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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

MicksGarage.com were announced today as title sponsors for the 2015 Irish Touring Car Championship. The Dublin based online car parts & accessories suppliers will be on board for a season that is sure to excite spectators & competitors alike. The new partnership will bring Ireland's premier tin-top racing series to new levels. Class Chief Brian Sexton is expecting to see a lot more from the championship as a result of this new sponsorship deal.

“It’s great to have MicksGarage.com on board with us this year, they’re a really good fit for us as a class. It’s not just financial backing that they bring to the party, we’ll be opened up to a new audience we’ve never seen before, and that will hopefully bring more people down to watch! With MicksGarage.com joining us, and the addition of some great new cars on our grid, we should be flying higher than ever before!”

Speaking on behalf of MicksGarage.com, Rob King said:

“We’re delighted to be sponsoring the Irish Touring Car Championship and are really looking forward to the year ahead. We’ve had a couple of extremely productive meetings with the Championship organisers already and have a whole range of exciting ideas in the pipeline to help promote the class, broaden its appeal and bring ITCC to a new audience. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all the teams and competitors the very best of luck for the year ahead”

The first official test day of 2015 took place last Sunday at Mondello Park where a huge turn out of competitors and spectators looked extremely promising for the year ahead. The ITCC class will be boosted by an influx of Seat Leon Supercup cars, supported by Murray Motorosport. The Seat's are an exciting addition to the class and as many as10 of them are expected by the end of the year.

You can keep up to date with all the latest news from the ITCC right here on The Filter, on the ITCC website or watch the races live online on Mondello.TV

Rounds 1 & 2 are to be held in Mondello Park on Sunday 15th of March.

Photo's courtesy of http://www.brianwalshphotos.com/

History Of The Honda Civic

Spanning nine model generations the Honda Civic is one of the most recognizable and best selling cars in the world. Back in early 1970's Honda were considering pulling out of car manufacture altogether after a string of lackluster forecourt performances but the Civic turned that around! The Civic's light weight, high tech and economical, high performance engines are the cornerstone of the models success.

Increasingly sporty variants of the Civic culminated in the launch of the Type R in the 1990's. The Type R was fitted with the now infamous VTEC B16a engine which produced over 100bhp per litre, a feat that most supercars of the era couldn't match.

The popularity of the Ferrari-baiting Type R filtered down to lesser, more affordable models and the Civic became the de facto car for a generation of petrol heads and tuners such as J's racing and Spoon.

Versatility plays a large part in the success of the range. From practical, affordable shopping runabout to screaming 9,000 rpm racetrack hooligan the Civic can do it all. Honda have also had a huge amount of motorsport success with the civic, most recently winning the British Touring Car Championship in 2013.

After 40+ years the Civic still continues to feature in the top 20 best selling cars globally.
Here's a visual look back over its 40+ year history:

At MicksGarage we stock an enormous range of parts for all models of the Civic. If you need braking, steering or suspension parts, panels, lamps or trim pieces or just need a service kit to keep your Civic in tiptop condition be sure to check us out!

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Honda's 2014 Touring Car Line Up Revealed

Images were released today of next years British Touring Car and World Touring Car offerings from Honda. The WTC pictured below, I think you'll agree looks pretty mean in its wide bodied and be-winged format, It's hard to tell from this rendering but hopefully that's not a matt black finish....definitely a look that has had its day.