GSMC Mini Stages Rally - 18 Oct 09

BARRY AND BRADY BEST IN BALTINGLASS

Posted: October 19, 2009 10:19 AM

Daniel Barry and Martin Brady have taken a commanding victory on the Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally.
The success marks Barry's first overall rally victory, and caps an ultra sucessful year for the Enniskerry man, as he has already won the 2009 UK Mitsubishi Challenge and taken third place in the British Gravel Rally Championship. For Brady, it marks his second victory in row on the Garda Síochána Motor Club-organised event, having also partnered 2008 winner, Kevin Kelleher.

Barry took the fastest time on the first two stages, to lead by 43 seconds at the halfway point. The two tests at Sorrel Hill and Grangecon had been very wet and mucky, and the leader chose to fit full wet tyres at the Service in Baltinglass prior to the second loop over the same stages. However, the roads dried out considerably in the meantime and Barry had to give best to Trevor Mulligan on stage three, while Mark Courtney was faster on stage four.

Nevertheless, Barry had done enough to claim victory by 37 seconds.

Mulligan and co-driver, Martin Byrne (Ford Escort RS) came out on top in a very close batte for second place, finishing the event just three seconds ahead of Mark and Mick Courtney (Toyota Celica GT-Four).

Paul Kiely and Pat McSharry (Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) took fourth, while Terence O'Shaughnessy and Eugene McGrath (Toyota Corolla Coupe) eventually came home in fifth place, having lost ground earlier when they made a wrong tyre choice for the early loop of stages.

More Photos

Posted: October 19, 2009 10:13 AM

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Posted: October 19, 2009 10:11 AM

2nd Overall - Trevor Mulligan/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort Mk II)

3rd Overall - Mark Courtney/Mick Courtney (Toyota Celica GT-Four)

Full Results and Times

Posted: October 19, 2009 10:07 AM

1 Daniel Barry/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 37m 16s,
2 Trevor Mulligan/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort Mk II) 37m 53s,
3 Mark Courtney/Mick Courtney (Toyota Celica GT-Four) 37m 56s,
4 Paul Kiely/Pat McSharry (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 38m 07s,
5 Terence O’Shaughnessy/Dougal McGrath (Toyota Corolla RWD) 38m 48s,
6 Adrian Quinn/Alistair Wyllie (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 39m 08s,
7 John Waring/Sorcha Kelly (Ford Escort MK II) 39m 14s,
8 Mickey Curran/Alan White (Ford Escort Mk II) 39m 21s,
9 Paul McEnroe/Andy Donoghue (Subaru Impreza N14) 39m 50s,
10 Raymond Drury/Sean Brunton (Peugeot 206) 40m 01s.

Leaders After:
SS1-4 Daniel Barry/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N)

Stage Winners:
SS1 Daniel Barry/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N)
SS2 Daniel Barry/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N)
SS3 Trevor Mulligan/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort Mk II)
SS4 Mark Courtney/Mick Courtney (Toyota Celica GT-Four)

Full Results and Times

Posted: October 19, 2009 10:02 AM

At the launch of the GSMC Mini Stages Rally:
Joe Germaine and COC Dave Lynch
Photo: www.sidewayshot.com

CLASSIC ICONS vs. MODERN METAL IN BALTINGLASS

Posted: October 17, 2009 9:18 PM

The Garda Siochana Motor Club's Germaines of Baltinglass supported Mini Stages Rally this Sunday will see an intriguing contest for supremacy unfold between the pilots of outmoded but very potent cars from the 1970s and '80s, and those of four wheel drive turbocharged machines from the current decade. The Classic camp boasts a Toyota Corolla Coupe and various examples of the evergreen Ford Escort among its weaponry, while the Modern army will rely on Japanese chariots from Mitsubishi and Subaru.

So, enough of the clichéd imagery, lets get down to the contenders. The ever-spectacular Terence O'Shaughnessy will lead the field away in his Corolla Coupe, the Carlow man having finished second overall on this event last year. James Foley, a past winner of the GSMC Rally, was listed as the No.1 seed, and intended to drive his Evo 10 Mitsubishi, but he has withdrawn his entry, having been advised by doctors that sitting in a rally car would not help broken ribs to heal. In his absence, the way is open for a new name to appear on the winners' trophy.

