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Christmas Autocross 2006.


Joseph Smith takes the Overall Club Championship
 and
The Mervyn Wedlock Plant Hire Autocross Championship for 2006.

Stephen Lipsett crowned Junior Champion for 2006.

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Lipsett wins Christmas Cracker.

Stephen Lipsett put in another super drive in his little Peugeot 106 to take victory in the Final Round of the Mervyn Wedlock Plant Hire sponsored Autocross Championship 2006. The victory also netted him the Junior Championship Title for 2006 from his main rival Sam Moffett who could only manage 12th overall and 3rd junior home in  in the wet slippery conditions. Kieran Mc Carra was putting in a mighty charge in his Honda Civic and lead after the first run only to end up beached in the bog on his last run but still managed to finish a superb 2nd overall. Ballyhaise man Adrian Foley took his little Nova to 3rd overall and Joseph Smith took 4th overall, the result enough to win him the Wedlock Plant Hire Autocross Championship and the Overall Club Champion for the year. Vincent Mc Aree was 5th in his Peugeot 106.

Overall Winner Stephen Lipsett.

Class 1 Winner Tommy Donlon.
Class 2 Winner  Adrian Foley.
Class 3 Winner  Kieran Mc Carra.
Class 4 Winner Joseph Smith.
Class 5 Winner Gareth Mc Cullagh.


December Autocross results from McAleer Timing Click Here

 Updated Championship points for 2006 Online. Click Here

Round 6 Wedlock Plant Hire Autocross Championship 19th November 2006.

Lipsett  Licks them in Latton.

Stephen Lipsett took his Peugeot 106 to a memorable victory in Latton in what was probably the worst weather encountered for any event since the Latton Track was opened. The wet windy and bitterly cold conditions suited the the lesser powered cars. The usual top runners Sam Moffett and Joseph Smith found it difficult going getting grip on the rain soaked track ending the day well down the field in 17th and 19th place respectively.

Stephen Lipsett set out his stall with a fastest time on the first run with a 2.19.96 with Jim Mc Kenna second on a time of 2.20.27 and Derek Lipsett third on 2.21.69.

The fastest man on the second run was Stephen Wright  with a time of 2.20.91 followed by Stephen Lipsett on 2.22.29 who was revelling in the wet conditions and the ever consistent Tommy Donlon was third fastest on 2.22.38.

With the weather conditions getting worse as the day progressed the third run was once again dominated by Stephen Lipsett knocking in another fastest time on a 2.19.70  with Tommy Donlon setting a 2.21.15 good enough  to net him 2nd Place overall on the day and Stephen Wright setting a time of 2.23.54 was sufficient to take him to his best ever result in Latton a 3rd overall.

1st Overall Stephen Lipsett
2nd Overall Tommy Donlon.
3rd Overall Stephen Wright.


Class 1 was won by Tommy Donlon,
Class 2 was won by Shane Mc Girr.
Class 3 was won by Jim Mc Kenna.
Class 4 was won by Derek Gurney.
Class 5 was won by Derek Lipsett.


Joseph Smith currently leads both the Autocross Championship and Club Championship for 2006.
In the Mervyn Wedlock Plant hire Autocross Championship 5 out of the 7 rounds count towards the Championship.
In the overall Club Championship, all Cavan Motor Club events for 2006 count, but as none of the main championship contenters have points from either the Stages Rally or the Navigation Trials, the Overall Club Champion will be decided by competitors total score from all the 7 Autocross events.
 
In the Junior Championship with dropped scores taken into consideration Sam Moffett and Stephen Lipsett are level on points going into the final round.



 Updated Championship points 2006. Click here.


Results online  Click here.    Or here  McAleer Timing.

Elliott Nets Fastnet Victory.


Patrick Elliott passes the stricken Ray Breen.

