Hughes and Casey Cherry filling out the places.
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Added: 06/04/25
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 A breathtaking National Hot Rods final at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday night, March 29th, had the fans on their feet right to the chequered flag, as Dungannon’s Derek Martin took the honours in a dramatic finale. On a night a quality racing throughout the five formulas on show, sixteen-year-old Portadown driver Callum Doak marked his debut in the 2.0 Hot Rods with a very impressive heat and final double, whilst Loughgall’s Jamie McCann scooped the Tullyroan Challenge Cup for the Superstox.
Ballymena’s Conor Doherty held on to take the Lightning Rods final victory, whilst a hard fought Rookie Bangers session saw Garvagh’s William McFaul score a hat-trick to win the Spring Classic.
An outstanding field of 21 National Hot Rods came to grid for Round 9 of World Series NI – a sight and sound to behold under the floodlights of the Tullyroan bowl. Johnny McCloy has had all sorts of mechanical issues over the past number of outings, but it all came together for the Garvagh driver as he took the opening heat win at a canter ahead of the evergreen Keith Martin and Nigel McAuley. The spectacle was outstanding with such a big field, and McCloy repeated the feat in heat two with another victory, this time ahead of the new Ginetta of Thomas Dilly, Dean McCrory and Gary Woolsey.
McCloy again set the pace in the feature race final, and looked odds on to complete his hat-trick until a late caution period was called for the stranded Dilly car on turn two. The double file NASCAR style restart gave Allen Cherry the opportunity to power ahead, but he clipped McCloy and ended up in the Annaghmore End wall, bringing out another caution. This time former World Champion Derek Martin pulled off the perfect restart to hit the front, taking his new Maxda MX5 to a great win to complete a sensational session of National Hot Rod racing. McCauley, Shane Murray and Ian Riordan completed the top places.
An excellent entry of 2.0 Hot Rods broke the 20-car barrier, with Junior Productions graduate Callum Doak showing the rest of the field the way home in the opener to take the win after a very solid drive indeed for a sixteen year old. Ally Neill and Adam Weir completed the top three. Doak again led heat two from the front, but this time Neill pulled clear of the pack to chase him down and take the win. Doak held on superbly for second with Dean McFarland in third spot.
Doak once again stepped off the line to lead the final, with Rodgers and Ronan McNally jousting for second spot. It’s quite a step up from a Junior Production to a 2.0 Hot Rod, but Callum showed experience way beyond his years to romp home to his second success of the night, and in some style too. Behind the flying teenager, Rodgers, Weir and McNally could all be pleased with a good night’s work as they filled the places.
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The local Superstox were joined by welcome Scottish visitors Aaron Riddell and Kenny McKenzie for the Tullyroan Challenge Cup. Neil Hyndman led most of the way in the opening heat before he lost out to fast moving former World Champion Kyle Beattie. Beattie was originally docked two places for jumping the start, but was re-instated to the win following a successful appeal. Hyndman again led heat two for a distance, but this time it was an impressive Paddy Murphy who roared through to take the flag ahead of Hyndman and Steven Haugh.
The closed grid final paired Murphy and Hyndman on the front row, and the bumpers clattered in during the opening exchanges which sent most of the field out to the wall. Through the melee Jamie McCann hit the front from the fourth row of the grid, and he would go on to take an impressive win in his new car. Haugh chased him down for all he was worth but just couldn’t get on terms, with Beattie taking third spot.
Dermot Tynan led the opening Lightning Rods heat for much of the distance before losing out midway to Nigel Jackson who went on to take the win over Ross Houston and Mark Corry. Heat two saw Houston go one better, taking the win over World title holder Stuart Agnew and Jackson.
The final saw Ian McCune take a healthy early lead, chased by Conor Doherty. Doherty soon went ahead, with Houston chasing him down in the closing stages. Doherty held on for a great win, with Houston, McCune and Jackson filling the places.
The 1600 Rookie Bangers were lively all evening, with William McFaul racing clear to win the opening heat ahead of Stephen Boyd. The action continued apace in heat two as McFaul again took the flag ahead of Gavin Gamble and Stephen Goligher.
The Spring Classic Final saw Chris Herron and Jason Goodman get their noses ahead early on, but there was no stopping McFaul who powered past to take the win to complete his hat-trick for the night. Steven Bolton and World Champ Lucas Goligher filled the places.
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Added: 31/03/25
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