By taking their sixth win from seven rallies,
Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes from Wexford clinched the Triton Showers
National Rally Championship, bringing their Fiesta to a 37 second victory in
yesterday’s penultimate round of the series, the Lady Gregory Hotel Galway
Summer Rally.
Once again, Moffett and Hayes led from start to
finish, with recently crowned National Forestry champion Cathan McCourt from
Tyrone teaming up with new co-driver Grace O’Brien from Mallow to take a
surprise runner up position in another Fiesta.
Former National title holders Roy White and James
O’Brien were the only possible challengers to Moffett and Hayes’ hopes of
taking the Triton series for the first time, but they were sidelined on the
opening stage with transmission problems, leaving the winning pair to cruise
home to their latest triumph.
Ian Barrett and Paul McGee claimed third place in
their Impreza, followed by the Escort of two wheel drive class winners Gary
Kiernan and Ryan Moore, with Hugh Hunter and Rob Fagg the best of the British
visitors in their Focus.
Limerick’s former National Hillclimb champion Paul
O’Connell scored two wins at the Kirkistown race meeting in Co Down to take the
Finnstown Castle Boss Ireland Formula Libre championship, with second places
going to Eamon Matheson and Sam Mansfield.
