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Welcome To DMC.com
We are Northern Ireland's premier Short Oval Motor Racing promotion, bringing you the very best in Stock Car, Hot Rod and Banger racing since 2003. We promote top flight race meetings at both Tullyroan Oval near Dungannon and Aghadowey Oval near Coleraine. From the high speed, high octane National Hot Rods, to the thrill a minute wreck 'em racing of the National Bangers, DMC Race Promotions have something for everyone, from the serious motorsport enthusiast to the family looking for a day out with a difference.
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Coming Fixtures |
Aghadowey Oval
21/6/2025 @ 6.30pm
2.0 Hot Rods Hoosier Challenge Series Round 2
Superstox 2025 King of Aghadowey
Ninja Karts 2025 Golden Helmet sponsored by B-TEK Battery Services
Stock Rods
Thunder Rods
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Tullyroan Oval
28/6/2025 @ 6.30pm
1600 Rookie Bangers 2025 Irish Teams Championship (3-a-side teams)
1300 Stock Cars 2025 Tullyroan Challenge Cup
Lightning Rods
Thunder Rods
Junior Productions
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Tullyroan Oval
19/7/2025 @ 6.30pm
Unlimited National Bangers 2025 Tullyroan Challenge Cup
1600 Rookie Bangers 2025 Tullyroan Challenge Cup
Superstox The Neil Davison Memorial Cup 2025
Thunder Rods
1300 Stock Cars
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  Short oval racing returns to Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night, June 21st, with a 6.30pm start time.
The 2.0 Hot Rods race in the second round of the Hoosier Racing Tyres Challenge Series, with two graded heats determining the grid for the final. Star drivers including Jordan Rochford, Conor Hughes, Drew McKeown and Andy Best to name a few will be racing wheel to wheel for the honours. Local Aghadowey man Aaron Stewart ran well last time out at the Co Londonderry circuit and will be keen to do well again, as will Ally Neill and Michael Rodgers who both also featured well last month.
The open wheel Superstox contest the King of Aghadowey title, with the Ulster 'big four' set to do battle once again. Portadown's Steven Haugh, fresh from victory in last weekend’s European Championshipin Scotland, has won the last five feature races on the bounce and will hope his victorious run can continue. Loughgall's Jamie McCann will defend the title he won last year and should go close. World and Irish Champion Jordan Robinson is another certain contender, as will be National Champion Kyle Beattie.
The Stock Rods have been nothing short of superb on the local ovals in 2025, and the fans are in for more great action at Aghadowey. Magherafelt teenager Jaydon Brunton took a well deserved final win at Tullyroan Oval recently and she will be aiming for another good run, whilst recently crowned British Champion Siobhan Martin (Dungannon) will be another lady racer aiming for glory. National Champion Jonny Cardwell and Irish Champion Mark Crawford are two more possible winners from what should be a packed field of cars.
The young aces in the Ninja Karts will contest the Golden Helmet award, kindly sponsored by B-TEK Battery Services who have put up some fantastic prizes. NI Points Champion-elect Jack Murphy will be looking for a clean run to seal his title win in this the final points round, but he will face stiff opposition from Cahan Bradley, Ollie Williamson and Jaxon Cairns to name a few. A big favourite however will be Suffolk based visitor Mason Carberry, the current English Champion and Best in Britain who last weekend also added the European Championship to his trophy cabinet. Mason has been on superb form on his Ulster trips in 2025 and will be the one the rest have to beat.
Completing the line up are the Thunder Rods, the all action entry-level formula of the local scene. Ballymena's Irish Champion James Goldie as always will be the benchmark, having recently also claimed the King of Aghadowey title. Ballycastle's Andrew McLean was the winner last time out in the DMC Gold Cup, with Joe Largey, Jason Darragh, Adam McKinney and Adam Graham others to watch.
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Added: 18/06/25
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 A unseasonably chilly but dry Tullyroan Oval greeted the drivers and fans on Saturday evening, June 7th, with some fine racing served up. Portadown’s Nigel Jackson claimed the seventh Tullyroan Challenge Cup of his career in the Lightning Rods, whilst the same trophy for the Junior Productions was successfully defended by Antrim’s Leyton Hughes. English visitor George White took a great win in the Ninja Karts Moffett Family Trophy, with the other feature races falling to Portadown’s Steven Haugh in the Superstox and Magherafelt teenager Jaydon Brunton in the Stock Rods.
