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Cork 20 International Rally - 2-3 Oct 04

Posted: October 8, 2004 4:54 PM - 16530 Hits

Murphy Construction Cork “20” International Rally 2004.
Round 8 - 2004 IRISH TARMAC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 4 - 023 TILES SOUTHERN FOUR RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
Rounds 6 & 7 - 2004 Ford Ka Championship

Early on Monday morning, the results of the Murphy Construction Cork 20 International Rally were changed by the Stewards of the Meeting, who declared that in a situation of force majeure, the rally was deemed to have finished before the final stage at Ballinvuskig, near Mallow. This left Eugene Donnelly and Paul Kiely in their Corolla as the winners, nine seconds ahead of the Impreza of Derek McGarrity and Dermot O’Gorman.


Photo: Ger Leahy

Posted: October 8, 2004 4:54 PM

This decision followed a dramatic incident on that last stage which saw Donnelly crash out of the rally while leading, when he found rocks and a piece of timber on his line at the exit from a high speed bend and was unable to avoid them, with his car being badly damaged and unable to continue.

McGarrity was first car through the stage, and didn’t have any problem, but there was a three minute delay before Donnelly was started, and during that time, it appeared that the obstruction was put in place. The organisers, Munster Car Club, Motorsport Ireland and the Gardai each began investigations into the incident on Sunday evening.

Belfastman McGarrity and Donnelly, from Maghera, started the rally tied for the lead of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship, with whichever of them beat the other due to take the honours, but under the unprecedented circumstances, they agreed that they should jointly share the title for this year. 


1 Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely (Toyota Corolla WRC) 1h 58m 40s 
2 Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman (Subaru Impreza WRC) 1h 58m 49s 
3 Tim McNulty/Eugene O’Donnell (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 03m 06s 
4 Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 03m 11s 
5 Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD) 2h 04m 46s 
6 Tony Davies/Jakes Kelly (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 05m 09s 
7 Eamonn Boland/Francis Regan (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 05m 41s 
8 Willie Fannin/Mick Courtney (Subaru Impreza N9) Gp N 2h 07m 11s 
9 James O’Sullivan/Brian Duggan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7) Gp N 2h 07m 15s 
10 Paddy White/Aidan Moran (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 08m 57s

Class winners: 
Frank Tuomey/Declan Tuomey (Swift) 
Aidan Bourke/John Kinahan (Civic) 
Brendan Cumiskey/Eugene Meegan (Civic) 
Willie Fannin/Mick Courtney 
Emily O’Mahony/Donal Lennon (Puma) 
Barry Horan/Elaine Doherty (Peugeot 206) 
Noel Grier/Peter O’Toole (Astra) 
Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy. 

NATIONAL RALLY: 

1 Phil Collins/Diarmuid Falvey (Escort) 2h 05m 08s 
2 David James/Jim Crowe (Escort) 2h 14m 14s 
3 Philip Cross/Danny Creedon (Sunbeam) 2h 16m 54s. 

Class winners: 
Paul Purtill/David Lyons (Escort)
Cyril Wharton/Paul O'Shea (Ford Escort 1.6)
John Tully/Brian Doherty (Ford Escort 1.6 16V)
Danny McEvoy/Billy Collins (Ford Escort G3)
Allen Treacy/Bob Fitzgerald (Toyota Corolla 2.0)
Tommy McDonald/Michael Moran (Escort)
Conor Cavanagh/James Jordan (Escort RS Cosworth)
Brian O'Mahony/John Higgins (Ford Ka)


HISTORIC/POST-HISTORIC RALLY: 

1 Todd Falvey/Dan Barry (Porsche 911) 1h 37m 52s 
2 Martin Ward/Linda Conroy (Manta) 1h 38m 42s 
3 Adrian Kermode/Maurice Beckett (Porsche 911) 1h 39m 15s.

Topics: Cork '20 Rally 

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