Castle Hellfire Single Stage - 11 Sep 05

Posted: September 12, 2005 5:23 PM

Results
1 Andrew Browne/Keefe Kilcoyne (Toyota Celica GT-Four) 25.27
2 Padraig Price/David Nooney (Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD) 25.40
3 James Foley/Lisa Roe (Mit. Lancer Evo 9)  GpN 26.00
4 Peter Wilson/John Kilmurray (Mit. Lancer Evo 6) GpN 26.18
5 Tom Holton/Sean Walsh (Toyota Celica GT-Four) 26.19
6 Joe Curran/Martin McGarrity (Mit. Lancer Evo 7) GpN 26.32
7 Jack Sleator/Timmy England (Subaru Impreza 555) 26.36
8 Mickey Curran/Alan Tuite (Escort 2.0) 26.37
9 Adrian Quinn/Alan Moran (Mit. Lancer Evo 8) GpN 26.41
10 John Kelly/Robbie Shaw (Mit. Lancer Evo 7) GpN 26.45

Leader SS1 -2
Andrew Browne/Keefe Kilcoyne (Toyota Celica GT-Four)

Stage Winners
SS1 Andrew Browne/Keefe Kilcoyne (Toyota Celica GT-Four)
SS2 Andrew Browne/Keefe Kilcoyne (Toyota Celica GT-Four)
SS3 Padraig Price/David Nooney (Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD)

• Download Results and Stagetimes in Excel Format

Rallynews (by Brian & Liz Patterson)

Photos
James Burkee Photography - www.jamesburkee.com
Joe Lane - Action Photos.ie

• 2005 Midlands East Rally Championship

---

PRE EVENT NEWS

• Sleator Opel/Midlands East Rally Championship heads down to the wire in Castle Finale
• Entry List
• Event Details
• Regulations available to download

---

09/09/05
A showdown is set for Mullingar and this weekends Castle Single Stage rally where the inaugural champion of the 2005 Sleator Opel Midlands East Rally Championship will be decided.

Based in the Bloomfield House hotel and with over 30 miles of testing tarmac this rally will see a season long battle draw to a close, not only in the overall standings of the championship but also in the closely fought class battles. Scrutineering takes place on Saturday evening at the premises championship sponsor Sleator Opel.

This is a championship which the winner can come from any class due to the class based scoring and it is a series which is designed with the clubman competitor in mind as WRC cars are not eligible to score points.

Championship leaders as we head to round 4 the Castle stage are Moynalty crew James/Joe Cassidy. They have been in dominant form this season having 3 Class wins in Birr, Midland and A.L.M.C this giving them a total of 45 points. However close behind them is Andrew Lang/Oliver O’Reilly on 42 points they are most certainly not to be discounted to overhaul the Cassidy’s as maximum points in the Castle Single Stage could leave us with a tie for the overall position and a tie break situation. Just behind this battle in 3rd is Gene Callan on 34 points. The 3rd placed navigators Sean Brunton, a local man this weekend and then Dominic Dunne are currently tied on 34 points.

For the Class positions there are plenty of interesting battles. Tom Holton is the man to beat in Class 6 drivers he has 2 wins and 32 points. This weekend will be a good “window of opportunity” for Tom to tie up this year’s class award. Just behind Tom is John Kelly and Rallyings most famous Bread Man Adrian Quinn are just behind tied on 28 points. The leading class 6 navigators are Alan Moran who leads on 31 points and Robbie Shaw on 30 points, closely followed by Master Electrician Timmy England and Insurance Mogul Martin Mc Garrity tied on 22 points.

In Class 1 it’s the “Woody” brothers David & Robert Woodcock, Robert again makes a return to Co Drive in the bright yellow Swift being the “rising superstar” of the siblings!! They are on 24 points ahead of 3 drivers sharing 22 points, Colin Flanagan, John O’Donnell and fast charging EARS lady Sarah Moynihan. Class 1 navigators also have a 3-way tie with a deadlock between Anthony Hoey, Brendan Furlong and Amy Moynihan who partners her sister in the EARS Micra. Fans of the Woody Swift are encouraged to greet the passing of the car with the patented “Team Wave” this weekend!!

Class 2 sees Declan & Sean O’Toole lead on 25 points this is despite a bit of bad luck on ALMC where a wee off into the scenery meant a dash to prepare a new shell in time for Castle. Aidan Cunniffe holds second placed driver with 20 points. Colm Haughey is 2nd placed class 2 navigator and he is hoping someone will seek his services for the Castle event as his regular driver Ken Lawlor who is 3rd placed driver in this class is still recuperating after his unfortunate Cashel Crash. Anyone in need of class 2 co drivers this weekend could do worse than to contact the championship team who can pass on Colm’s contact details. Finally in this class 3rd placed navigator is Alan Higgins.