In addition to O'Shaughnessy, a host of other Modified men can expected to be major players. Trevor Mulligan, Mick McQuaid, Mick Curran and John Waring will all be out in 2.4 and 2.5 Escorts, and all are capable of taking the win. Mulligan is one of the leading contenders to win the class-based Japcars.ie Midlands East Rally Championship, of which this event is the final round. He finished third overall in Baltinglass in 2008, having been tied for second with O'Shaughnessy at one point.

The 'modern' contingent will be led out by Paul Kiely in his Group N Lancer Evo 9. The Tarmac champion navigator-turned driver was leading the 2008 GSMC Rally when a mechanical failure forced him out, and he will be hoping to make amends on Sunday. Enniskerry's Daniel Barry has had an ultra-successful year so far, winning the UK Mitsubishi Evo Challenge, and finishing third in the British Gravel Rally Championship. He starts this event in his Group A spec Evo 6 Lancer, rather than the later Group N Evo 9 which he has used to such effect across the Irish sea over the past few months. He will be partnered by GSMC member, Martin Brady, who has guided him throughout 2009. Brady was also part of the winning crew on the Baltinglass Rally twelve months ago, calling the notes for the victorious Kevin Kelleher.

Evo 9 pilot, Adrian Quinn, is seeded at No. 8, and has an outside chance of landing the Midlands East title. Next in the line-up is Paul McEnroe (Subaru Impreza WRX N14), who finished in the top four on this event last year, while Mark Courtney (Toyota Celica ST205), seeded at ten, led after the opening stage in 2008, only to then crash out on stage two.

The GSMC Mini Stages Rally gets underway at 9:42am on Sunday morning (18th October, 2009), when the first car leaves Parc Fermé. A short service follows, before the opening stage, Sorrel Hill, gets underway just before 11am. This test, almost 20km in length, which previously featured on the route of the Circuit of Ireland Rally, starts near Kilbride village, circles the hill which from which it takes it name, and skirts around Pollaphuca Reservoir prior to the finish. The second stage, Grangecon, is less undulating than the first, and slightly shorter at 18km. It is located north of Baltinglass.

A twenty minute service precedes a second run over the same two stages, and the leading crews are due to arrive at the Finish, located at Germaines Hotel, Baltinglass, at 4.30pm.

In spite of the current economic difficulties being experienced by all, not least those who are part of the Irish motorsport community, 110 entries have so far been received by the Garda Siochana Motor Club for the Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally 2009. Entries will continue to be accepted until sign-on for Pace Note Reconnaissance opens at 9am on Saturday morning.

