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Kevin Lynch and David Moynihan win in Limerick Video Full Results Kevin Lynch and Dave Moynihan place late Entry Scrutiny Venue has Changed! Time and Distance Schedule Rally Preview Full Entry List Regs and Entry Form Available Limerick Forestry Rally to replace Wicklow Event
Click here for Full Overall Results Click here for Overall Results by class Overall Rally winners Kevin Lynch and David Moynihan (Photo thanks to: Ger Leahy Photography ) 
Best 2WD of the day Frank Kelly and Liam Brennen (Photo thanks to: Ger Leahy Photography )
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Kevin Lynch and Dave Moynihan place late Entry.
Former champion Kevin Lynch has placed an entry in his KPL Utilities 2005 spec Ford Focus WRC.
This will be Lynch's first outing on the loose with the Focus. Scrutiny venue has changed
The Scrutiny venue has changed from that as published in the Regulations.
Scrutiny venue is now:
Old Pallas Foods site in Newcastle West. It is next to Dan Mulcahy Motor Factors on the ring road around the town about 800m from the HQ.
Scrutiny time 15:30 - 20:00
Paper scrunity must be completed before Mechanical Scrunity. Download the Time and Distance Schedule here
Preview
Round 3 of the Hankook Tyres National forestry championship is finally here and ready to go, after some early disappointment when the M.E.C club withdrew their event having found themselves in a difficult situation with available stage mileage it was to the credit of Limerick M.C and C.O.C Bill Fitzgerald that they managed to knuckle down and prepare a replacement event at short notice and now the championship finds itself back to the status quo of 7 rounds.
The Limerick Forestry rally is new to many, but having last ran in October 2000 is only relatively new to some, and in an interesting coincidence appeared in the 1998 calendar as a replacement for….. Yes you guessed it Wicklow! Limerick stepped in to run in October '98 because Wicklow had to cancel that year due to the deer rutting season, that year it was won by Dermot Kelly & Greg Shinnors in an Escort Cosworth. In Jan 00 the event had snow and black ice to contend with and it was Dominic McNeil & Francis Regan who would triumph in the conditions, hopefully the chance of such conditions in April 07 are very unlikely!
The rally last made an appearance in October 00 and was won by Kevin O Kane & Stephen Griffiths in a Grp A Impreza. The rally was then known as the Thomond rally and was run out of Limerick city.
Now the resurgent event has a new base in Newcastle West and more importantly as a mark of respect to the recently deceased competitor the event will now be know as “The Tom White Memorial Rally” Tom was a well known and respected clubman in the area and it is a fitting tribute to his memory that a local event should carry his name, may he rest in peace.
Championship Leader Stephen Moore and Co driver Tony McHugh will lead the 70 crews from the start ramp of this RocheGroup.ie supported event. The rally begins at Ballintemple Inn Newcastle West and Stephen will be followed over the start ramp by a serious challenger in Kenny McKinstry in his S9 Subaru, the same car driven by Marko Martin in Cork last October and a car Kenny will be more than ready to take to the top of the time sheets. Kenny will be ably assisted by local co driver Sean Mullally.
Next seed is Kevin O Kane & Martin Brady in the Subaru WRC. Kevin is of course a former winner of the old version of this event and will be hopeful of a solid points haul here on this revitalised event. At Number 4 Brian McGillin & David Doherty take their Hyundai Accent WRC to this event having recently tasted success on the Omagh Spring forest event, Brian should start having new confidence in the Accent after this victory and therefore he will be one to look for on the time sheets of this rally. No 5 is James Murphy & John Brennan in the Escort WRC, surely due a clean run of luck in the Escort this pair will also be at the sharp end of time sheets given half a chance.
Trevor Harding & Alistair Wylie missed the last round due to a back injury suffered by Trevor, they now return seeded at number 6 in the Subaru WRC car. Dominic Mc Neil & Francis Kenny are at 7 in their potent ex M Sport Escort WRC, they debuted this car at the last round only to be sidelined by minor mechanical woes, and their return to the stages will no doubt see them increase the early speed. 8 seed and top GrpN boy is Keith Cronin & Anthony O Connell, this pair were the stars of the last round. In their Hankook backed Evo 7 they even lead the rally after 2 stages. An award winner in the Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman young driver scheme, Keith has impressed on so many occasions in this championship and no doubt he will be a front runner again this weekend.
