Guy Foster’s third
victory of the season yesterday brought him within a single point of defending
champion Ian White in their duel for the Hewison Trophy Autotest title.
Foster led virtually all
the way through the twelve tests at Rosenallis, Co Laois, with White in second
place until a broken gear lever on the second last test dropped him to third
position behind Peter Grimes.
Grimes almost stole
Foster’s thunder, cutting his lead from ten seconds to just 1.3 at the finish
thanks to a terrific final three tests, while class winners Chris Grimes and
Darren Quille took fourth and fifth places overall.
Cork crews took the top
two positions in the 1000 Shakes Navigation Trial, with Owen Murphy and Daire
Hayes beating James Fitzgerald and Ken Carmody by four marks after an 85 mile
route based on Macroom. Title holders Derek Mackarel and Muireann Hayes
finished third.
At Inch, Co Wexford, Fergal
Gregory scored his second Sporting Trial win of the season, beating fellow
Wicklowman Morgan Evans by two marks for the MEC Jenkins Cup.
MOTORSPORT
IRELAND Results for 2/3 February 2019
LAOIS RALLYSPORT CLUB AUTOTEST AT ROSENALLIS, CO LAOIS (ROUND 9 OF HEWISON TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Guy Foster (Mini
Special) 679.7s,
2 Peter Grimes (Mini-Nova
Special) 681.0s,
3 Ian White (Mini
Special) 698.7s,
4 Chris Grimes (Mini)
723.7s,
5 Darren Quille
(Westfield) 744.0s,
6 Liam Cashman (Nova)
749.5s,
7 Cian Power (Mini
Special) 811.5s,
8 Paul Phelan (Mini
Special) 824.6s,
9 Michael Cashman (Corsa)
841.9s,
10 Mark Guerin
(Westfield) 915.0s,
11 Eoin Noonan (Starlet)
1023.5s,
12 James Mansfield (Mini)
1062.4s.
Class winners: Chris
Grimes, Peter Grimes, Darren Quille, Liam Cashman, James Mansfield.
Best novice: Eoin Noonan.
CORK MC 1000 SHAKES NAVIGATION TRIAL AT MACROOM, CO
CORK (ROUND 5 OF MOTORSPORT IRELAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROUND 4 OF
MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Owen Murphy/Daire Hayes
(Subaru Impreza) 24 marks,
2 James Fitzgerald/Ken
Carmody (Subaru Impreza) 28m,
3 Derek Mackarel/Muireann
Hayes (Subaru Impreza) 28m,
4 Alan Shinnors/George
Shinnors (Subaru Impreza) 43m,
5 (tie) James
McCabe/Shane Farrell (Subaru Impreza) and Shane Dalton/Seamus McTigue (Subaru
Impreza) 48m,
7 Chris Brady/David
Beamish (Subaru Impreza) 53m,
8 Brian Doherty/Tara
Duggan (Subaru Impreza) 55m,
9 Colm McKeever/Oisin
Sherlock (Subaru Impreza) 58m,
10 Mac Kierans/Conor
Boylan (Subaru Impreza) 61m.
Semi-experts: 1 James
McCabe/Shane Farrell, 2 Colm McKeever/Oisin Sherlock.
Novices: 1 Shane
Dalton/Seamus McTigue, 2 Chris Brady/David Beamish, 3 Brian Doherty/Tara
Duggan.
Beginners: 1 Colm
O’Donovan/Sam Conway (Toyota Starlet) 121m, 2 Kieran Hayes/Derek Flynn (Subaru
Impreza) 141m, 3 Darren O’Mahony/Shane Kenneally (Subaru Impreza) 203m.
MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS’ CLUB JENKINS CUP SPORTING TRIAL
AT GURTEEN, INCH, CO WEXFORD
1 Fergil Gregory
(Erskine-Yamaha) 3 marks,
2 Morgan Evans
(Mog-Honda) 5m,
3 Enda Byrne (VW) 7m,
4 Alan Watkins (Watkins-Yamaha)
8m,
5 Joe McCann (JMcVW) 8m,
6 Brian Conlon
(Erskine-Honda) 8m,
7 Jonathan Ralph
(Kilkenny-Honda) 9m,
8 Tony Farrell
(Erskine-S&S) 10m,
9 Kevin Sheane (Sheane
VW) 11m,
10 Percy Pennefather
(Erskine-Suzuki) 12m,
11 James Ralph (Kilkenny-Honda)
12m,
12 Siobhan McCann (JMcVW)
14m.
Grade winners: Morgan
Evans, Alan Watkins, James Ralph, David Pain (Kilkenny VW) 31m.