Entry List

Posted: October 13, 2009 3:22 PM

NO. DRIVER/CO-DRIVER (CAR) [CL]
1 James Foley/Charlie Donaghy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [4]
2 Terence Shaughnessy/TBA (Toyota Corolla RWD) [14]
3 Trevor Mulligan/TBA (Ford Escort Mk II) [14]
4 Mick McQuaid/Paul Kelly (Ford Escort 2.5) [14]
5 Micky Curran/Alan White (Ford Escort 2.5) []
6 Paul Kiely/Pat McSharry (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
7 Daniel Barry/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) [8]
8 Adrian Quinn/Alister Wyllie (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
9 Paul Mcenroe/Andy Donoghue (Subaru Impreza N14) [4]
10 Mark Courtney/Mick Courtney (Toyota Celica GT-Four) [15]
11 John Waring/Sorcha Kelly (Escort 2.4) [14]
12 Trevor Culbert/TBA (Escort) [13]
14 Alistair Fingleton/Jerry Farrell (Escort 2.0) [13]
15 David Percy/John Kinahan (Escort 2.0) [13]
16 Fintan McGrady/Mark Hanna (Escort 2.0) [13]
17 Alan O'Callaghan/Cathal Mc Grath (Impreza 2.0) [8]
18 Liam Higgins/Derrick Feeney (Evo 7) [4]
19 Nigel McGinn/Catherine Slevin (Evo 6) [8]
20 Raymond Drury/Sean Brunton () [14]
21 Rory Byrne/Jeremy Patterson (Evo 9) [4]
22 Brian Lawlor/Peter Kavanagh (Escort RS) [13]
23 David Guest/Ruth Guest (Civic 1.6) [11]
24 Jason Sweeney/TBA (Civic) [11]
25 Derek Brennan/Robbie Webster (Escort Mk1 1648) [11]
26 Barry Ryan/Donal Falvey (Escort) []
27 Jason Roche/TBA () [13]
28 Anthony Nevill/Brian Sinnott (Impreza 2.0) [4]
29 Padraig Nevill/Marie Kehoe (Impreza 2.0) [4]
30 Pat Nevill/Seamus O'Grady (Impreza 2.0) [4]
31 Kieran Guinan/Alan Higgins (Escort 2.0) [12]
32 Jack Maguire/TBA (Escort 2.0) [13]
33 Donald Powell/Mary Keogh (Civic 1.6) [2]
34 David Forde/John Nolan (Impreza 2.0) [8]
35 Jack Deegan/Seamus Behan () []
36 Pat Murphy/Phil Woods (Peugeot 205GTI) []
37 Benny Kennedy/Brendan Ryan (Civic) [11]
38 Pat Lee/Eamonn Nolan (Escort) [11]
39 Martin Lordan/Kenneth Fuller (Escort) [9]
40 Enda Kennedy/Frank O'Dwyer (Nova 1.3) [9]
41 Kiernan Donohue/Dermot O'Rourke (Impreza 2.0) [8]
42 Paul Curley/Des Daniels (Civic 1.6) [2]
43 Joey Carroll/Mark Kirwin (Peugeot 206 Cup) [6]
44 Darragh O'Brien/Niall O'Brien (Puegeot 205) [10]
45 Brian Ward/TBA (Citroen C2) [13]
46 Kevin O'Donohoe/Paddy Murphy (Escort 1.6) [10]
47 John Hade/Shane Hade (Escort 2.0) [13]
48 Ollie Carroll/Fergal Kelly (Citroen C2 1.6) [6]
49 James Flood/Gordan Flood (Civic SiR 1.6) [2]
50 Christy Kelly/Paul Kelly (Swift 1.3) [9]
51 Chris Cullen/Andrea Reid (Puma 1.4) [5]
52 Edward Kelly/John Kelly (Peugeot 106 1.6) [6]
53 Michael Kelleher/John Doody (Escort 1.6) [10]
54 Neil Tohill/Gerard Tohill (Impreza 2.0) [4]
55 Kevin Clegg/Sean Sheridan (Escort 1.6) [10]
56 Peter Murphy/Aiden McLoughlin (Clio 2.0) [3]
57 Thomas Carolan /Declan Smith (Escort 1.4) [9]
58 Simon Evans/Barry Faul (Mini 1450) [9]
59 Brendan Curran/Shane Curran (Sierra Cosworth) [15]
60 Bobby Cooper/Michelle Silke (Corolla 1.6) [16]
61 Paddy Murphy/Caroline Cleary (Impreza N10 2.0) [4]
62 Mike Garahy/Sean Henehan (Escort 1.6) [10]
63 Jack Newman/PJ McAree (Civic 1.6) [11]
64 Brendan Gallagher/Anthony Gallagher (Corolla 1.6) [11]
65 Garry Gallagher/Lee Cullen (Corolla 1.6) [11]
66 Michael Ryan/Mark Doody (Peugeot 205) [6]
67 Sean Doyle/Jeffery Case (Escort 2.0) [12]
68 John Masterson/Gerry Conlon (Civic "R" 2.0) [3]
69 Martin McKeown/Declan Ryan (Sunbeam 1.6) []
70 Kevin Murphy/Bert Murphy (Civic 1.4) [9]
71 George McKenny/Kevin Malone (Escort 1.6) [11]
72 Joe Brady/Finbar Smith (Escort 1.6) [10]
73 Billy Byrne/Sarah Dowling (Escort 2.0) [12]
74 David Woodcock/Robert Woodcock (Peugeot 106 Cup) [6]
75 David Dowling/TBA (Corsa 1.6) [10]
76 Mark Farrell/Mark Geraghty (Escort 2 1.6) []
77 Tom McGee/Rachael McGee (Escort 2.0) [12]
78 Ger Power/Amy Murphy (Nova 1450) [9]
79 Leslie Branagan/Graham Randall (Mini Cooper S) [17]
80 Aidan Pearse/Gavin Perse (Peugeot 205) [10]
81 Declan Gannon/Mossy Gannon (Civic "R" 2.0) [3]
82 John Forde/James Collins (Peugeot 205 1.6) [10]
83 Justin Comer/Philip Conneely (Civic 1.6) [6]
84 Colm Brown/Lawrence McGrath (Civic EK4 1.6) [2]
85 Debbie Greene/John greene (Peugeot 205 2.0) [13]
86 Paul McHugh/Aisling Grimes (Civic 1.6) [2]
87 David Cleary/Padraig Denton (Civic 1.6) [2]
88 Nathan McGurrell/Richard Mullen (Civic 1.6) [11]
89 David Ashton/Mark Ashton (Escort Mk1 2.0) [12]
90 Mark Greene/Julie Greene (Peugeot 205 1.6) [10]
91 Derek Byrne/Willie Fitzpatrick (Nova ) [11]
92 Tom Lawlor/Tom Nugent (Escort RS Mk1) [17]
93 Barry Foyle/Kevin Finaly (Peugeot 106 1.6) [2]
94 Michael McNamara/Shane Kelly (Escort 1.6) [10]
95 Mark Monaghan/Pat Cussen (Civic 1.6) [2]
96 Pat Rowan/Denise Rowan (Corsa 1.6) [2]
97 Martin Nugent/Karan Gaftney (Peugeot 206 1.6) []
98 Albert Dalton/Anita Furlong (Peugeot 106 Rallye) [9]
99 Mark O'Connor/Darren Sayers (Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6) [10]
100 Triona Kelly/Charlotte Keaveney (Peugeot 106 ) [1]
101 Graham Barry/TBA (Ford Ka 1.3) []
102 Philip Monaghan/Niall Monaghan (Civic 1.6) [11]
103 Niamh Nevill/Billy Collins (Impreza 1.6) [2]
104 Trevor Hutton/Tristen Hutton (Evo 8) [4]
105 James Cassidy/John Norris (Escort) [12]
106 Thomas Boylan/Anthony Hoey (Peugeot 309 GTi) [10]
107 Gary Reidy/TBA () [14]