Niall Whelan holds the lead in Class 3 Driver with a tally of 30 points Limerick driver Ian Roche in his potent ex works Peugeot is 2nd placed driver on 27 points followed by joint 3rd placed drivers Tony Gibbons and the man who has the nicest bling bling wheels and number plates on his car……David Patrick Roe. In the Co Drivers stakes it is Limericks Paul Roche who partners Ian in the 206 Peugeot leading on 27 points. 2nd placed navigator is Larry Hand while 3rd navigator is John Corrigan. Also Mr Jondol aka John Quinn makes a return to the class 3 championship this weekend in another ex works Peugeot S1600 his bright yellow 106 Maxi, hoping for better luck in the G MAC car than previous outings.

In class 4 it’s a family affair Johnny Bang and Baby Bang otherwise known as John Devine/Barry Devine they are “banging” their way to a healthy class lead from Pat Shorthall/Willie Fitzpatrick who struggled to the finish just about in A.L.M.C having no clutch for the last 2 Stages. Rumours of Johnny Bang chasing another Baby bang around Parc Ferme in ALMC after a slight excursion on stage 1 in another Bang Motorsport machine have been greatly exaggerated!!

Well know and admired MK2 exponent is Gordon Rogers and he partnered by Philip Mc Entee lead class 5. This no doubt helped by in ALMC by a fine 6th overall. John Agnew and Thomas Mc Govern are 2nd and 3rd placed drivers respectively while Kevin Mc Govern and Clement Bell hold 2nd and 3rd placed navigators.

However terms and conditions apply to the above scores, those terms being 3 tough stages and 30 tarmac miles in the Mullingar area on Sunday next, there is much to play for in many classes and all will be bourne out by the finish ramp at the Bloomfield hotel at 5.30pm on Sunday.

Thanks to the organising clubs and to sponsors www.sleatoropel.com and to fellow associate sponsors Tom Holton of Holton uPVC and Patsy Carberry of Ardee Sand and gravel.

Finally not forgetting that after the last round and all the points are tallied all roads will lead to Prize Giving in Grants Hotel Roscrea on Saturday 22nd October 2005, and this event is being hosted by the Birr & District Auto Club. It promises to be a night of prizes and also great craic and tall stories at the bar, where every stage performance gets 10 seconds a mile faster in direct proportion to the amount of alcohol consumed!!! Hope to hear you there!!