So often in the past on the Skibereen Fastnet Rally Patrick Elliott has come close to winning but never achieved it. That all changed on last Sunday afternoon when Patrick and his co driver Paul Goodman brought their bright red Quinn direct backed Subaru S10 WRC into the finish ramp over a minute ahead of their closest challenger Michael Barrable. Dublin based Car Dealer Michael and Aaron MacHale had a great battle over the final stages in their respective Ford Focus WRC’s, Aaron setting a couple of fastest times and Barrable just held on to the runner-up spot.

Cootehill native Willie Fannin and his co driver Mick Courtney won Group N in their Impreza doing enough to take the category in the Championship while Alan Ring finished 3rd in the GpN category but took the Patterson RallyNews Award for the Dunlop Championship. Former Ford Works driver Phil Collins drove with his usual flair to bring his heavily developed Mk2 Escort into 9th and best two wheel drive ahead of  Killarney’s Peter Kelly also in a Millington engined Mk2 Escort.

 Patrick Elliott commented at the finish “It was a tough rally; I’ve been trying a long time to win here. I really enjoyed the day. We had a hell of a battle earlier with Ray Breen, it’s a shame he went off the road. There was good organization, the rally ran perfectly and I am sure I speak for all the competitors in thanking the marshals for standing out in the rain all day”. Aaron MacHale said. “We had a big race over the last few stages, a good oul battle with Barrable; it was a different car with these different tyres on”. Michael Barrable said. “A good run at the end, I enjoyed it. Nice to have Dermot O’Gorman back co-driving.” Ray Breen, despite being well down the order, after spending 8 minutes in a ditch, was right on the pace over the last few stages.


Thomas Carolan and Declan Smith take Class 9 win.

The Skibereen Fastnet Rally was the final round of the 2006 Dunlop National Rally Championship and although many of the Championship classes were sorted out before Sunday’s event, some remained to be finalized. One such class was Class 9 for 1400cc engined cars and after 9 rallies Thomas Carolan and Declan Smith in their Mk2 Escort were level on points with Simon Evans and Barry Faul in their Mini Cooper. The Tierworker crew needed to finish ahead of their Wicklow based opponents to take the class and after Evans hit electrical trouble on the opening stages, they protected their lead to finish 2 minutes clear of the recovering Evans.

 
Other Local Drivers to enjoy success in this years National Rally Championship include Michael Conlon who won Class 10 for 1600cc cars, Ollie O’Rielly finished 2nd in Class 13 for 2 litre 16valve cars and Maurice Moffett won took victory in Class 14 for cars with engines up to 2500cc.

Wham Bam Sam. Two in a row for Moffett.
Motorsport News by Gerry Buckley.


Sam Moffett takes his Yamaha powered Buggy to another win at Hutt Cross.

On Sunday, last Sam Moffett continued his winning streak with a 2.74 second win from series sponsor Mervyn Wedlock. The Drumgoon driver was 1.71 seconds ahead of third placed Stephen Lipsett. Sam Moffett posted the fastest time of the day on the second timed run, using the full advantage of his lightweight R6 Buggy in addition to a dry run ahead of torrential rain. The young Clontibret driver was fastest again on run 3, as the track remained wet.

The opening advantage went to Wedlock as Cavan Motor Club unveiled the final evolution of the Hutt Cross track with additional asphalt areas and a new mid section. Stephen Lipsett was fractionally slower inside the same second as all driver’s complained of a lack of grip especially while turning into corners. Also inside the 2.03 bracket was James Cassidy with eventual winner Sam Moffett making up the top four all inside the same second after the first timed run.

On the Second Run times improved as the surface dried out, it on this run that Sam Moffett recorded the 1:58.85 time that secured the win for him on the day, his nearest challenger Mervyn Wedlock was over 4 seconds adrift exposing the weight difference between the little buggy and Wedlock’s long serving G4 Ford Escort. The race for runner up spot on the second run was much closer as Trevor Lancashire made his first visit to Hutt Cross since fitting a 2.4 Cosworth engine to his Mk2 Escort, the Drum driver was only 0.71 seconds off Wedlock as they shared the track.

