James M
Stafford
took his
Darrian
to
maximum
023
Tiles
Southern
Four
Championship
points
in
winning
the
National
section
of the
Killarney
Rally of
the
Lakes,
while
Wesley
Patterson
in his
Escort
now
leads
the
points
overall,
with
Kevin
O’Donoghue
and
Kevin
Kelleher
2nd and
3rd in
their
Lancers.
Former
Ulster
Rally
winner
Derek
Boyd,
now
resident
on the
Isle of
Man,
made a
comeback
to
rallying
on last
weekend’s
RSSI
Manx
Rally,
driving
a hired
Raymond
Mason
Lancer
Evo 9.
Boyd
found
the
Friday
night
tough
going,
but got
on the
pace on
the
Saturday.
He plans
to
compete
on the
Shell
Donegal,
with his
daughter
Roisin
co-driving.
Todd
Falvey
took his
Porsche
to a
crushing
victory
on the
Historic
section
of the
Killarney
Rally of
the
Lakes,
setting
times on
a par
with the
3rd and
4th
quickest
on the
National
section.
This is
the 3rd
year in
a row
that
Falvey
has
taken
the win
in his
Mulvihillmedia.com
backed
911,
which
has now
finished
14
rallies
out of
15
starts.
Denis
Moynihan
was 2nd,
Don
Moynihan
3rd,
both in
Escorts,
with
Adrian
Kermode
4th in
his
Porsche
and
Sean
Tracey
5th in
his
Alpina
BMW.
Monaghan
Motor
Club has
announced
that it
is all
stations
go for
their
10th
June
Forestry
Rally,
which
will be
round 5
of the
Hankook
Tyres
Forestry
series.
The
event
will be
based in
Threemilehouse
and will
have 7
stages
at
Dartry,
Knockatallan
and Esh.
There
was a
certain
amount
of doubt
over
whether
the
rally
would
run,
because
of
worries
over
bird
nesting.
Two high
profile
crews,
Ray
Breen/Damien
Morrissey
and Noel
Redmond/Ger
Healy
were
refused
a start
on
Carlow
Rally,
last
weekend, for an
alleged
breach
of the recconnaissance
regulations.
This
follows
the
introduction
by
Motorsport
Ireland
some
time ago
of
cameras
on
stages
during
the
period
leading
up to
events.
This
weekend’s
Sperrins
Rally, a
round of
the NI
Championship,
has
attracted
a high
class
entry
led by
last
year’s
winner
Charlie
Donnelly
in a
Corolla
WRC. The
Sperrins
switched
from
forest
to
asphalt
stages a
couple
of years
ago and
this has
certainly
not
dented
the
event’s
popularity.
Based in
Walsh’s
Hotel
Maghera,
the
event
sports a
maximum
120 car
entry,
with top
championship
contenders
Glenn
Allen,
Sean
Devine
and
Stephen
Moore in
their
various
WRC
machinery.
Top
Irish
drivers
on the
provisional
list for
next
week’s
Jim
Clark
are
Eugene
Donnelly
at 1,
followed
by
Eamonn
Boland,
Tim
McNulty
and
Kevin
Lynch.
Gareth
Jones is
listed
just
outside
the top
ten in
his
Focus
WRC,
with
Greg
Shinnors
co-driving.
Greg
however
is
stepping
down,
saying
that
they are
still
the best
of
friends,
but that
the
notes
just
weren’t
‘clicking’.
Phillip
Morrow
is
listed
at 16,
followed
by top
Irish
GpN
drivers
Seamus
Leonard,
Colm
Murphy,
Roy
White,
James
Cullen,
Connor
McCloskey
and
Kevin
O’Donoghue.
Brian
Patterson.
