Podium finish and new lap record for 14-year-old Alyx Coby at Mondello Park
The 2019 Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship got underway last weekend at Mondello Park. Taking to the grid to embark on her seventh season in the sport was 14-year-old Alyx Coby from Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Now entering her final year in the IAME X30 Junior class of the series, aimed at drivers aged 11-16, she has her sights set firmly on improving on her third-place finish from the previous two seasons. With 19 karts on the...
Celebrating Women in Motorsport
To celebrate International Women’s Day we look at some remarkable young women blazing their own trail in motorsport writes Geraldine Herbert Nicole Lynch Motorbike Racing “Growing up, I was around racing all the time and there were only one or two women competing, and I thought to myself, ‘I could do that, I could be fast’,” says motorbike racer Nicole Lynch. Riding her Medlar Racing Suzuki SV650, she was...
Alyx Coby secures third place in Championship with a victory in Galway.
14-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, took to the track last weekend as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship drew to a close Alyx began the first of the day’s two qualifying heats in 8th place. A nudge from behind at the first corner left her facing in the wrong direction and last but by the end of the second lap she had caught up to the back of the pack. She made up four positions on the following lap to...
Alyx Coby secures four Wins and a Driver of the Day Award
14-year-old Alyx Coby was named Driver of the day after four fantastic wins Following her victory at the F100UK British O Plate at Nutts Corner Circuit in Co. Antrim over the Summer, 14-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare returned to the series with a visit to Glan-y-Gors in North Wales for the second round of the British Championship. The F100UK British Championship features karts from what many refer to as the “golden...
2nd place finish and lap record for Alyx Coby in Cork
Newbridge’s Alyx Coby achieves a lap record in Cork 14-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare was on the grid last weekend as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship headed south to Watergrasshill in Co. Cork for the penultimate round of this year’s Championship. Competing in the IAME X30 Junior class, for drivers aged 11-16, Alyx got the day off to a good start with a strong performance in the first of the day’s...