Despite the heavy rain on run two, the surface of the track still retained some grip and the later runners in the smaller classes started to post some quick times. While Sam was once again fastest, young Scott Winslow from Clogher was second fastest in his Suzuki engined Nova on the the same second as Sam, multiple Autocross Champion Ronnie Coulter was third fastest almost a second adrift of his young Tyrone compatriot Winslow.

Amongst the Classes Micheal Conlon scored another start to finish win in Class 1, while young Stephen Wright followed the Mini home in second sharing the family Nova with his Father David. Tommy Donlon survived the loss of second gear in his 106 to come home third in Class 1. In Class 2 Scott Winslow combined fastest time on the second and third runs to take victory from the similar car of initial class leader Adrian Foley with Seamus Cooke third in his Mk2 Escort.

Class 3 was entirely the domain of Stephen Lipsett as the young Fintona driver left all others in his wake taking victory by 6 seconds and third overall in the little 106 Gti. Aiden Wray made good his first visit to Hutt Cross with second in class in his Civic while Tom Gardiner was some distance further back in his older model Civic. Joseph Smith took the Class 4 win once again extending his perfect record in 2006 with 5 wins from 5 starts. James Cassidy did keep the reigning Champion honest with fastest time on the first run but finished 0.8 seconds behind Joe. Peter Deery broke the Escort domination of Class 4 with third in class on the day driving Tommy Smiths Nova.

Mervyn Wedlock took Class 5 in the absence of Championship class leader Ollie O’Rielly with Ronnie Coulter second in his Astra. Gerard McAleer made a return to Hutt Cross having last appeared in February to take third in class in his Mk2 Escort. The Wedlock Plant Hire Autocross Championship returns to Hutt Cross on November 19th when reigning Champion Joseph Smith will be trying to extend his 4 point lead in the series as he try’s to secure back to back titles.

Full Results from Mikrotime  Click Here.

Round 5 Autocross Championship 1st October 2006.

Round 5 of the Wedlock Plant Hire Autocross Championship 2006 will take place on the 1st October.

First 80 fully completed and Paid up entries accepted plus 10 on reserve.

Priority will be given to 2006 Championship Registered Competitors providing their fully completed entries are received before closing date 29th September 2006.
Please ensure to have your entries in on time.


Gates open 8.30am.
Scrutiny from 9.00am.
Practice 10.00am.
First timed run 11.00am.

 To Download Autocross Regulations and Entry Form  Click here.

Elliott Wins in Clare but Charlie Donnelly takes Dunlop Championship Title for 2006.
Motorsport News by Gerry Buckley


Patrick Elliott/Rory Kennedy Victorious in Clare.

Donnelly wins Dunlop National Rally Championship.

Title rival, Elliott wins Lynch Hotels Clare Rally.

Second place on the Lynch Hotels Clare Rally secured the 2006 Dunlop National Rally Championship for Derry driver, Charlie Donnelly (Toyota Corolla WRC). With co-driver, Paddy Toner having already tied up the Noel Smith Memorial Trophy as the top co-driver, Donnelly created a unique piece of history as his brother, Eugene also claimed the Dunlop national title with second place on the 2003 Clare event.

At the finish of the nine stage Ennis based event, victory went to Patrick Elliott/Rory Kennedy - they finished 39 seconds ahead of Donnelly/Toner. Aaron MacHale/Eugene O'Donnell (Ford Focus WRC) took third place to secure a similar position in the Dunlop series. The Group N category was won by Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Subaru) and Mike Moloney/Marie Casey (Escort) were the top crew in the rear wheel drive category.

Just four of the top crews traversed the opening stage as Noel Redmond crashed his Subaru and in the process, temporarily blocked the stage. Elliott headed the time sheets, covering the 13.8-kilometer test, Drumcharley, four seconds ahead of Dunlop title rival, Charlie Donnelly with Aaron MacHale a further ten seconds behind in third place. The top trio remarked on the slippery nature of the stage. Denis Cronin (Subaru WRC) made a poor start and was 37 seconds off the lead pace. Redmond's Subaru took to the scenery on a downhill left hand bend.

