Mondello Park is the venue for three rounds of the Irish championship this weekend. After seven rounds of the Europa Cup, Keith Dempsey leads on 73 points from Morgan Dempsey on 68, with Vivion Daly third on 55. Just four points cover the first three in the Formula Ford Zetec Championship, Alan Ring 48 points, James Murphy 46 and Steven Kane 44, with five races run.
The MEC meeting takes places at Mondello Park on Sunday but the Carlow Car Club's Mondello meeting has been changed from July 23rd to July 30th.
The IMRC's traditional 24Hours 2CV Race to have been held on July 22nd/23rd is cancelled, as is the Galway MC's West 2000 International Rally and the Cork Hillclimb Weekend on August 5th/6th.
Despite the tragic loss of Joey Dunlop, the motorcycle road racers and fans will turn out in their usual large numbers for the weekend's meeting at Walderstown, near Athlone. Billed as the "Race of the South" meeting, racing will take place over a new 2.0 miles road circuit.
There will be 12 races on Sunday, following 1.0 p.m. road closing. One or two races may be run to-morrow evening following the 1.0 to 6.0 p.m. practise, time and weather conditions permitting.
Michael Cullen races at the French Grand Prix circuit of Magny Cours in the Ferrari Challenge 2000 series, in which the Dublin driver is holding down third overall.