Some very welcome Tipperary Raceway visitors boosted the Lightning Rods grid, and it was one of them in Padraig Palmer who took the opening heat win over Ian Hobson and Keith Kirwan. Heat two was a controversial affair with two drivers disqualified, but through the drama came Nigel Jackson to win ahead of Palmer and Robbie Barnett.
Palmer assumed the lead early in the Tullyroan Challenge Cup final, with Jackson pressing him hard on the outside line. Palmer thwarted the efforts of Jackson for a time, until Nigel found a gap down the inside onto the back straight. Palmer tried hard to close the door, but it was too late and he got spun out of contention. Jackson cruised home to his seventh Challenge Cup win, ahead of Irish Champion Ross Houston and Hobson.
An eighteen strong field of Junior Productions was boosted by welcome Scottish visitor Connie Anderson. Austin Grattan claimed the opening heat with a fine drive ahead of Leyton Hughes and Charlie Johnston, before the reversed grid heat two saw British Champion Casey Cherry take a clear victory over Jack Morrison and Andrew Russell.
Hughes and Cherry shared the front row for the Tullyroan Challenge Cup final, with Hughes going ahead from Cherry and Ryan Berry. The front two pulled clear, and for the whole distance there was absolutely nothing between them. Leyton held sway out front all the way home to take a deserved win, with Cherry, Berry and Russell next home after a great night from the teenagers.
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Two teenage lady racers led the way in the opening Stock Rods heat, as Lacey Bevan headed Jaydon Brunton for the majority of the race. Harry Minish crashed their party late on to take the win ahead of Jamie Cardwell and Brunton. Jamie Cardwell was the one to watch in heat two, taking a controlled win over Sam Wilson with Brunton again in third.
The final was action all the way in what was a superb race. Brunton worked her way ahead, and with fluid going down it was becoming very slippery indeed. Cardwell stepped forward to fight for the lead, but Jaydon had other ideas and held him off superbly. Jamie even got his nose ahead at a stage, but it was all about Jaydon as she completed a superb night at Tullyroan by taking the chequered flag and the trophy in some style. Cardwell, Minish, Siobhan Martin and Wilson completed the top finishers.
The first Superstox heat was led almost all the way by Brian Lammey, until he succumbed to pressure from Ethan Martin at the start of the last lap. Martin was delighted as he took his first ever win in the formula, with Lammey and Gerard Hartley next home. Heat two followed a similar pattern, with Lammey this time lasting until the final bend before Martin squeezed by to take his second chequered flag of the night which earned him an upgrade on the grid for the final. Lammey and Steven Haugh this time completed the top three.
The final had a dramatic start, as Lammey was fenced hard by Jonathan Crawford. Neil Hyndman and then Steven Stewart had spells ahead, before NI Points Champion Steven Haugh showed his class as he powered to the front. Haugh took the flag in style for his fifth final victory in succession – a sensational record. National Champion Kyle Beattie, Jamie McCann and Paddy Murphy were next home.
Twenty two Ninja Karts came to grid for their opening heat, including visiting drivers from England and the Republic of Ireland. The opening heat was littered by stoppages for numerous on track incidents, and through the chaos Evan Beattie stormed through for a fine win ahead of Eddie Fowler and Ollie Williamson. Harry Hoy led much of the way in heat two, before Ollie Williamson swooped through to take a super win ahead of Hoy and England’s George White.
The Moffett Family Trophy final saw Hoy the initial leader before White hit the front on the sixth lap. George had some star men bearing down on him in the closing stages, but he held on in fantastic style to take an excellent victory over Williamson, Rowdy Grattan and Henry Hunn. All the drivers received nice medals and treats from the Moffett family for their efforts.
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Added: 09/06/25
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 The big crowd on hand at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday evening, May 31st, were treated to some top quality Banger and Stock Car racing. There was action aplenty throughout the meeting, with all five formulas playing their part. Ballykelly’s Matthew Nicholl took the biggest prize of the day, Shamwreck 2025 for the Unlimited National Bangers, whilst Garvagh’s Stephen Boyd won the Irish Open Championship for the 1600 Rookie Bangers from a field of over 30 cars.
