What's the news?
The long winter layoff is over, and racing returns to Mondello Park, Ireland's only race track, this Easter weekend. Starting on the 13th, The Irish Motor Racing Club will be kicking things off with a nineteen race programme featuring a mixture of single-seater and saloon-car racing.
The weekend will see two of Ireland's most popular racing categories in action; the Keelan Construction Fiesta Zetec Championship and the Mondello Park Fiesta Zetec series. Those series will see triple-header events, while the rest of the categories on the card will get double-header racers over the two days.
The Zetec championship will see the resumption of the 2018 battle as last seasons top two return for another assault on the title. Reigning champion Owen Purcell and runner-up William Kellett will start as favourites with 2017 champ, Philip Lawless, also likely to be in the mix as he looks to get back to winning ways following a drop off in form during 2018.
The Faster Fiesta ST class will also see last seasons top two return as David Maguire and Michael Cullen get set to battle it out again in 2019. Race winners from last season, Brendan Fitzgerald and Gordon Kellett will be joined in the battle to depose the top two by Multiple Irish champion Erik Holstein and Karting graduate Alex Denning.
Want to see some older F1 cars in action? The get along to see the BOSS (Big Open Single Seater) cars racing on Saturday, while there will also be races for the Stryker and Ginetta Junior championships.
Sunday's timetable will see double headers for Formula Sheane, Closed Wheel Libre, HRCA Historics and a single championship round for Formula Vee, join races two and three for the Zetec's and ST's.
If you're booking in advance, a single day ticket is €12.50, or €20 for the weekend, and under-16s get in for free.