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Birr Multi Stages Rally - 25 Feb 07

Posted: February 28, 2007 4:44 PM - 29759 Hits

Round 1 - 2007 West Coast Rally Championship

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Aaron MacHale, Bill Ryan (COC) & Paul Nagle
Photo: Ray Gavin

Posted: February 28, 2007 4:44 PM

Irish 205 Challenge - MAHON MAGNIFICANT
Round two of the Rory Galligan Rally Irish 205 Challenge took place on the Birr motor clubs Roscrea stages rally last Sunday. Nine crews made the start, with three notable non starters of Kerrill Waters, Paul Conlon and Damien Mc Guaran all on the events reserve list.

What has now become the norm on these I205C events, stage one chaos, happened again with no 1 seed, the Mayo motor club junior champion Matthew Murphy/ John Ryan going off just after the halfway point, and being hit by the following car to boot. Also in trouble was Norman Dunne/ David Collins who picked up a stage maximum when they went off and could not get back on for over twenty minutes. Barry Mahon/ Ollie o Grady set the fastest time, 8 seconds up on DJ Browne/ Torloc O Reilly with Kenneth Keyes/ Tom Maguire 19 seconds back.
Dermot Mc Neill/ Patrick Lowbridge, Donal Crooke/ Mark Feeley and Craig O Rourke/ Diarmund Murphy all taking it a little to cautious in the changeable weather conditions and dropping time to the top three.
Stage two was cancelled so battle resumed on stage three, but gone out was Niall Lynch/ Derek Malone with engine trouble for the second rally running. Mahon again topped the timesheets, this time 10 seconds up on from Keyes who was 5 up on Crooke who had finally woken up. O Rourke and Mc Neill were separated by just a second,
with Dunne again losing time visiting the ditches. The biggest loser was Browne who went off when his car filled with oil smoke.

Further time was lost sorting the problem on the stage.
Mahon continued to set the pace 8 second up on Keyes who was up at the mid point of the stage only to spin at a hairpin junction later in the stage. Browne was back on the case just 1 second back with Crooke a second slower and McNeill a further 3 seconds back, complaining of a down on power engine.

At the second service, Mahon lead Keyes by 37 seconds with Crooke in third. The rally moved to two new stages for the afternoon, and this saw Crooke set his first fastest time in the I205C, 1 second up on Keyes who was 2 se conds quicker than Browne with Mahon a further 2 seconds down. Mc Neill, Dunne and O Rourke just could not match this pace and dropped further back.
Mahon returned to the top of the times on stage six with a vengeance, taking 15 seconds off Keyes and a huge 29 seconds from Crooke, both cursing their choice of tyres.
Out of the rally went Dunne who rolled at a snails pace but could not get his car back on its wheels. Also out with electrical trouble was Browne after his best showing to date.
Keyes pushed hard through stages seven and eight, taking 6 second from Mahon, ut it would not be enough to shake the Dublin man from taking his first and well deserved win in the I205C by 41 seconds.
Keyes finished comfortable in second with Mc Neill overhauling Crooke for third on the final stage when the lack of a map light in caused trouble reading the pacenotes.
Mahon also won class ten and finished in 49th place overall.

Next I205C rally is the Midland stages in Roscommon on April 29th.
Results
1 Aaron McHale/Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) 68m 40s,
2 P J McGrath/Killian Duffy (Subaru Impreza WRC) 69m 29s,
3 Mark Courtney/Conor Foley (Toyota Celica GT-Four) 72m 51s,
4 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Subaru Impreza N12B) GpN 73m 04s,
5 Willie Fannin/Mick Courtney (Subaru Impreza N12) GpN 73m 07s,
6 Paul Kiely/Pat McSharry (Mit. Lancer Evo 9) GpN 74m 25s,
7 Adrian Quinn/Alan Moran (Mit. Lancer Evo 9) GpN 74m 47s,
8 Anthony O’Halloran/Larry O’Halloran (Opel Manta 2.0) 75m 44s,
9 Tom Curley/Paul Horan (Mit. Lancer Evo 9) GpN 77m 09s,
10 Patrick Higgins/Liam Higgins (Honda Civic) 77m 15s.

