Mayo Autocross @ Harringtons Quarry - 26 Jun 05

Posted: June 27, 2005 10:09 PM

With dry and sunny weather, dust was never far away, however, the organising club did an excellent job in keeping the track dampened down for the 70 competitors throughout the day. Ronnie Coulter was immediately quick on the initial run with a time of 2:38.90, while the 2000 Border Rally Champion James McGreal from Foxford was his closest challenger in his Nissan Sunny 1.3 seconds back, with Longford’s John Kelly next up in a Peugeot 205.

The second run saw most of the top runners improve their times, but once again, Coulter was to be the pacesetter, his time of 2:35.07 over a second faster than John Kelly, with Sligo’s John McGettrick another couple of seconds back. However it was very close behind with any one of the top ten drivers close enough to the leader to have a realistic chance of victory on the final run.

With Ronnie scheduled to be the last starter for the final assault on the course, his time from the second run was the target for the rest of the field as the event reached its climax. Derek Deane and John McGettrick set identical times of 2:36.12 before John Kelly further closed the gap on the leader with a time of 2:35.45. Others to improve their times were Walter Burke and James McGreal, but despite the best efforts of the opposition, Coulter’s time from run two remained the benchmark. And it was left to the Tyrone man to emphasise his authority on the event, storming around the course on his final run to record a blistering time of 2:33.96.

Class Results
Colin Currid topped class 1, the Vauxhall Nova driver nearly 3 seconds faster than Mervyn Galbraith driving another Nova, while Tommy Donlon in his Citroen AXGT was third.

Derek Deane took class 2 from his brother Mervyn in their shared 1600 Escort, while Trevor Farrell in another Escort was third.

The very popular class 3 was won by Michael Shaw in a Vauxhall Corsa, while local competitors Brian Conway and Andrew Staunton were second and third respectively sharing a Toyota Corolla.

The powerful rear wheel drive class 4 saw John Kelly taking the honours with second overall fastest time of the day, with Escort drivers John McGettrick and Walter Burke making up the podium positions.

James McGreal took class 5 from the Subaru Impreza of James Donnelly, while the Ladies award was won by Dianne Barry in a Honda Civic.

• Full Results in Excel Format

Report and Photos: Cathal Doyle

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PRE EVENT NEWS

• Full Entry Line on line

Car No Name (Make of car Model) Class
101 Tommy Donlon (Citroen AXGT) 1
102 Colin Currid (Vauxhall Nova) 1
103 Mark McCaffrey (Lada Riva) 1
104 John P Ryan (Honda Civic) 1
105 Martin Doherty (Suzuki Swift) 1
106 Joe Oconnell (Honda Civic) 1
107 Mervyn Galbraith (Vauxhall Nova) 1
201 Mervyn Deane (Ford Escort) 2
202 Patrick Herity (Toyota Corolla) 2
203 Gerry Kelly (Ford Escort) 2
204 Joe Kelly (Ford Escort) 2
205 Trevor Farrell (Ford Escort) 2
206 James Lannon (Toyota Corolla) 2
207 Mervyn Wilson (Ford Escort) 2
208 Derek Deane (Ford Escort) 2
209 Michael Sweeney (Toyota Corolla) 2
210 Billy Evans (Ford Escort) 2
211 Paul Lavin (Toyota Corolla) 2
212 Sean Wallace (Toyota Corolla) 2
213 Gerard Burke (Talbot Avenger) 2
214 Emer Cooney (Toyota Corolla) 2
215 Bernard Dempsey (Ford Escort) 2
216 Patsy Finnerty (Ford Escort) 2
217 Enda Haran (Ford Escort) 2
301 MIchael Shaw (Vauxhall Corsa) 3
302 Brian Conway (Toyota Corolla) 3
303 David Leonard (Vauxhall Nova) 3
304 Jarlath Barry (Honda Civic) 3
305 Andrew Staunton (Toyota Corolla) 3
306 John McGeehan (Peugeot 205 GTI) 3
307 Cormac Lyons (Peugeot 205) 3
308 Mervyn Fahy (Honda Civic) 3
309 David Walsh (Honda Civic) 3
310 Allen Higgins (Honda Civic) 3
311 Ciaran Dwyer (VW Golf) 3
312 Johnathan Cassidy (Nissan Sunny) 3
313 Peter Conroy (Honda Civic) 3
314 Niall Morley (Peugeot 205) 3
315 Diane Barry (Honda Civic) 3
316 Ciaran Walsh (Honda Civic) 3
317 Alvin Mulroe (Honda Civic) 3
318 Michael Lavelle (Toyota Corolla) 3
319 Brendan Walsh (Ford Escort) 3
320 Paul Walsh (Ford Escort) 3
321 Ger McDonagh (Honda Civic) 3
322 Liam Devaney (Peugeot 205) 3
323 Raymond Clarke (Opel Kadette) 3
324 John Higgins (Peugeot 205) 3
325 Ivan O'Neill (Vauxhall Nova) 3
326 Niall Mimnagh (Vauxhall Nova) 3
328 Aubrey Carson (Opel Kadett) 3
329 Patrick Durcan (Vauxahll Nova) 3
401 Simon Cafferty (Ford Escort) 4
402 John Kelly (Peugeot 205) 4
403 Walter Burke (Ford Escort) 4
404 John McGettrick (Ford Escort) 4
405 Gary Walker (Ford Escort) 4
406 John Shaw (Vauxhall Astra) 4
407 Sean McHugh (Vauxhall Astra) 4
408 John Rowland (Vauxhall Astra) 4
409 Declan Munnelly (Opel Manta) 4
410 Gerard McTiernan (Ford Escort) 4
411 Pat McGuinness (Ford Escort) 4
412 Jason McTiernan (Ford Escort) 4
413 Colin Loughney (Opel Manta) 4
414 Richard McGaugh (Ford Escort) 4
415 Eamonn Mcguinness (Ford Escort) 4
501 Ronnie Coulter (Vauxhall Astra) 5
502 James McGreal (Nissan Sunny) 5
503 James Donnelly (Subaru Impreza) 5

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