Great Stuff Mini Stage Rally is GO !
Posted: July 21, 2015 6:57 AM
The wait is finally over and the Great Stuff Caterers Mini Stages Rally promoted by the Imokilly Motor Club with Rally HQ for the weekend the Park Hotel Dungarvan is ready to go.
The club is delighted to have received over 120 entries for its event and it shows the work that has been put in to this event over the last 6 months is after paying off. Seeded at number 1 is the Powerful MK2 Escort of last year?s winner Wesley Patterson / Johnny Baird. This crew are on a serious pace and will once again be in the fight for the win. Seeded at two is one of Cork?s finest Denis Cronin. Denis is a former winner of national and International rally?s here in Ireland and although he drives the ageing Subaru he is not in Dungarvan this weekend to come second. He is co driven by a former winner of this event Coleman Hurley.
Seeded at 3,4,5, are more big bang Escorts of Ed Murphy, Trevor Mulligan and Ed O?Callaghan. All these lads are well capable of a win and will be giving 100%. No 6 First local and IMC crew on the road is Clashmore?s Brian O Keeffe with the GpN Subaru. He has Sean Hayde on the notes and Brian would love a good result at home. Next up is Gary Kiernan one of the younger breed of super quick Escort drivers. Gary only knows one way to drive and that?s flat out.
At 8 is another IMC crew. One of the quickest drivers in class 11f. Fresh from a class win in both Limerick and the recent Ravens Rock rally, expect a serious pace from Youghal?s Jason Ryan with Peter Falvey on the notes. These lads may be down 100bhp and more on the cars around them but expect a top five place from the self-built 1600 Starlet with it?s Honda Engine. At 9 is Enda O Brien in the Escort while at 10 is David Guest in the GpN Mitsubishi .
Just outside the top 10 is George Condell, Liam Howlett, Mark Dolphin, Tom Flaherty, David Condell, Eddie Power and Charlie Hickey to name but a few who will push their way into the top 10.
The rally is a huge tourist boom for the Dungarvan area with over 120 cars taking the start. Factor in service crews, partners, family and friends for each car plus the added influx of spectators and one can see how a huge crowd should decend on Dungarvan for the Great Stuff Caterers Rally this weekend.
Derek Power Clerk Of the Course said the rally is nearly here and I must thank my team at the Imokilly Motor Club for the hard work put in over the last few months. I would like to thank the residents on the route and everyone who is helping run the rally. I would appeal to people going to the rally to stand in a safe place and obey the marshals. Safety is paramount and common sense is vital. I would appeal to all road users on the weekend to drive with respect and caution and put safety first and in other words "Keep The Race In It?s Place". Derek also said he was delighted to be bringing the rally to his home town of Dungarvan and wished everyone attending the rally a safe and enjoyable weekend.
The race within the rally is for the Brian Hurley award for the first IMC crew home. This was won last year by Jason Ryan but expect Brian O Keeffe and Mark Dolphin to be pushing hard for this award.
Good luck to local club member Sean Young from Ring who takes part in his first rally, co driving for Dungarvan?s Shane Kenneally. The lads compete in the Junior Class in the Escort.
The Imokilly Motor Club are hugely indebted to its sponsors Great Stuff Caterers, our title sponsor and also our associate sponsors, Ace Signs and our Rally HQ for the weekend, The Park Hotel Dungarvan .
The first car leaves the start Ramp at the Hotel at 10.43am on Sunday.
First Stage is at 11.00
Service during the day at 12.10 and 14.27 in Dungarvan Business Park
First car due back to the finish Ramp at the Hotel at approximately 16:40.
Maps of the stages, full entry list and everything else you?ll need to know about the rally will be in the rally programme which is only 5 euro will be available in most of the local service stations and at Rally Headquarters, The Park Hotel from Thursday evening. A list of retailers of the programme will be available on www.imokillymotorclub.com by mid week. Follow us on Facebook at Imokillyministages for any late news during the week and for updates on Sunday.
