Posted: January 30, 2000 9:34 PM - 6677 Hits
Thanks to Oisin O'Briain
Round 6 1999/2000 Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship
Dermot Kelly and navigator Greg Shinnors are the new 1999/2000 National Forest Rally Champions after they took
their fourth win of the season today in the Tipperary Forestry Rally.
Posted: January 30, 2000 9:34 PM
From Limerick, the crew won the event and title in fine
style finishing over two minutes ahead of second place finishers Peter McCullock (Dublin) and co-driver Stephen Griffith (Armagh), after Domonic McNeill
Their closest challengers for the championship Derry's Eugene Donnelly and his Kerry navigator Paul Nagle sheared a wheel early on during the Mitchelstown based event, dropping then down the Top Ten and out of Contentation.
1. Dermot Kelly/Greg Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)........53:40 2. Peter McCullagh/Stephen Griffith (Escort RS Cosworth)..55:41 3. John Donnelly/Greg McCarthy (Sierra RS Cosworth).......56:36 4. Noel Driver/Joe Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)..........57:29 5. Niall Driver/Robert Corrigan (Escort RS Cosworth)......57:38 6. Philip Shaw/Nigel Frazer (Escort Mk II)................58:40