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Adrian Boyd was an Irish motorsport rally driver. Over a competitive career that spanned twenty years, Boyd recorded 9 victories including the Circuit of Ireland and the Manx International.

Early Life
Born in Belfast, Adrian was the eldest of four brothers and one sister. He attended Vernon College in Dunmurry where he met his first co-driver, Maurice Johnson. At 17, he bought his first car which was a Ford Anglia.

Career
Adrian's first year in motorsport came in 1959 when he and his co-driver Maurice Johnson raced a Ford Anglica in the Circuit of Ireland. This first attempt was ended as a result of gearbox failure. In 1960 however, Adrian returned in an Austin Healy Sprite and became the youngest ever winner of the Circuit of Ireland at the the age of 19. Other notable successes in the 1960's included winning the Regent Oil Starlight Rally and finishing second twice in the Circuit of Ireland (1967 and 1968). In 1971, Adrian along with co-driver Beatty Crawford won the Circuit of Ireland in a Ford Escort Twin Cam. This success was well captured in the documentary A Dash of the Irish. Two more victories were recorded in the Texaco Rally (1971) and DunOmEn Rally (1972). At the beginning of 1973, Adrian, R. E. Hamiltons, and the finance house, Lombard and Ulster Banking, got together to form Lombard & Ulster Rally Team. This new partnership resulted in a highly successful year for Adrian winning the Galway International Rally, The Texaco Rally, the Forward Trust Causeway Coast Rally and the Manx International. In the same year Adrian also took part in the racing event Avon Tour of Britain, finishing fourth. The winner of the event was formula one star James Hunt. Adrain continued to rally competitively up until 1979. In 1990, with son Johnny as co-driver he won the classic Monte Carlo Challenge in a Daimler SP 250. Throughout his career Adrian drove Austin-Healey Sprite, Sunbeam Rapier, Humber Super Snipe, Ford Anglia, Ford Cortina GT, BMC Mini Cooper S, Ford Escort Twin Cam, Ford Capri, Alpine-Renault A110 1600, Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, Triumph Dolomite Sprint, Austin A40 and Daimler SP 250.