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Irish
Notes 25th Aug. 04.
Tim McNulty took his Impreza WRC to a very clear victory on last
Sunday's 9 asphalt stage ALMC Rally outside Virginia. Noel
Redmond was 2nd, over 2 minutes back in a similar Subaru.
Pat Donegan switched to a Lancer with good effect for the ALMC
event, winning GpN and finishing 3rd o/a. Brendan Kelly was 2nd
in GpN in another Lancer. Willie Fannin had led the category
initially, but pulled out when his Lancer radiator starting
leaking, following contact with a chicane.
Donie O'Sullivan is planning to compete on his home Killarney
Forestry event (5th September) in an ADR Lancer, as a warm up for
the Wexford Rally where he will drive his Focus WRC.
John O'Connell will be Clerk of the Course of next year's Galway
International, opening round of the Pirelli Tarmac International.
First Choice Flooring will almost certainly sponsor the event
again.
Dermot Hanafin will drive a Prodrive Impreza N10 on the 3rd/4th
September Ulster International. Hanafin, who runs under his own
FitzSamuel Insurance Rally Team banner, will have Clare Mole
co-driving, as his normal man on the pacenotes, Mike Gibson, is
sitting with Mark Higgins in a Focus WRC.
Kevin Lynch certainly has a busy rally period ahead. This weekend
he competes on the Galway Summer, the following weekend the
Ulster International, where he is seeded at 7 in his Impreza WRC,
behind Mark Higgins and ahead of Austin McHale. The following
weekend he defends his NI Champion position on the Enniskillen
Lakelands (11th September), before moving on to Rally GB.
Martin Ward has acquired John Rooney's BMW M3 and competed on the
ALMC event as a warm up for his home Galway Summer Rally this
weekend. Martin won his class and was 23rd overall on the ALMC.
Kris Meeke has expressed an interest in competing on the Omagh
Bushwhacker Rally (25th Sept), penultimate round of the NI Stage
series. Regulations for the rally are available from Margaret @
028 82246964.
The
Top Ten seeds for next weeks Ulster Rally have been released with
Derek McGarrity at No1 in the International Rally as can be seen
below. Philip Shaw heads away the National Rally in his BMW M3
and Adrian Kermode will front up the Historic Rally in his
Porsche 911.
1
Derek McGarrity (IRL) / Dermot O'Gorman (IRL) Subaru Impreza S9
2
Andrew Nesbitt (GB) / James O'Brien (IRL) Subaru Impreza WRC S9
3
David Higgins (GB) / Daniel Barritt (GB) Hyundai Accent WRC
4
Jonny Milner (GB) / Nicky Beech (GB) Subaru Impreza WRC
5
Eugene Donnelly (GB) / Paul Kiely (IRL) Toyota Corolla WRC
6
Mark Higgins (GB) / Michael Gibson (GB) Ford Focus
7
Kevin Lynch (GB) / Rory Kennedy (IRL) Subaru Impreza
8
Austin MacHale (IRL) / Brian Murphy (IRL) Ford Focus
9
Eamonn Boland (IRL) / Francis Regan (GB) Subaru Impreza
10
Matthew Wilson (GB) / Scott Martin (GB) Ford Focus
Brian Patterson.
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