The Irish Masters for the 1300 Stock Cars was another action packed affair and fell to Cullybackey’s Curtis Greer, with Ballycastle’s Andrew McLean claiming the DMC Gold Cup for the Thunder Rods. Finally, the Superstox final fell to Portadown’s Steven Haugh for his fourth feature race win in succession.
Some welcome English visitors joined the locals for the Shamwreck title race for Unlimited National Bangers, which was stopped early on for a huge crash on the Pit Bend involving Davy Patton and Stevo McGrath which left Patton’s Limousine absolutely destroyed. Jonny Murdock hit the front at the resumption but he soon lost out to a flying Matthew Nicholl, with a delighted Matthew going on to land the Shamwreck title over David Gurney and Murdock.
The first support race was for the King of Aghadowey, and through the carnage came Templepatrick’s Gordy McKee to take the win over Deano McGrath. The Allcomers event saw McKee, Leonard Dunn and Deano McGrath all getting well involved in some big hits on the Brown Trout Bend, as Jessie Gilshenan stormed through to take the win over Stevo McGrath.
The James Smith Memorial Destruction Derby boiled down to a fight between Deano McGrath, Steven Reynolds and Stevo McGrath, with Stevo coming out on top in his Lincoln Towncar.
With over 30 cars on track the 1600 Rookie Bangers were always going to be hectic, and local NI Points Champion Stephen Boyd served up his intentions for the afternoon with victory in heat one ahead of Josh Goligher and Christopher McNeill. Some great pit work from the teams saw another 30+ field for heat two, and this time it was every bit as intense. Ryan Nixon held his nerve to take the win over Boyd and Aaron McGraw.
The top three from the two heats started the Irish Open Championship final from the front, with Boyd settling into the lead early on. Again the spins and crashes came thick and fast, with a whole gaggle of cars heading for the fence on the Brown Trout Bend at one stage. Boyd held on out front to take the title victory despite the close attentions of defending champion John Goligher near the end. Behind Goligher in second, welcome English visitor Danny Grady claimed third spot ahead of Stephen Bolton.
Bolton then went one better in the Allcomers event to take the win, coming back hard after losing the lead to Grady mid race. When Grady went out, Boyd and Stephen Clarke followed Bolton home.
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Scottish Champion Jamie Stewart was a welcome addition to an 18-strong 1300 Stock Cars field who entertained all evening. On a damp track Jamie was driving superbly, and came from last car to the front for a superb heat one victory ahead of Curtis McConkey and Davy Clarke. Clarke was first over the line in a dramatic second heat, only to be docked to third for jumping the start. That handed the win to Graham Meek ahead of Alexander McCreadie.
With a closed grid for the Irish Masters final the start was sensational as the bumpers went in and the cars rattled off the concrete wall. Curtis Greer worked his way to the front and edged clear, only for a late caution with four to go when Clarke found trouble on the home straight. Curtis controlled the restart perfectly to take the victory in style, with Gary Freeburn coming through for second having qualified stone last on the grid after two troubled heats. Craig Bodenham and Gareth Halliday were next home.
The Thunder Rods formula were contesting the annual DMC Gold Cup, sponsored by McLaughlin Plumbing and Heating of Coleraine. Joe Largey took the opening heat win ahead of an impressive James Steele and Andrew McLean. Heat two saw a great three-way fight for the lead, with Adam McKinney getting the upper hand to win from Liam Wilson and Joshua McMullan.
McLean quickly assumed the lead in the Gold Cup final, but he was soon fighting a rearguard battle as Irish Champion James Gaoldie made a great assault for the lead on the outside line. Try as he may, James just couldn’t make the move stick and eventually dropped back, leaving McLean to take a well deserved win over Adam Graham and Largey.
The high speed element of the meeting came from the single-seater Superstox class, with Gerard Hartley taking a popular win in heat as he just held off World Champion Jordan Robinson at the flag. There was a messy start to heat two as Hartley nearly rolled off turn four, with Ethan Martin hitting the front. Jamie McCann soon reeled him in though, taking the win over Robinson and Steven Haugh.