Elliott continued his good run, set fastest times on the other two stages of the loop, and arrived at the service halt with a 30-second lead over Donnelly. Elliott reckoned a good tyre choice was of great benefit while Donnelly lost over 20 seconds when he overshot and had to reverse his Toyota Corolla before he rejoined the stage. Third placed Aaron MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) remarked that his tyre choice was a little too conservative; he was 14 seconds adrift of Donnelly.

Former triple champion, Niall Maguire (Subaru) had an untroubled run to fourth while Jack Sleator occupied fifth in his Subaru WRC.  Meanwhile, on S.S. 2, David McNulty crashed his Subaru and also caused the stage to be interrupted. Elsewhere, Sean Gallagher and Kevin Barrett shared sixth and another duo to share a position were Group N rivals, Alan Ring and Willie Fannin. Interestingly, with the stage interruptions, S.S. 3 transpired to be their first real stage. The final place in the top ten went to Denis Cronin; he had a disastrous three stages as his Subaru jumped out of sixth gear. Aside from Redmond and NcNulty, Martin Doherty retired his Subaru with wheel damage.

On the repeat loop, Donnelly, Elliott and MacHale each set a fastest stage time, the former took two seconds out of Elliott on S.S. 4 but then lost five on S.S. 4 when his Toyota slid wide and visited the scenery for some few seconds. By SS. 6, he trailed Elliott by 28 seconds. At service, he also confirmed that he had an intermittent intercom difficulty.

Third placed MacHale also had an intercom problem, however, his choice of tyres were much better on this occasion. Niall Maguire had an untroubled run through the loop to consolidate fourth - as Cronin, still with gear selection difficulties moved up to fifth. Kevin Barrett in his new Subaru WRC was seven seconds adrift of the Cork driver while Sean Gallagher in eighth reckoned his car was down on power, he also discovered the anti-lag system was turned off during the opening stages. Alan Ring (Subaru) moved clear of rival, Willie Fannin when the latter punctured his Subaru after he cut a corner too tightly.

Special Stage 7 was cancelled and Elliott stretched his lead on the penultimate stage and although he was quickest again on the final stage, he couldn't prevent Donnelly annexing the title courtesy of second spot. MacHale took a comfortable third to secure the same position in the Dunlop series. Former champion, Niall Maguire finished fourth with the Subaru WRC's of Denis Cronin and Kevin Barrett rounded off the top six. Ring took the showroom class and has regained then initiative over inaugural champion, Willie Fannin, who finished fourth in the class behind the top three of Ring, Martin and Kelleher. In the rear wheel drive category, Mike Moloney was some 20 seconds ahead of Donegal's, Paul Gallagher (Toyota Corolla). Thomas Carolan and Declan Smith were 2nd in class 9 forcing the Tierworker crew to make the long trip to Skibereen for the final round of the Dunlop National Championship at the end of October.

  Full Results from Rally Connect

Monaghan Motor Club Autocross Latton 10th Sept.

Motorsport News By Gerry Buckley

Moffett Buggy Wins Again At Hutt Cross.

Sam Moffett stamped his authority on Hutt Cross last Sunday by winning Monaghan Motor Club’s Autocross by 7 seconds from his uncle Maurice with Mervyn Wedlock third in his Escort G4. The event was run to assist Chris Rodgers who was paralysed in an accident during the 2004 Monaghan Stages Rally, the Clerk of the Course for the day was Double National Champion Niall Maguire, the proceeds on the 101 entries received, and donations on the Gate will be presented to Chris and his family in the near future.


Paul Hughes, Chris Rodgers and event Winner Sam Moffett.

 On a day that saw one of the largest displays of horsepower at Hutt Cross, Sam Moffett recorded fastest time of the day on the second and third runs after Mervyn Wedlock led the field after the first run. The only car to compete with Sam’s Buggy on the second and third run was his father Robert’s Metro-Cosworth although he then had to carry a 5% time penalty to compensate for 4-wheel drive.

