Sporting Trials
About Sporting Trials
The MEC Club started with the organising of Sporting Trials over 50 years ago. Trials (aka Mudplugs) involve driving a custom built trials car over rough and rugged terrain, over a pre-set marked course, without striking laid out markers defining the route of the section. Sporting Trials are a friendly but highly competitive sport with a strong emphasis on the family, with many father & daughters and father & sons competing together, helped by the fact that 2 drivers can use the same car. Sporting Trials are probably one of cheapest forms of motorsport to get into, and offer the opportunity for drivers to get the feel of how to handle a car from the age of 10 years, with adult supervision.
Sporting Trials are generally held on farmland and in quarries in the Dublin / Wicklow area and events take place during the Autumn / Winter months, between September and April.
The cars are usually home built within set technical parameters. The most common cars are based on the Volkswagen Beetle, although when the car is finished only the engine, gearbox and axle is original Beetle. Quite a few other cars would have motorcycle engines. The majority of beginners would start by buying a second-hand car from another driver, although some may want to buy a new car from one of the small number of experts who build cars for sale.
If you are interested in becoming involved the best way is to come out to a few events and speak to officials and competitors, who will all be very pleased to give you any help or advice they can. Alternatively you can contact the club by e-mail from the Contact Us button on the Home page, or contact Motorsport Ireland, the governing body of all Irish Motorsport at phone 01 677 5628.
Recent News
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MEC Mudplug Championship 2024
Congratulations to Alan Maher on winning the 2024 MEC Mudplug Championship and to Ben Atkinson who wins the Wilson Cup for the best Junior driver.
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Sporting Trials Grades
New Grades from July to December 2024
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Sporting Trials Grades – 1st January 2024 to 30th June 2024
New Grades for the next half season.
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MEC Mudplug Championship 2023
Final Positions in 2023 Championship. Congratulations to overall winner Alex Lyons and to Lennon Fitzpatrick who wins the Wilson Cup as best Junior.
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Sporting Trials – Amendments to Appendix 88, September 2023
Rule Changes Sept 23
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Sporting Trials Grades 1st July to 31st December 2023
Grades 2023-2
SPORTING Trials Events
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