---

02/08/05
Entry List
Car No. Driver Name/Nav Name (Car) [Class]
1 Tom Holton/Sean Walsh (Toyota Celica GT-Four) [8]
2 Jack Sletor/Timmy England (TBA) [TBA]
3 Dominic Loughran/Mick Courtney (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [8]
4 Paul McEnroe /Alan Keena (Subaru Impreza) [8]
5 James Foley/Lisa Roe (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
6 Adrian Quinn/Alan Moran (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [4]
7 Padraig Price/David Nooney (Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD) [8]
8 Enda Keenan/Raymond Aughey (Ford Escort) [14]
9 Gordon Rogers/Philip McEntee (Ford Escort) [13]
10 Joe Curran/Martin McGarrity (Subaru Impreza) [4]
11 Mickey Curran/Alan Tuite (Ford Escort) [13]
12 Paul Gallagher/Karl Reid (Toyota Corolla) [13]
14 John Kelly/Robbie Shaw (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7) [4]
15 Thomas McGovern/Kevin McGovern (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
16 Paul McCann/James McCann (Ford Escort) [15]
17 Denis Nixon/Bryan Lynch (Mitsubishi Lancer 8) []
18 Mick Shaw/Eamon McGarrity (Mitsubishi Evo 5) [8]
19 Andrew Browne/Keife Kilcoyne (Toyota Celica) [4]
20 Rodney Wilton/Conor McMahon (Ford Escort) [13]
21 John Fitzsimons/T.B.A. (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
22 Peter Wilson/John Kilmurray (Mitsubishi Lancer 6) [4]
23 Raymond Drury/Barry Sheridan (Ford Escort) [12]
24 Jimmy Brennan/Gerard Kenny (Escort Cosworth) [15]
25 James Cassidy/Joe Cassidy (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
26 Gerry Maher/Declan Neville (Ford Escort) [13]
27 Steve Woolley/T.B.A. (Mitsubishi Evo 6) [4]
28 Gerry Reilly/John Kellet (Honda Civic) [13]
29 Raymond Conlon/Conor McGinnity (Toyota Corolla) [11]
30 Paddy O'Reilly/T.B.A. (Ford Escort) [14]
31 John Ward/Garry McNern (Toyota Corolla) [11]
32 Ian Roche/Paul Roche (Peugeot 206) [6]
32 Gene Callan/Sean Brunton (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
33 David Leonard/Eamon Ferry (Vauxhall Nova) [11]
34 Andrew Lang/Oliver O'Reilly (Ford Fiesta RWD) [9]
35 John Shaw/T.B.A. (Vauxhall Astra) [7]
36 Kieran Tuite/Sean O'Reilly (Subaru Impreza) [8]
37 Kenny Bustard/Trevor Bustard (Subaru Legacy) [15]
38 Paddy Boyce/Willie Hamilton (Peugeot 205) [14]
39 Martin Ward/Ollie Ward (BMW M3) [14]
40 John Carter/Lurkan Kennedy (Sierra Cosworth) [15]
41 Patrick Carberry/Donal Lennen (Ford Escort) [15]
42 Shane Feely/Jim McGrath (Peugeot 106 GTi) [6]
43 Anthony Masterson/Deirdre Tuite (Honda Civic) [6]
44 Ronan Crawley/Ollie Garry (Mitsubishi Evo 6) [4]
45 Jimmy Gillespie/David Jarvis (Honda Civic) [6]
46 Anthony O'Brien/Stephen O'Brien (Vauxhall Astra) [7]
47 David Deveraux/Gerry Deveraux (Suzuki Swift) [1]
48 Danny McCormack/Feichin McCormack (Opel Corsa) [10]
49 Richard Mullholland/Sean Reilly (Himan Avenger) [11]
50 Daniel Conaghan/Liam McLaughlin (Ford Escort) [12]
51 John Quinn/T.B.A. (Peugeot 106 Maxi) [6]
52 Joseph Smith/Justin Brady (Ford Escort) [12]
53 Walter Burke/T.B.A. (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
54 Cathal McGlone/David Smyth (Subaru Impreza) [4]
55 Niall Whelan/Dominic Dunne (Honda Civic) [2]
56 Cathal O'Reilly/Gerry O'Reilly (Ford Focus) [7]
57 Thomas McCann/Oliver Kenny (Ford Fiesta RWD) [12]
58 Finian Coleman/Malachy Mulally (Ford Escort G3) [12]
59 Gerry Kelly/Nicola Kelly (Ford Escort) [10]
60 Barry Coleman/John Barigan (Honda Civic) [2]
61 Aidan Campbell/James Duff (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
62 John Devine/Barry Devine (Ford Sierra) [12]
63 Emma Britton/Paula Nooney (Peugoet 205) [10]
64 David Fitzsimons/John Masterson (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
65 John Newman/Jack Newman (Praton Satria) [6]
66 Jonathan O'Reilly/Louise O'Reilly (Ford Escort) []
67 Vincent McAree/Jason Mckenna (Peugoet 206 ) [6]
68 Micheal McMahon/T.B.A. (Honda Type R) [3]
69 Tommy Donlon/Paddy McGann (Citroen AX GT) [9]
70 Peter McDonnell/Peter Hagan (Ford Escort) [10]
71 Patrick Herity/Justin Gilmartin (Toyota Corolla) [11]
71 Emmet Callan/T.B.A. (Peugoet 106) [6]
72 Pat Shortall/WM Fitzpatrick (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
73 Martin Tynan/Ciaran Tynan (Opel Corsa) [10]
74 Garret McMonagle/Kevin McMonagle (Honda Integra) [3]
75 Colin Flanagan/Ollie O'Grady (Ford Puma) [5]
76 Colin McGonagle/T.B.A. (Honda Integra) [3]
77 John McGeehan/T.B.A. (Subaru Impreza) [8]
78 Tom McDermott/Claire McDermott (Ford Escort) [12]
79 Tony Gibbons/Gerard Brennan (Honda Civic) [11]
80 Nigel McGinn/Philip Tobin (Ford Escort) [12]
81 Joe Faye/Gerry Lord (Ford Escort) []
82 Pat Plunkett/Paul Smith (Ford Escort) [11]
83 Thomas Carolan/Declan Smith (Ford Escort) [9]
84 John O'Toole/Patrick Browne (Ford Escort) [12]
85 Danny Bourke/T.B.A. (Subaru Impreza) [3]
86 Declan O'Toole/Sean O'Toole (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
87 Joe Kelly/Vincent Collins (Ford Escort ) [10]
88 Pakie Duffy/Colin Duffy (Vauxhall Astra) [3]
89 Michael Brazil/Thomas Maguire (Peugeot 205 RWD) [11]
90 Frank Farry/Fachtna Regan (Peugoet 205 RWD) [12]
91 Stephen Kellet/T.B.A. (Peugoet 205 Gti) [7]
92 Alan Whyte/Antony Hoye (Suzuki Swift) [1]