Great Stuff Caterers Imokilly Mini Stages Rally Launhed
Posted: July 1, 2015 8:56 AM
Photo: Ger Leahy
The launch of the Great Stuff Caterers Imokilly Mini Stages Rally took place on Wednesday last at the Rally Headquarters, The Park Hotel in Dungarvan.
Clerk of the Course Derek Power was joined by Imokilly Motor Club Members, Sponsors and friends for a photo shoot in front of the hotel and afterwards for some light refreshments in the hotel ballroom.
Speaking at the launch Derek said that he was delighted to be back as Clerk of the Course and even more so to be bringing the event to his home town of Dungarvan.
Commenting on the route Derek said 'The 26th of July is the date of the Rally and we have 2 great 15Km stages very close to Dungarvan which will be repeated 3 times each and will test even the most experienced competitors. Scrutiny, Parc Ferme and Service are all located in Dungarvan and all within walking distance of the HQ which will make the event very accessible to the public.
We are delighted to welcome Bryan Allen and his team at Great Stuff Caterers back on board as title sponsors for our rally. Great Stuff Caterers, a local based company and one of Ireland?s largest mobile catering companies have been supporting us in Imokilly Motor Club since our first Single Stage Rally in 2012 and are avid supporters of Irish Motorsport. We are also delighted to be based here at the Park Hotel in Dungarvan. Such a fine Headquarters can only improve the profile of our event. The Great Stuff Caterers Imokilly Mini Stages Rally will be round 4 of the Plasticbags.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship and we welcome these registered competitors to our event.'
During the launch Derek and Deputy Clerk of the Course Finbarr Fogarty were presented with a set of marshals bibs from the family of the late Paul Mulcahy, a competitor and club member who was tragically killed whilst competing at a rally event 2 years ago. All the marshals on the rally will now be wearing these distinctive orange bibs in memory of Paul and his famous orange Toyota Starlet.
Entries are open and are coming in every day. Further details, regulations and entry forms are available on the club website, link below.
Regulations / Entry Form
Posted: July 1, 2015 8:55 AM
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Event Flyer
Posted: April 7, 2015 3:18 PM
Great Stuff Caterers Imokilly Mini Stages Rally - Press Release 1
Posted: April 7, 2015 3:15 PM
"Imokilly Motor Club are delighted to announce preliminary details of the Great Stuff Caterers sponsored Imokilly Mini Stages rally scheduled to take place on Sunday July the 26th. Following the successful running of the Imokilly Single Stage over the last 3 years we step it up a gear this year by running a mini stages rally. We also make the move from east Cork where the event has been based down the N25 to our near neighbours in Dungarvan.
We are delighted once again to have Bryan Allen and his company Great Stuff Caterers back on board as title sponsor. The rally will be based on the weekend of the 25th & 26th in the Park Hotel in Dungarvan who have come on board as rally headquarters and associated sponsor. Scrutiny, Parc Ferme and Service will all be located within the town which will make it very accessible to everyone.
The rally itself will consist of 2 x 15Km stages in the West Waterford area each repeated 3 times giving a total stage distance of 90 Kms over the course of the day with service after every 2 stages. Club secretary Derek Power from Old Parish again takes on the job as Clerk of the Course for the event. Commenting on the rally Derek said
"for the last number of years we ran this event as a single stage rally in the east Cork area so it gives me great pleasure as C.O.C to be able to bring a motorsport event back near my home area of Dungarvan and visit some stages that have never been used before".
The event will be a counting round of the Plasticbags.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship as well as a round of the Imokilly Motor Club Championship.
Over previous years the rally has attracted competitors from all over the Island of Ireland and the same is envisaged come July. PR of the stages in question will begin shortly but in the meantime you can catch up with all that is happening both in the club and with the rally by logging onto our website www.imokillymotorclub.com or follow us on Facebook."
Club Website
Posted: April 7, 2015 3:13 PM
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