Irish Motorsport Annual 1980 – David Kennedy, Derek Daly, Eddie Jordan cover: Joey Dunlop, Tom Herron, Joe Kelly, Slane World Motocross Championship, Mondello, Kirkistown, Hurst Cup '79, Formula 3
Irish Motorsport Annual 1980 – David Kennedy, Derek Daly, Eddie Jordan cover: Joey Dunlop, Tom Herron, Joe Kelly, Slane World Motocross Championship, Mondello, Kirkistown, Hurst Cup '79, Formula 3
Irish Motorsport Annual 1980 (cover price £1.75), edited by Michael O'Carroll. The cover features David Kennedy, Derek Daly and Eddie Jordan in a montage of racing photographs, with the line 'Ireland's only motorsport publication'. Contents: Derek Daly; Rallying – New Targets for the '80s; Joey Dunlop; Formula One; Tom Herron; Autocross; Slane – World Championship Decided; Voice from the Crowd; European Rally Championship; Two-in-a-Row for Cronin; Mondello – When the Thaw Came; World Motorcycling Championship Review; Southern Centre Motorcycling; Joe Kelly; Ulster's 50th; Doti Spells Success; From Galway's Snow to Ulster's Sunshine; Tragedy and Triumph; Karting; Ger Buckley; America – Land of Hope; Cork '20'; Formula 3; Southern Circuit Charioteers; Black Year for Lees; Vintage Mud; Motor Racing is Big Business; David Kennedy; Sweet-talking Candyman; IRDA Results; The Year at Kirkistown; Emmet Hart; Hurst Cup '79. In this fourth annual, closing the 1970s, the editorial notes David Kennedy's second place in the 1979 British Formula 1 championship and Derek Daly's third in European Formula 2. Published by Olympic Press Ltd, Dublin; managing editor Fergal K. Herbert, editor Michael O'Carroll, design by Desmond Barry Associates; printed in Ireland. Irish Motorsport Annual was launched by Olympic Press in late 1976 as Ireland's only motorsport colour publication, covering cars and motorcycles, racing, rallying, trials, autocross and karting, north and south, in the years when Irish drivers and riders were breaking through internationally. Approximately 120 pages, about A4, card covers, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, with period advertising. THEMES: Irish motorsport, David Kennedy, Derek Daly, Eddie Jordan, Joey Dunlop, Tom Herron, Joe Kelly, Slane motocross, European Rally Championship, Mondello Park, Kirkistown, Formula 3, karting, Cork 20, 1979 season.
Author: Michael O'Carroll (ed.)
Publisher: Olympic Press
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used - Very Good