Killarney Autocross - 27 Aug 06

Posted: August 31, 2006 10:40 AM

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Luceys fight, Carroll shines.
The sixth round of the Jerry Murphy Tyres Autocross Championship took place on Sunday last in Cronins pit Killarney. Thankfully the forecasted rain stayed away and the marshals, competitors and spectators had a bright warm day for racing.

The temperature at the front of this meeting was more than warm-it was white hot.
The brothers Lucey from Ballyvourney had a no-holds battle with the younger James prevailing on the second run by 2.2 seconds with a time of 3.47.73. Ger suffered a puncture on his first run and was unable to start the final run, so James fastest time from the second run was the fastest of the day. It was his fourth win of the year and so far he is unbeaten.

If there was a man of the match award in autocross it would have gone to Rock Chapels J.J. Carroll. Carroll was back after a few years sabbatical but he showed he lost none of his old touch. Driving a nimble Peugeot 106 Carroll had steering problems in the first run and did not record a time. With the car fixed he scorched around the pit to record a time of 4.12.75. On his third a and final run he succeeded in going even faster with a time of 4.07.11-enough to clinch the fastest saloon category and fifth overall.

James Lucey Mazda Special 3.47.73
Ger Lucey Toyota Special 3.49.92
David Forde Toyota Special 3.59.90
Michael Ahern RenaultSpecial 4.01.21
JJ Carroll Peugeot 106 4.07.11
James Lehane Honda Civic 4.09.30
Jimmy Devane Nussan Cherry 4.10.21
Anthony Culleton Honda Civic 4.10.87
Jimmy Deane Ford Escort 4.11.46
Michael Lenihan Honda Civic 4.12.06


The class winners were
Class 1 Michael Lenihan
Class 2 James Lehane
Class3 Alan Shinnors
Junior Toyots Starlet
Novice William Angland.

Killarney and District Motor Club

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PRE EVENT NEWS
The 3rd and 4th rounds of the championship took place in Castleisland on 5th and 6th August. Ballydesmonds Michael Lenihan currently holds a 12 point lead over second place Conor Bradley in class 1 going into this weekends final round in Killarney. Meanwhile Shane Devane in his Nissan Cherry tops class 2 with Anthony Culleton of Co. Laois holding 2nd. Austin Shinnors of Co. Limerick has been in winning form all season in his 2 litre Peugeot 205. In class 5 it will go down to the wire with James and Gerard Lucey swapping class wins in their respective Mazda and Toyota Specials. Kilcummins Shane Lenihan leads the Junior class by a mere 8 points over Charles O’Neill of Muckross. We would like to thank our sponsors for last rounds, namely Remax Properties Kenmare and Killarney, Dairwood Design Architectural Design and Planning Killarney and AMG Crash Repairs Killarney. A special word of thanks also to Pat Gill of Darby O’Gills for his continued support of the championship.

The final round takes place at Cronins Pit, Cork Rd, Killarney on this Sunday 27th August.

Scrutiny is 10:00am and first timed run at 12:00 noon sharp.

More Details Tel 087-9198870 or 087-6600100.

Killarney and District Motor Club