Ulster pair Marty McCormack and Barney Mitchell scored their
first International victory yesterday when they brought their VW Polo R5 home
19 seconds ahead of runners up Meirion Evans and Jonathan Jackson in a Skoda
Fabia after two days of stages based on Macroom.
Saturday’s five stages were dominated by Callum Devine and
Brian Hoy, who opened out a lead of 27 seconds over the four opening stages.
However, their Ford Fiesta broke a driveshaft on the last stage of the day,
costing them two minutes as they limped to the end and dropping the
Derry-Fermanagh pair to fifth place overnight as West Cork’s Daniel Cronin took
over top position in front of McCormack.
This left Devine with a 68 second deficit as the rally
headed into day two’s eight stages, but he slid off the road on the first of
these, getting stuck in a drain and losing too much time to continue. On the
very next stage, leader Cronin also went off, leaving McCormack to take charge
for the remaining six stages.
Jonny Greer and Kirsty Riddick finished third despite
transmission problems on their Fiesta for much of the rally, ahead of veteran
Eugene Donnelly’s Proton.
Damien Toner won the National Rally to clinch that section
of the Irish Tarmac Championship, with newly married Owen Murphy winning the
Historic Rally and Kieran Reen taking the Junior honours.
Dubliner Anthony Cross took the Serco.ie Formula Vee title for the second year in succession by winning the final round of the series at Kirkistown. He completed a successful day by also taking top place in the Emerson Fittipaldi Trophy Race.
CBTOOLHIRE.COM MUNSTER C C CORK 20 INTERNATIONAL RALLY AT MACROOM, CO CORK (ROUND 5 OF FIA CELTIC RALLY TROPHY, FINAL ROUND OF IRISH TARMAC CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROUND OF PLASTICBAGS.IE SOUTHERN 4 RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP):
1 Marty McCormack/Barney Mitchell (VW Polo R5) 1h 56m 38s,
2 Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson (Skoda Fabia R5) 1h 56m
57s,
3 Jonny Greer/Kirsty Riddick (Ford Fiesta R5) 2h 00m 20s,
4 Eugene Donnelly/Alistair Wyllie (Proton Iriz R5) 2h 02m
41s,
5 David Guest/Jonathan McGrath (Skoda Fabia S2000) 2h 05m
37s,
6 Denis Moynihan/Martin O’Brien (Ford Fiesta R5) 2h 07m 08s,
7 Andy Davies/Michael Gilbey (Subaru Impreza) 2h 08m 23s,
8 William Creighton/Liam Regan (Peugeot 208 R2) 2h 08m 35s,
9 Willie Mavitty/Martin Connolly (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9)
2h 08m 54s,
10 Martyn England/Dawn England (Ford Fiesta R5) 2h 10m 45s.
Class winners: Eugene Donnelly/Alistair Wyllie,
William Creighton/Liam Regan.
NATIONAL RALLY:
1 Damien Toner/Michael Coady (Ford Escort) 2h 04m 23s,
2 Colin O’Donoghue/Sean Collins (Ford Escort) 2h 04m 55s,
3 Colin Byrne/Stephen Quin (Ford Escort) 2h 10m 43s,
4 Jason Dickson/Martin Brady (Ford Fiesta) 2h 12m 14s,
5 Daragh O’Riordan/Mikey Walsh (Ford Escort) 2h 12m 18s,
6 John Lynch/Brian Quinlan (Skoda Fabia) 2h 15m 08s.
HISTORIC RALLY:
1 Owen Murphy/Anthony Nestor (Talbot Sunbeam) 2h 13m 08s,
2 Rob Barrable/Damien Connolly (Ford Escort) 2h 15m 12s,
3 Luke MacCarthy/David Hogan (Ford Escort) 2h 15m 47s.
JUNIOR RALLY CLASS 16:
1 Kieran Reen/Mark O’Leary (Honda Civic) 1h 10m 07s,
2 Aaron McEvoy/Killian O’Brien (Honda Civic) 1h 14m 40s,
3 Daragh Smith/Anthony McDonald (Honda Civic) 1h 15m 35s.
JUNIOR RALLY CLASS 16A:
1 Aaron Browne/Daniel Hanratty (Honda Civic) 1h 13m 01s,
2 Nigel Roche/Gavin Downey (Honda Civic) 1h 14m 20s,
3 Cian Walsh/Derry Long (Toyota Corolla) 1h 14m 40s.
CO MONAGHAN M C NAVIGATION TRIAL AT TYDAVNET, CO MONAGHAN:
1 Aidan Sherry/Oisin Sherlock (Subaru Impreza) 0 marks,
2 Martin Tynan/Fintan Clerkin (Subaru Impreza) 1m,
3 Mickey Tynan/Ciaran Tynan (Subaru Impreza) 4m,
4 Pakie Duffy/Evin Hughes (Subaru Impreza) 15m,
5 Josh Moffett/Stephen Thornton (Opel Corsa) 20m,
6 Emmet Sherry/Paddy Corcoran (Toyota Starlet) 20m,
7 Derek Mackarel/Conor Boylan (Subaru Impreza) 22m,
8 Francis McElvaney/Danny McKenna (Subaru Impreza) 30m,
9 Aidan Keenan/Sean Marron (Subaru Impreza) 39m,
10 Eoghan Corr/Ruaidhri Nash (Subaru Impreza) 43m,
11 Damien Hagan/Ryan Farrell (Subaru Impreza) 59m,
12 Aaron McIntyre/Ben McIntyre (Subaru Impreza) 64m.
Semi-experts: 1 Eoghan Corr/Ruaidhri Nash, 2 Jack
McKenna/Conor Mohan (Toyota Starlet) 82m, 3 James McCabe/Shane Farrell (Subaru
Impreza) 84m.
Novices: 1 Emmet Sherry/Paddy Corcoran, 2 Francis McElvaney/Danny
McKenna, 3 Pat Murphy/Shane Maguire (Subaru Impreza) 68m.
Beginners: 1 Aidan Keenan/Sean Marron, 2 Damien Hagan/Ryan
Farrell, 3 Aaron McIntyre/Ben McIntyre.
