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Connacht MC Autocross - 24 Sep 05

Posted: September 28, 2005 11:55 AM - 3760 Hits

Loose Surface Autocross (Open) - Saturday September 24th 2005 @ Trotters Quarry, Lurganboy, Manorhamilton

  • Darroll Harron takes victory at Trotters Quarry - Event Report
  • Full Results and times
Darroll Harron takes victory at Trotters Quarry - Event Report
At the concluding round of the 2005 Horan Promotions Loose Surface Autocross hosted by Connacht Motor Club competition was strong with 44 drivers entered on the day across the five classes. Even though overall championship leader, with two previous events wins, Gary Mills, was absent due to him competing on the Bushwaker Rally, the battle within the classes for valuable championship points was evident right from the start.

Posted: September 28, 2005 11:55 AM

Conditions in the Trotters Quarry Lurganboy venue were demanding on the opening run with quite an element of loose, but this didn’t impact on times, though favouring mainly the front wheel drives, with the only exception being Darroll Harron in the Escort of Quarry owners Andy Trotter, setting a time of 2.51.35, four seconds off Ronnie Coulter’s fastest on the first outing, 2.47.22 in the rallycross Astra.
A further two seconds only separated the next six table toppers, John Unkles, Philip Harte, Paul O Brien, Simon Cafferty, Rory Carrol and Owen Kelly all competing in front wheel drives on the first run of the day.

As competitors identified the correct line on the Lurganboy track, times were defiantly getting faster on the second run, with Ronnie improving on his personal best to set a 2.46.86, which was short lived as Darroll Harran took the lead to set a 2.45.20, fastest entering the third and final run.

The inclement weather did indicate that any improvements would be difficult, but Ronnie Coulter did better his own personal best but not enough to impact on the leading time set by Darroll on the second run, leaving Darroll Harron to pick up the Overall Derryveigh Chrystal Award for the fastest time of the day.

One of the other few to better their times on the third run was Paul O Brien coming within just 5 hundredths of a second off the winning time to move into second overall in the Honda Civic and drop Ronnie into third.

Overall Winner
Darroll Harron 2.45.20

Class Winners
Class 1 Owen Kelly 2.52.38
Class 2 Michael Sweeney 2.49.37
Class 3 Paul O Brien 2.45.25
Class 4 Simon Cafferty 2.50.01
Class 5 Ronnie Coulter 2.46.15
Ladies Award Diane Barry 2.57.42

PRE EVENT NEWS
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Due to the high level of interest expected it is imperative that entries are returned ASAP.

Scrutiny takes place at 11am at Trotters Quarry, Lurganboy, Manorhamilton. Signposted from Shanvaus Cross (N16).

Topics: Autocross 

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