93 Winston Whyte/Brian Dunne (Suzuki Swift) [1]
94 Seamas Cooke/Gearard Hyland (Ford Escort) [9]
95 Tommy Martin/Martin Kelley (Fiat Uno) [9]
96 Pat Faughnan/Enda Tully (Ford Fiesta) [10]
97 Thomas Boylan/T.B.A. (Peugoet 309 Gti) [10]
98 Joseph Lenehan/Mary Morris (Honda Civic) [9]
99 Nicholas Doherty/T.B.A. (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
100 Sam Johnston/Paul Fitzpatrick (Peugoet 205) [10]
101 John Agnew/Gerry Gumley (Peugoet 206 GT) [7]
102 Pa Bellew/Gareth Lawless (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
103 Colin Currid/Raymond Currid (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
104 Aidan Cunniffe/Alan Higgins (Peugoet 205) [10]
105 Michael Hagan/T.B.A. (tba) []
106 Kenneth Smith/Cathal Callery (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
107 Thomas Melia/Margaret Caffery (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
108 Jonathan Cassidy/David Keegan (Nissan Sunny) [11]
109 Ciaran Dwyer/Aoife Smith (Volkswagan Golf) [10]
110 Eamon Brady/John Collum (Honda Civic) [11]
111 Conor Convey/Mark Convey (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
112 JP McAree/Damien Bagington (Peugoet 106) [6]
113 Daniel McKenna/Andrew Grenar (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
114 Nigel Moody/Pat Delaney (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
115 Thomas Maloney/Clare O'Brien (Opel Corsa) [9]
116 Alan Pickens/Patrick McDermott (Opel Corsa) [9]
117 Kevin Dunne/Michael Hegarty (Honda Integra) [7]
118 Chris McNamara/T.B.A. (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
119 Keith Melly/Micheal Melly (Toyota Corolla) [11]
120 Ian Pudney/Kenneth McMarrow (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
121 Padraig McGuinness/Michelle Attard (Toyota Corolla) [11]
122 Gary Quinn/Alan Quinn (Opel Manta) [13]
123 Damien Scanlon/T.B.A. (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
124 Timothy Duggan/T.B.A. (Seat Ibiza) [7]
125 Sheena O'Brien/Jane O'Connor (Opel Kadett) [12]
126 Enda Haran/James McDermott (Ford Escort) [10]
127 Declan Murphy/Antoinette Gallagher (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
128 Georgie Bell/Albert Dalton (Honda Civic) [2]
129 John Paul Quigley/T.B.A. (Suzuki Swift) [1]
130 Catherine Slevin/T.B.A. (Peugeot 106) [6]
131 Martin Browne/Christopher Browne (Opel Astra) [10]
132 Tony Gallagher/Keith Bovaird (Suzuki Swift) [5]
/ () []
/ () []
RESERVE LIST / () []
/ () []
133 Colm Flynn/Ray Flanagan (Toyota Corolla) [11]
134 Kieran Guinan/T.B.A. (Ford Escort) [12]
135 Martin Crowe/T.B.A. (Peugoet 206) [6]
136 Eugene Ferry/Mark McNally (Ford Escort) [14]
137 Alan Sheridan/Colm Walsh (Ford Escort) [12]
138 Willie Woods/Tommy Gardenier (Honda Civic) [6]
139 Derek Coleman/Lee Annett (Vauxhall Astra) [9]
140 Jane O'Connor/Francis Kenny (Honda Civic) [2]
141 Vincent Bennett/Seamas Cooke (Ford Escort) [11]
142 Stuart Ranvin/William Coyle (Ford Escort) [10]
143 Mark Courtney/Gerry Mc Givney (Toyota Celica ) [8]
144 Trevor Burns/Keith Darcy (Peugoet 106) []
145 Colm McGrath/T.B.A. (Honda Civic) [2]
146 Declan Cuddy/Thomas Cuddy (Subaru Impreza) [3]
147 Jason Culleton/T.B.A. (Renault Megane) [10]
148 Graeme Colfer/T.B.A. (Peugeot 106) [6]
149 Liam Bowhan/Gerard Kennedy (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11]
150 Matthew Murphy/Barry O'Donnell (Toyota Corolla) [11]
151 Colin Barrett/Enda Halligan (Honda Civic) [2]
152 David Roe/Larry Hand (Honda Civic) [3]
153 Barry Evans/Alan Kane (Peugoet 106) [6]
154 Daniel Toland/Sharman Lynch (Suzuki Swift) [1]
155 Thomas Smyth/T.B.A. (Citreon Saxo) [2]
156 F Barnett/D Barnett (Subaru Impreza) [4]
157 Declan Harte/Brian O'Mahoney (Volkswagan Golf) [10]
158 Francie McKenna/T.B.A. (Peugeot 205) [10]
159 JP Lennon/M Rilly (Honda Integra) []
160 Alan Simon/T.B.A. (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
161 Rory Thomas/Barry McGill (Toyota Corolla) [11]
162 Martin Howley/T.B.A. (Ford Escort) [15]
163 Hugh M Toye/Breeda Toye (Honda Civic) [6]
164 Stuart Darcy/T.B.A. (Toyota Corolla) [11]
165 Mark Gibson/Cathal McGettigan (Toyota Corolla) [11]
166 Rory Carroll/John McGettrick (Ford Escort) []
167 Paul Monaghan/Mairead Monaghan (Ford Escort) [11]
168 John Flanagan/Pat McSherry (Subaru Impreza) [8]
169 Jason Currid/Oliver Herity (Talbot Sunbeam) [9]
170 Garret Hannigan/Martin Duffy (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
171 Simon Kenoe/Veronica Culleton (Peugoet 306) [7]
172 Brian Doyle/T.B.A. (Ford Escort) [13]
173 Tommy Doyle/Andy O'Donaghoe (Honda Civic) [2]
174 Christoper Kelly/Maria Coady (Suzuki Swift) [5]
175 Gregory McGroary/Keith Anderson (Ford Escort) [10]
176 Mark Alcorn/Kevin McCaffery (Toyota Corolla) [11]
177 Gerry Cassidy/Paul Sheridan (Ford Escort) [12]
178 Frank Meehan/Brian Boyle (Talbot Sunbeam) [11]
179 Declan Dowling/Anthony Agnew (Suzuki Swift) [1]
180 Michael Coffey/Jimmy Loonam (Ford Escort) [10]
181 Charlie Heraghty/Pearse McBride (Toyota Corolla) [11]
182 Kevin Gallagher/Gavin Gallagher (Vauxhall Corsa) [9]
183 John Watters/T.B.A. (Ford Escort) [12]
184 Nathan McGurrell/Martin Whelan (Honda Civic) [11]