At 9 is Andrew Purcell and he will be driving the Subaru Impreza that won this rally in October 2000. A small engine fire ended his rally on round 2 while he was holding 3rd o/a so if mechanical issues do not blight him in Limerick then expect more of the same. Rounding out the top ten is Stuart Darcy & Andy O Donoghue they gelled together well on round 2 and took the Mitsubishi to 3rd o/a again.
In the battle of the Escorts no 14 Seamus O Connell & Brian Duggan are top 2wd men just starting in front of Frank Kelly & Liam Brennan, this pairing are also coming from recent success on the Omagh spring rally. So expect the pace to be flat out from the word go. Brian Lawlor & Connor Foley are right behind them in their Stonemad Mk2 and undoubtedly they will be right in the thick of this battle.
As with every round of the championship this year the top 2wd crew win the Superdrive prize and with it comes a voucher from www.superdriveni.com for part payment of entry fees for another round of the Championship to the value of €150.00 for first 2WD and €75.00 for 2nd place 2WD. Stage 1 is Sugar Hill at just less than 6km; this is a challenging stage as an opener with many deep ditches waiting to catch the unwary. It will be repeated as SS4. Stage 2 is Banane and is 7.2km, it will also be repeated as SS5 Stage 3 is Reanahoun and this is a challenging 12.7km and shall be repeated as SS6. The final Stage Garryduff is 6km and will be visited just once for SS7 So yet again we have the scene set for the third round of the 2007 Hankook Tyres National Forest Rally Championship, looking forward to seeing you all in a hopefully sunny Newcastle West.
Rally HQ & Documentation: BALLINTEPMLE INN
NEWCASTLE WEST
CO. LIMERICK
PLEASE DO YOUR PAPER SCRUTINY FIRST.
Scrutiny: Daly Tyres Newcastle West (On left as you leave town towards Castleisland) Scrutiny from 15:30 – 20:00 Saturday 24th
Service: At side of N21 between Newcastle West and Templeglantine
Maps: Colour maps will be available for purchase in the event programme.
ORDNANCE SURVEY / DISCOVERY SERIES MAP NO’S: 64 & 72
First Car Finished Finish Ramp, Ballintemple Inn Newcastle 5:30pm Sunday Download the Entry List in Excel format here
Entry List
No. Driver Surname/Navigator Surname (Car)
1 Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh (Ford Focus WRC)
2 Kenny McKinstry/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC)
3 Kevin O' Kane/Martin Brady (Subaru Impreza WRC)
4 Brian McGillin/David Doherty (Hyundai Accent WRC)
5 James Murphy/John Brennan (Ford Escort WRC)
6 Trevor Harding/Alistair Wyllie (Subaru Impreza WRC)
7 Dominic McNeill/Francis Kenny (Ford Escort WRC)
8 Keith Cronin/Anthony O' Conaill (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 7)
9 Andrew Purcell/TBA TBA (Subaru Impreza 555)
10 Stuart Darcy/Andrew O' Donoghue (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 6)
11 Colin Britton/Arthur Kierans (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 8)
12 Colm McBride/Rodney Hicks (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 6)
14 Seamus O' Connell/Brian Duggan (Ford Escort MK11 BDA)
15 Frank Kelly/Liam Brennan (Ford Escort MK11)
16 Brian Lawlor/Conor Foley (Ford Escort MK11)
