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Ford Ka Championship - Round 6 Galway Summer Rally - 5 Sept '99Posted: September 6, 1999 11:01 AM - 7248 Hits
Derek Daly in the Killarney Autos Ford KA from Killarney, Co. Kerry put in a gritty and determined drive to secure his fourth win of the 1999 Ford KA Rally Championship in the Galway Summer Rally based in Portumna today. Posted: September 6, 1999 11:01 AM
The Galway Summer Rally was the penultimate round of the 1999 Ford KA Championship and the rivalry between the two main title contenders Derek Daly and Ian Chadwick has reached boiling point. Daly and Chadwick had problems on the first loop of stages, Daly damaged his steering on stage two and Chadwick struck a bank damaging the rear suspension on his Ford KA. Paddy Byrne from Wicklow one of the rising stars of the Championship held a six-second lead going into the first service. Daly and Chadwick having fixed their respective problems battled hard setting a blistering pace on the second loop. Daly took the lead as Paddy Byrne crashed out of the lead on stage four. Chadwick fought hard; chipping away at Daly's lead reduced the deficit to seven seconds going into the final loop. On the third and final loop of stages Chadwick spun off damaging his car on stage seven as Derek Daly produced one of the most mature drives of the season and stamped his authority on the event by taking his fourth victory of the season Pat Quinlan in the BDBC Ford KA recreated his Stonethrowers form to secure a comfortable second place finish. Pat set some very competitive times as he challenged for the lead on the second loop of stages however Pat lost some time when he stopped on stage six to check if a fellow competitor who had crashed was not injured. James Travers in the Barry Pender Motors Ford KA started the day badly in sixth position after the first loop of stages. James settled in on the second loop to record some very competitive times as he steadily improved all day to secure third place and keep his Championship hopes alive The event was a real test of man and machine as the difficult terrain claimed four casualties, Michael Lillis on stage two, Paddy Byrne on stage three, Keith Colton and Paul Callan on stage five. The competitiveness of the Ford KA was illustrated with Derek Daly taking a convincing class victory beating much bigger cars by finishing in 34th position overall out of 130 starters, The close competition has been a hallmark of the 1999 Ford KA Rally Championship. Chadwick's mishap on the penultimate stage relegated to 8th position overall. As a result the Championship is set for a thrilling finish on the final round of the Championship 1 Derek Daly/Jakes Kelly Killarney 2 Pat Quinlan/Joe Doolan Clonmel .28 3 James Travers/Niall Keogh Kilkenny .56 4 Oliver Stanley/Diarmuid Falvey Durrow 1.05 5 John Carroll/Terence O’Shaughnessy Kilkenny 1.20 6 Ken Lyons/Christina Shanahan Limerick 1.28 7 Gerry Casey/Vincent Collins Castlebar 2.05 8 Ian Chadwick/Hugh Giles Cork 2.10 9 Barry Barrable/Trevor Hamilton Dublin 3.18 10 Liam Denning/Paul Molloy Dublin 3.57 DNF Paddy Byrne/Bruce Burges Wicklow DNF Keith Colton/Pat Lowbridge Tullamore DNF Paul Callan/Barry Goodman Dundalk DNF Michael Lillis/Paul Kenny Dublin DNS Gus Kearney/Andrew Kearney Clonmel
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Galway National Rally
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