---

27/07/05
Event Details
Preparations are now well under way for the 2005 Castle Automobile Single Stage Rally organised and promoted by Castle Automobile Club Ltd. This years Clerk of the Course Declan Tansey has chosen a stage sure to challenge every element of the drivers & navigator’s skill.

This years event is moving away from Oldcastle back to Mullingar, and back to The Bloomfield House Hotel after a gap of a couple of years. Mullingar should be well familiar with the event as it ran from there all through the 90’s and also in 2000. The Club are also delighted to be part of the Midlands East Rally Championship with the Castle Single Stage rally being the final round. The title sponsor of this Chamionship is also our co-sponsor for this years event, Sleator – Opel of Mullingar.

The rally weekend starts out on Saturday afternoon with mechanical scrutiny taking place in the Sleator – Opel premises, where all of the best cars entered in the event can be seen and admired.

Many thanks to Jack Sleator and the Sleator – Opel team for coming on board to help out the event this year , and also to Seamus Laffin and his staff from the Bloomfield House Hotel.

On Sunday the 11th September the cars will be flagged off from the start ramp at 11.15am, to fight it out over approximately 30 competitive stage miles split into 3 Special Stages in the Delvin area, with a centralized service area based in the Cattle Mart in Delvin Co. Westmeath. The stage itself is a mixture of fast, open and twisty sections, where there is sure to be a part to suit all cars and competitors alike. The winning car will arrive back at the Bloomfield House Hotel at approximately 5.30pm. Full details on stage location, starting times and competitor entry list will be included in the official colour programme which will be available in local Newsagents, Service Stations and at Rally HQ from Friday 9th September.

C.O.C Declan Tansey has enrolled the help of marshals from Midland Motor Club, Birr & District Auto Club, Monaghan Motor Club, ALMC Motor Club and Cavan Motor Club .

Regulations and Entry forms are available from below
or by contacting Aoife Smith on 086-3518765 (+353 86-3518765) and by e-mail castlerally@eircom.net

• Download Regulations and Entry Form in Word Format

www.sleatoropel.com
Bloomfield House

• 2005 Midlands East Rally Championship