17 Jason Roche/Ray Greene (Ford Escort)
18 Vivian Hamill/Paul Hamill (Ford Escort MK11)
19 Brendan Murphy/Pat Condon (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 7)
20 John Hickey/TBA TBA (Subaru Impreza N11)
21 Sean Heaney/Liam McLoughlin (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 6)
22 Patrick Keenan/Francis Regan (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 8)
23 Emma McKinstry/Kenny Hull (Mitsubshi Lancer Evo 6)
24 Mark Murphy/William Kiely (Subaru Impreza WRX)
25 Pat Price/Seamus O' Connor (Subaru Impreza N12B)
26 John O' Connor/Kevin O' Connor (Ford Escort G3)
27 Paul Fitzgerald/Wally Dick (Ford Escort MK11)
28 Moss Fitzgerald/Denis Cremin (Toyota Corolla GT)
29 Jimmy Devane/Michael Buckley (Nissan Sunny)
30 Dan Mulcahy/Donnocha O'Callaghan (Ford Escort RS Cosworth)
31 Brian O' Keeffe/Carol O' Keeffe (Subaru Impreza WRX)
32 Ger Connors/Owen O' Neill (Astra)
33 Gerard Lucy/Peter Somers (Toyota Celica GT4)
34 Sean Benskin/Bobby Nugent (Ford Escort MK11)
35 Michael O' Sullivan/Brian O' Connor (Ford Escort MK11)
36 Michael O' Connor/Sinead O' Keeffe (Ford Escort MK11)
37 Darren Donnelly/Barry McGillin (Ford Escort MK11)
38 Sean Moran/Con Mulcahy (Mitsubshi Evo 7)
39 JJ Carroll/TBA TBA (Astra GTE)
40 Ian Roche/TBA TBA (Peogeot 106 )
41 Ciaran Mahon/Conor Bruton (Ford Escort MK11)
42 Michael Nevin/TBA TBA (Ford Escort MK11)
43 Jim Fagan/Rachel Fagan (Ford Escort MK11)
44 Joe Conway/Domhnall Lennon (Ford Escort MK11)
45 Alan Dineen/Tony Dineen (Nova)
46 James Lehane/Andrew Lehane (Honda Civic)
47 Marc Butler/TBA TRA (Honda Civic)
48 Ivan O' Connor/Brendan O' Rourke (Ford Escort MK11)
49 Seamus O' Grady/Oonagh Roche (Peogeot 205 GTI)
50 John O' Connor/Alan Naughton (Ford Escort MK11)
51 Sean Sheedy/Eamonn Sheedy (Honda Civic)
52 Colm Cronin/Brian Sharky (Peogeot 206 XSI)
53 Sidney Bourke/Adam Coffey (Peogeot 206 )
54 Hans Matthia/TBA TBA (Peogeot 106 )
55 Enda Hallinan/Eddie Moloney (Honda Civic)
56 John Harty/Damien O' Kane (Ford Escort MK11)
57 David Dunne/Ciaran O' Connor (Ford Escort)
58 Emmet Cronin/TBA TBA (Ford Escort MK11)
59 Mark Farrell/Sean Rooney (Ford Escort MK11)
60 Mike McDonnell/Blue Spillane (Mazda 323)
61 Paul Roche/TBA TBA (Peogeot 106 )
62 Michael Piggott/Breeda Piggott (Honda Civic)
63 Emmet Watchorn/PJ Doyle (Peogeot 106)
64 Jonathan Ralph/TBA TBA (Ford Puma)
65 Martin Mulcahy/John Nugent (Peogeot 205 GTI)
66 John Byrnes/Kenneth Sheil (Honda Civic)
67 Dave Hallinan/Denny Greaney (Nova)
68 Jason Carey/James Sheehan (Peogeot 205 )
69 Sean Allen/Donal Falvey (Honda Civic)
70 Ray Enright/TBA TBA (Ford KA) Reg’s and Entry Form for the “Tom White Memorial Forest Rally” promoted by Limerick Motor Club, 15th April 07, with Head Quarters @ Ballintemple Inn NewCastle West, Co. Limerick. Download Regs here Download Entry Form here Limerick Forestry Rally to replace Wicklow Event.
The Limerick Motor Club has been confirmed as the replacement forestry rally for the third round of the Hankook Irish Forestry rally Championship on the 15 April 2007.
This rally will replace the Wicklow Rally
Headquarters for the event is the Woodlands House Hotel Adare.
Regulations and further details will be available shortly. Event Website |