Among the special entries for the event was National Rally Championship leader Charlie Donnelly double driving Maurice Moffett’s 290bhp Millington-engined Starlet, the Maghera driver commented after the event “She’s some yoke, that’s the hardest I’ve had to work in a car for a while, I don’t think I’ve ever driven a car like it”. Enda Keenan was putting in competitive times early on, but his gearbox exploded before he could complete a timed run.


Charlie Donnelly entertains the large crowd in Maurice Moffets Starlet.

Class winners for the event included Mickey Conlon winning Class 1 in his Rallycross Mini, Shane McGirr won Class 2 in his Suzuki engined Starlet. Stephen Lipsett took his 106Gti to victory in Class 3, while Class 4 remains the domain of reigning Autocross Champion Joseph Smith. Maurice Moffett showed both Charlie Donnelly and Jim McKenna how a Starlet should be driven as he won Class 5 when Sam ascended into the Overall Event lead.

Results from Mc Aleer Timing.   Click Here.

Donnelly Brothers to compete ar Hutt Cross.

Motor Sport News by Gerry Buckley


The newly crowned Pirelli International Tarmac Champion Eugene Donnelly and his brother Charlie, who leads the National Rally Championship will take part in next Sunday’s Autocross at Hut Cross. The event is being run by Monaghan Motor Club in aid of Chris Rodgers who was paralysed from the waist down in an accident during the 2004 Monaghan Stages Rally. Chris is travelling to China for revolutionary treatment at a cost of £50,000.

Clerk of the Course for the event is twice National Rally Champion Niall Maguire and the Ballinode man has called in some of Irelands best known Drivers to draw as much of a crowd as possible. The Hut Cross venue is located off the first turn right on the Cootehill to Ballybay road past Morris’s Garage.

 
Phillip White Tyres Ulster Rally.

While victory in this years Ulster Rally brought Eugene Donnelly and Paul Kiely their third successive Tarmac title there was a few local crews competing on the stages around Armagh. The Ulster Rally is one of the few rallies nowadays to feature night stages on Friday evening and after these had been completed Raymond Conlon and James O’Rielly from Clones were 5th overall and first 2-wheel drive car in their Corolla twin cam. Further back in 15th overnight were Trevor Lancashire and Noel Hall from Drum in their Pratt Construction Mk2 Escort leading class 7.

Saturday morning brought rain and a jump start for Conlon and with it 1 minute road penalties plummeting down the leaderboard, they eventually finished 12th. As others fell by the wayside on the muddy stages Trevor Lancashire and Noel Hall moved steadily through the field to finish 5th overall and 2nd two-wheel drive car.


Charlie Donnelly Wins in Galway.


Charlie Donnelly / Paddy Toner Galway Summer Rally Winners.

Motorsport News by Gerry Buckley.

Charlie Donnelly (Toyota Corolla WRC), co-driven by Paddy Toner, reclaimed the lead in the Dunlop National Rally Championship with a hard earned victory in the Athenry based Loughrea Plant Sales Galway Summer Rally, the eighth round of the series. Pre-event Dunlop championship leader, Patrick Elliott (Subaru WRC) and his co-driver, Paul Goodman retired on the very first stage. Michael Barrable/Mickey Joe Morrissey (Ford Focus WRC) took a season’s best second place – 31 seconds behind the winners and 28 seconds ahead of the Ford Focus WRC of Aaron MacHale/Craig Parry. Gabriel Martin/Paddy Robinson (Mitsubishi) won the Group N category and Maurice Moffett/Jason McKenna (Toyota Starlet) won the two-wheel drive category.

