While Niall spent this year competing in the SEAT Supercup Ireland, we always planned an assault on the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch for the famous end of season trophy race. The last time Niall drove our Formula Ford Van Diemen RF99 was at this event in 2013 which he won! Our plan was to use the Martin Donnelly Trophy as a...
We have had many drivers through our race team in the last 25 years but I think Erik Holstein has without doubt the best car control we have seen! Despite me telling him that he is over driving on some occasions he doesn’t change his flat out style! When Erik committed to full seasons of the Fiat Punto Abarth &...
There are many questions regarding the installation of harnesses so we decided to offer some guidance with a few diagrams courtesy of SCHROTH . Front Head Restraint "FHR" (HANS or Hybrid) are being used within many disciplines and as a result harness angles are being highlighted. In fact the correct harness angle is extremely important regardless of whether or not a FHR is being used...
We have had a really busy first half of the year and it has been way too long since our last blog! We rebuilt our Formula Ford Festival winning Van Diemen during the off season and thought it would give you guys a nice insight into our journey with this the car to date. We bought the car only a...
New 2015 Alpinestars Range Launched Alpinestars have once again exceeded expectations by launching a new range of Racewear & Kartwear for the 2015 season which is now available and includes further technical advances & design features. The Alpinestars Supertech is a new Ultra-Lightweight suit. This innovative material technology features moisture-wicking multi-layer aramidic fiber construction which incorporates highly breathable mid-layer and panel inserts...
As the Hybrid becomes more popular we are regularly getting customers asking about the difference compared to HANS and which device would suit them best. These are the only devices currently homologated by the FIA as “Frontal Head Restraint (FHR)” which is becoming compulsory for more and more series worldwide. I have always been a big fan of the HANS...
Niall needed a new helmet for the coming season and we looked no further than Stilo. We chose the ST4F-N as this is the full face option without electronics and then looked at the models i.e. different material options. ST4F-N Composite (Kevlar) finished in metallic silver is the entry level option followed by the ST4F-N Carbon (carbon/Kevlar) but given the dangers of formula racing...
Niall Murray continued his podium run at Mondello Park last weekend in the final weekend of the 2013 Irish Formula Ford Championship. The young Dubliner who made a sensational debut in Formula Ford this season showed his class and excellence throughout the season by adapting his driving style and was rarely off the podium. Saturday morning’s first of the weekends...
The new award winning Adjustable angle HANS (head and neck support) device is adjustable from 10-40 degrees in 5 degree increments. It is suitable for almost any seating position from rally to F1. It is also ideal for competitors that are unsure of their required angle or those that compete in various vehicles. It is treated with a special DuPont polymer coating...
A new saloon car lap record was set in Kirkistown on Saturday by Erik Holstein in his Murray Motorsport BMW M3. He was competing in Round 8 of the Irish Touring Car Championship, and lapped Ireland's fastest circuit in a time of 1m02.00 which not only eclipsed his own previous record lap of 1m02.04 he set in the days earlier...