The final saw Jonathan Crawford the initial pacesetter until Neil Hyndman took over the top spot, and he continued to lead for much of the race. Haugh and McCann had a great battle before Haugh broke clear and overhauled Hyndman with five laps to go to continue his dominance in the formula with his fourth straight feature race win. Robinson, McCann and Kyle Beattie completed the top four.
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Added: 01/06/25
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 All the drivers coped admirably with the horrendously wet conditions at Aghadowey Oval on Saturday night, May 24th. In the National Hot Rods, Cork’s Jeff Riordan powered to the final victory which also sealed his win in 2024/25 World Series NI. In the Thunder Rods, Ballymena star James Goldie was once again crowned King of Aghadowey for a remarkable sixth time in seven years, whilst Suffolk youngster Mason Carberry took a heat and final double in the Ninja Karts.
There was also a feature race win for Antrim’s Conor Hughes (2.0 Hot Rods), whilst Portadown’s Nigel Jackson showed his wet weather supremacy with a hat-trick in the Lightning Rods.
A smaller than usual field of National Hot Rods contested the 14th and final round of World Series NI, with Kells driver Derek McMillan stamping his authority all over the heats with two decisive wins. In the opener he led home Ian Riordan, before Derek Martin snatched second in heat two after a great race long battle with Shane Murray.
The final was lined up in season long points order, which paired Jeff Riordan and Murray on the front row. Just as it looked like Jeff would control the race all the way once he doused Murray’s early challenge, his brother Ian arrived to make it a family fight at the front. Ian did go ahead at a stage, but Jeff fought back to claim the win on the night he also sealed the World Series NI title. Ian Riordan, Murray and Martin completed the top finishers in what was at this stage almost torrential rain.
Twenty four Thunder Rods came under starter’s orders for the first qualifying heat of the King of Aghadowey title. There was a great battle for much of the distance out front, with Adam Graham getting the nod at the line over Mark McLaughlin and James Goldie. Heat two was another keenly fought affair, with Goldie using the outside line to relegate initial front runners Jordan Nicholl and Jason Darragh to take the win. Nicholl and David Reynolds completed the top three.
Goldie and Adam McKinney shared the front row on aggregate points for the big final, with Goldie settling in ahead of Graham and Dean Catherwood early on. It was a great scrap between the three, with Graham actually getting ahead at one point before Goldie fought back to take the win, his sixth King of Aghadowey crown in the past seven years which is a phenomenal record. Graham, Catherwood and McKinney rounded out the top spots.
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Scottish Points Champion Charlie Hardie bolstered the 2.0 Hot Rods grid, with Dean McFarland driving superbly to lead the opening heat before local man Aaron Stewart stormed through to win over Ally Neill and James McKinney. Heat two was another great race, with Chris McCloy and Alan Wilson disputing the lead before Neill found a way ahead after a late caution. Stewart then got under Neill in the slippery conditions to take his second win of the night ahead of Neill and Conor Hughes.
The final was run in the worst of the conditions of the night, with Neill ahead and using a very wide line out near the wall searching for grip. Mick Rodgers and Hughes were right in the mix too, and Hughes went ahead when Neill over-cooked it late on and glanced the barrier to end his challenge. Conor took a hard earned win over Rodgers, Adam Best in his new car and McKinney.
Visitors from England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland raised the Ninja Karts entry to well into the twenties, with Suffolk’s Mason Carberry having a fantastic last couple of laps in the first heat to snatch the win right at the death ahead of Evan Beattie and Eddie Fowler. Whilst Beattie just missed out on the opening heat win, he made no mistake in heat two as he impressed greatly to lead home Matthew McNeill and Ollie Williamson for his first ever victory.
The final saw Beattie and Harry Hoy battling out front, and they were then joined by Fowler and Williamson. Williamson hit the front but as they started the last lap a caution was called for a driver stranded on turn four. On the one lap shootout to the chequered flag Ollie just couldn’t withstand the pressure from English Champion Carberry, as Mason powered through to claim his second win of the night ahead of Williamson and Jack Murphy.
Wet weather specialist Nigel Jackson was the man to beat in the Lightning Rods, slicing through the field in the opening heat to win ahead of Ross Houston and Stuart Agnew. Heat two was perhaps the race of the night in any formula, as Jackson and Houston jousted wheel to wheel for the race distance. Nigel took the win by a whisker from Ross, before Jackson also went on to complete his hat-trick in the final after relegating early leader Conor Doherty. Houston came through to take second with Doherty holding on for third.