There was plenty of drama on the opening stage, Coldwood, as Donnelly set the pace to eke out a four second lead over NcNulty, who overshot a junction. Barrable was a further three seconds behind and remarked that he had a few anxious moments on what transpired to be a very slippery stage. Dunlop Championship leader, Patrick Elliott bowed out with an electrical malady, meanwhile, Group N leader, Alan Ring was the first casualty – he crashed his Subaru within a mile of the stage start while a little further down the stage, Ollie O’Reilly and Arthur Kierans  rolled their G3 Escort out of the rally after getting caught out on loose gravel.

Meanwhile, Noel Redmond slotted his Subaru into fourth followed by Martin Doherty, who got a call from the reserve list. Sixth placed Aaron MacHale admitted he was far too caution on the opening test. Out on S.S. 2, Donnelly was again the pacesetter and when McNulty lost a minute and 15 seconds as he hit the rear of his Subaru, Barrable moved into second – 17 seconds adrift of the leader. ALMC winner Martin Doherty also moved up the order, he was third – just four seconds behind Barrable and two ahead of MacHale.

  Group N leader, Ian Barrett (Mitsubishi) took the final top ten spot; he was six seconds in front of Gabriel Martin (Mitsubishi) with Willie Fannin (Subaru) two seconds further behind and three seconds ahead of Kevin Kelleher (Mitsubishi) – all of whom ensured a close contest.

On the repeat of the two stages, Tim McNulty set the quickest times and moved up eight places to seventh. Rally leader, Donnelly maintained a steady pace and extended his lead margin over second placed Barrable to 23 seconds while Aaron MacHale was a similar distance behind in third. Sharing fourth were former Dunlop champion, Niall Maguire and Martin Doherty, the latter overshooting on S.S. 4. There was a change of lead in Group N with Gabriel Martin some 12 seconds ahead of Fannin, who had no explanation why he lost time to the category leader. Kevin Kelleher slotted his Mitsubishi into third. Ian Barrett was fourth in the category; he lost the lead with a blown turbo on S.S. 4.

Donnelly lost power steering prior to the start of S.S. 5 when a bolt connecting the unit to the chassis sheared. He lost vital seconds to his rivals, however, he was fortunate that S.S. 6 was cancelled and he lost no further time. The net result saw him share the lead with Barrable while MacHale was 27 seconds behind in third. Redmond set his sights on catching the Dubliner and had narrowed the deficit to four seconds. Tim McNulty, who was fastest again, continued his move up the order, he was fifth from former Dunlop champion, Niall Maguire. In Group N, Martin continued to lead but Fannin moved a few seconds closer and brought the margin down to seven seconds.

Tim McNulty had suspension and clutch difficulties and withdrew his Pierce backed Subaru S11 WRC at the final service. Donnelly blasted his way through the final two stages to take victory and set up a title decider with Elliott in Clare in a few weeks time. Barrable was quite content with second and remarked that it was very satisfying to find the pace he showed a few years ago. A change to a harder compound tyre paid dividends for MacHale, who went clear of Redmond to secure third. Elsewhere, Gabriel Martin took his first Group N win in a round of the Dunlop series; he finished twelve seconds ahead of Willie Fannin. Maurice Moffett came out best in a tiebreak for two wheel drive honors while Paddy Boyle and Marty Sherlock had a faultless run to Class 13 victory recording their first finish of 2006


Maurice Moffett/ Jason Mc Kenna Class 14 Winners Galway Summer Rally.



Paddy Boyle / Marty Sherlock Class 13 Winners Galway Summer Rally.

Full Galway Results from Rally Connect.

All Systems go for Galway Summer Rally.

Motorsport News by Gerry Buckley

Galway Motor Club are delighted to announce that for the third year, Loughrea Plant sales will be the main sponsor for the Galway Summer Stages Rally. The event takes place on Sunday next August 27th, having its headquarters in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry. The stages for the rally will be in the general Athenry and Loughrea area. Ross Forde is the Clerk of the Course for the 2006 rally, assisted by a large team from Galway Motor Club. A large entry, well in excess of 200 has been received for the event, with a number of top local Galway drivers expected to take part.

