Third place finish for Alyx Coby
12 year old Alyx Coby on track for bigger things 12-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, secured her first podium finish of the season at Round 3 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship in Athboy, Co. Meath last weekend. The sixth class student from Gaelscoil Chill Dara is competing in the IAME X30 Junior class, which caters for drivers aged 12 to 16 and Coby is the youngest driver on the grid. Coby got the day off...
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First introduced in 1997, the 156 is an Alfa Romeo worth remembering Divorce becomes legal, The English Patient is best picture and the Pokémon craze finally makes life worth living. Princess Diana dies; Mary McAleese is elected, Steve Jobs re-joins Apple and South Park makes its debut. With all this going on it would be easy to forget that 1997 was a vintage year to be in the market for a new car. Toyota’s first Avensis premiered...
Bad Driving Habits
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The Strangest Driving Rules from Around the World
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We’re growing! Nicole Lynch Joins WheelsForWomen.ie as a Contributor
We’re very excited to announce that Nicole Lynch is joining WheelsForWomen.ie as a regular contributor Riding motorbikes since she was four, Nicole Lynch from Clondalkin in Dublin is no stranger to the sport. Her family are steeped in it and she began her own racing career in 2013, as a sidecar passenger with brother Dylan and solo rider in the Masters Championships and the Irish Short Circuit Championships, garnering numerous podium...
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