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Added: 26/05/25
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 The on-track action was as hot as the superb weather at Tullyroan Oval on Saturday night, May 17th, with some sensational racing served up in the sun. Ballymena’s Shane Murray took the feature event of the evening, Round 13 of National Hot Rods World Series NI, whilst The Moffett Shield for the Junior Productions fell to Dungannon’s Andrew Hawe after a great drive.
The other feature race wins on the night went to Larne’s Sam Wilson (Stock Rods), Portadown’s Steven Haugh (Superstox) and Richhill’s Robbie Barnett (Lightning Rods).
James Ginty led the opening National Hot Rods heat until he was relegated by a hard charging Adam Hylands, the local favourite taking the win over Shane Murray and James Mooney. Heat two saw Nigel McCauley take the win over Hylands, after pulling off a great outside pass on early pacesetter Ginty.
Thomas Dilly hit the front early on in the final, before losing out to the hard charging McCauley and Hylands. McCauley attracted warnings from Race Control for his over-robust defence of the lead, before edging clear to take the chequered flag. With a penalty on Nigel almost inevitable, attention switched to the battle for second where Hylands was holding off Jeff Riordan. They got themselves embroiled in backmarkers late on, allowing Murray to box them in and make an audacious swoop around the outside on the last lap to snatch the place. With McCauley demoted in the final analysis, Murray took the honours ahead of Hylands and Riordan after a superb finish.
The opening heat of the Junior Productions was busy to say the least with 18 young drivers on track, but Austin Grattan paid little heed to all that was going on behind him to lead from flag to flag for a great win over Andrew Hawe and leading star man Andrew Russell. Tony Calvin and Charlie Johnston battled hard for the lead in heat two before they tangled, seeing Calvin crash out and Johnston removed from the race as the cause of the ensuing stoppage. Once they got going again Noah Teggart took a fine win from Leyton Hughes and Russell.
The final for the Moffett Shield saw Grattan lead the way until Hawe found a way past to hit the front. Andrew reeled off the remaining laps to take an impressive victory, with Teggart and Jack Morrison filling the top three. Grattan also received an award from the Moffett family as the best white or yellow grade finisher.
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A healthy field of over 20 Stock Rods took to the grid for heat one, with recent Junior Productions graduate Harry Minish stamping his authority all over the race to take a commanding win over Joe Largey and Mark Foster. Minish once again repeated the feat in heat two, taking a clear win ahead of Jamie Cardwell and Irish Champion Mark Crawford.
Minish worked his way ahead early ahead in the final , only for mechanical issues to thwart his hat-trick bid. That left Sam Wilson out front, but holding off huge pressure from Foster and Largey. With all three together, Foster’s engine let go in dramatic fashion into turn one, causing a stoppage with 5 laps to go to deal with the subsequent fire and oil spillage. On the double file restart, Wilson superbly hung on for a deserved victory over Crawford and newly crowned British Champion Siobhan Martin.
Brian Lammey sealed a fine opening heat win in the Superstox as he continued his recent good run, just holding off Neil Hyndman on the run to the flag. Heat two saw Jamie McCann take the win, just surviving a huge last bend lunge from Steven Haugh, with Hyndman in third.
Hyndman stretched clear in the final, and looked odds on to take the victory. But Haugh had other ideas, coming on really strong over the closing laps to whittle down Neil’s advantage. Where his last bender in heat two didn’t come off, this time it certainly did as he punted Hyndman wide to race through for a sensational win in the best possible style. Hyndman, McCann and World Champion Jordan Robinson completed the top places.
The Lightning Rods field was boosted by some very welcome visitors from Tipperary Raceway, and it was one of them in Ronan O’Connor who was first across the line in the opening heat. Unfortunately he was docked two places for contact during the race, handing the win to Conor Doherty over Robbie Barnett. Barnett then put his borrowed Ian McCune car to great use in heat two, taking the win having held off late pressure from Doherty and NI Points Champion Nigel Jackson.
The final saw Brian Hickey and O’Connor both have spells in the lead, before Barnett hit the front. Robbie was flying in the BMW, taking his second win of the night ahead of Irish Champion Ross Houston and Jackson.
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Added: 19/05/25
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