In local terms, Dunlop National Rally Championship leader Patrick Elliott leads the field away in search of a hatrick of event wins, also trying to repeat the success of Round 7 in Tipperary will be Willie Fannin in his Group N Impreza.

Paddy Boyle and Marty Sherlock will be on the stages on August 27th looking for a finish which has evaded them in 2006 but Galway has been good to the Cootehill men before. Another crew well known in the west are Ollie O’Rielly and Arthur Kierans, the Castletara driver makes a return to the stages where he won the Galway International Modified title in February. 

 
 
 
 
 

While both Ollie and Paddy will be locked in the battle for Class 13 honors, spectators are ensured of a repeat of the Moffett/ Keenan showdown that was a feature of the Sligo Stages in July, Enda came out on top then but Maurice will want to even the score. The first car leaves the start ramp at 9.15am, with the winning car expected back at The Raheen Woods Hotel at 6pm.

Ollie O'Reilly / Arthur Kierans, Heading for Galway Summer Rally.

Wilton Shines on ALMC Rally.

After another superb drive in his Escort Rodney Wilton and Conor Mc Mahon take top 2 whd drive honours and a stunning 5th overall on the ALMC Stages Rally beating much more powerful machinery along the way.
Co Cavan Motor Club members had a very successful event all round with Class wins for Willie Fannin / Mick Courtney in Class 4 Russell Woods / Martin Byrne win Class 11, Raymond Drury / Donal Lennon win Class 14, Patrick and Liam Higgins win Class 2, Adrian Fox / Gareth Beagan win Class 10, Andrew Lang / Declan Neville  Win Class 9, Cathal and Gerry O Reilly  win Class 7 and James and Joe Cassidy win Class 12.


Rodney Wilton / Conor Mc Mahon 5th Overall and Class 13 winners on the ALMC Rally.

Patrick Elliott wins in Sligo.

Congratulations to Patrick Elliott and Paul Mc Laughlin on a superb drive in Sligo to secure Patrick his first Dunlop National Championship overall win. Patrick kept his head to win by the narrowest of margains, just one second seperated Patrick from Charlie Donnelly at the end. The ever improving Aaron Machale after another steady drive took 3rd overall from Monaghan man Adrian Mc Elvaney.
In Group N Willie Fannin and Mick Courtney had an excellent event  to win Class 4 ahead of Championship rival Alan Ring.
Rodney Wilton and Conor Mc Mahon had another superb run in the Escort to take 10th place overall and 1st in class 13. Russell Woods bagged a 3rd in Class 11 and Thomas Carolan finished 3rd in Class 9.


Patrick Elliott and Paul Mc Laughlin on way to first win.



Willie Fannin and Mick Courtney win Class 4.


 Top 10
1  Partick Elliott/Paul McLaughlin (Subaru Impreza WRC) 01:11:24
2  Charlie Donnelly/Paddy Toner (Toyota Corolla WRC) 01:11:25
3  Aaron Machale/Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) 01:11:44
4  Adrian McElvaney/Arthur Kierans (Subaru Impreza WRC) 01:11:47
5  Noel Redmond/Andrew Purcell (Subaru Impreza WRC) 01:13:31
6  Michael Barrable/Michael Morrisey (Ford Focus WRC) 01:14:02
7  Willie Fannin/Mick Courtney (Subaru Impreza N12) 01:15:11
8  Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Subaru Impreza N12) 01:15:37
9  David James/Jim Crowe (Ford Focus WRC) 01:15:46
10 Rodney Wilton/Conor McMahon (Ford Escort Mk II) 01:16:01

Full Results from Rally Connect.

Autocross 2nd July 2006.

Sam Moffett pips Championship Sponser Mervyn Wedlock to win the July Autocross. Conditions could not have been better with warm sunshine and a super fast track greeting the 77 Starters.


1st Sam Moffett
2nd Mervyn Wedlock
3rd Joseph Smith
4th Patrick Higgins
5th David Kerr

 For Results Click Here