Over 100 Entries

Posted: October 9, 2009 12:29 PM

Over 100 entries have been received for the 2009 GSMC Mini Stages Rally, demonstrating that Irish motorsport is alive and kicking in spite of the difficult economic conditions.

In an effort to further beat the effects of the recession, late entries will be accepted by the organisers. Regulations and Entry Form available below or on the club website:

Garda Siochana Motor Club

Entries still open

Posted: October 8, 2009 3:03 PM

Entries are still available for the G.S.M.C Mini Stages Rally taking place in Baltinglass on Sunday October 18th.
A fantasitc days rallying is on offer with great value at €395 for entry fee.
Regulations and Entry Form available below or on the club website:

Garda Siochana Motor Club

Rally Launch - (Tue) 29 Sep 09

Posted: September 28, 2009 2:50 PM

The launch of the 2009 GSMC Mini Stages Rally will take place at Germaine's Hotel in Baltinglass on Tuesday evening next, 29th September, at 9pm. All are welcome.

The event will be the final round of the 2009 Japcars.ie Midlands East Rally Championship.

The Garda Siochana Motor Club has been receiving a steady flow of entries since regulations were published, no doubt aided by the novel provision to allow competing crews to pay their entry fee in two instalments. Recent days have seen a number of significant additions to the list of competitors who intend to tackle the event.

Rumours to the effect that the event will not run, which are currently circulating, are incorrect and may be disregarded.

Option to pay in Instalments

Posted: August 23, 2009 3:01 PM

The Garda Siochana Motor Club are giving Competitors the option to pay in Instalments - See Entry Form below.

Regulations & Updated Entry Form

Posted: August 23, 2009 2:55 PM

Regulations

Updated Entry Form

Club Website

Posted: January 1, 2009 12:01 AM

Garda Siochana Motor Club