Group N Winners - Alan Ring & Adrian Deasy (Subaru Impreza N12B)
PRE EVENT NEWS
  • Time and Distance Schedule
  • Marshalls Required:
  • Birr Stages Rally 07 is go.
  • Entry Lists
  • Sleator Auto Midland East Rally Championship Preview
  • Regulations available
  • Details
18/02/07
Time and Distance Schedule
15/02/07

Marshalls Required: Marshalls are needed for the Birr Tarmac Rally to be held in Roscrea on Sunday 25th February.

Please contact Chief Marshall on 086 8179297 (+353 86 8179297) for more info.

Birr Stages Rally 07 is go.
Birr Motor Club will host the first round of the West Coast Championship on the 25th of February. The rally will be based in Grants hotel in conjunction with Roscrea on line again this year. We are delighted with the welcome we receive from Grants hotel in Roscrea and look forward to running our event from this base again in 2007.

Birr and District Motor Club are very happy to introduce a new co sponsor for the event in the form of Midland Tyre Services. Midland Tyre Services are the biggest independent tyre dealers in Ireland. Their premises at Borris-in-Ossory is known as Ireland’s No 1 truck stop.

The rally itself will consist of 4 stages repeated twice. 2 Stages repeated twice in the morning and the other 2 stages repeated twice in the afternoon. Service will take place at the mart in Mountrath after every 2 stages.

Scrutiny for the event takes place in Stapleton's bakery on Saturday the 24th of February. Scrutiny will take place between 3.30pm and 8.00pm. This is situated on the Roscrea bypass between the Limerick roundabout and the Mc Donald’s roundabout. This will be signposted. (don’t forget you’re fireproof underwear)

Stage 1 and 3 is 19.4Km’s in length and sponsored by Paddy Carey Haulage.
Stage 2 and 4 is 13.6Km’s in length and sponsored by Doheny Bros Construction.
Stage 5 and 7 is 19.8Km’s in length and sponsored by Kelly’s Bar, Borris-in-Ossory.
Stage 6 and 8 is 19.8Km’s in length and sponsored by A & R Poole sand and gravel.

This year, our event secretary Gillian has been kept very busy due to a very large number of entries received for the event. As we can only start 151 cars, there is going to be a lot of very disappointed competitors. We have seeded the 151 cars with a further 120 on reserve. Entries were seeded in order of date received, with priority entries included. Birr Motor Club seen this as the fairest way of doing this. Apologies to those who are on reserve, but with crews under pressure to get cars ready, you’re number could be called.

We kindly ask that any competitor who is seeded in the main field, and are unable to make the start line to inform the club at their earliest convenience. This gives competitors on reserve a fair chance to prepare for the event.

We look forward to the weekend of the 25th and we wish everybody involved a safe and successful weekends rallying.

Main Field
DRIVER/NAVIGATOR (CAR) [CLASS]
1 Ray Breen/Damien Morrissey (Ford Focus WRC) [8]
2 Patrick Elliott/Paul Goodman (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
3 Aaron McHale/Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) [8]
4 Martin Doherty/Andrew Cullen (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
5 Pj McGrath/killian Duffy (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
6 Noel McCarick/TBA (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
7 Jack Sleator/Andrew Purcell (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
8 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Subaru Impreza N12B) [4]
9 Willie Fannin/Mick Courtney (Subaru Impreza N12) [4]
10 Gabriel Martin/Paddy Robinson (Mitisubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
11 Tadgh Linehan/Mark Kane (Subaru Impreza) [4]
12 Eamon Daly/John Young (Mitubshi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
13
14 Mark Courtney/Conor Foley (Toyota Celica GT-Four) [15]
15 Thomas Fitzmaurice/Chris O Donoghue (Ford Escort RS Cosworth) [15]
16 James McCann/Paul McCann (Ford Escort RS Cosworth) [15]
17 Anthoney O Halloran/Larry O Halloran (Opel Manta 400) [14]
18 Mike Quinn/Sean Enright (Ford Escort MK2) [14]
19 Russell Woods/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort) [13]
20 Aidan Walsh/Jim Casey (Ford Escort mk2) [13]
21 John Kelly/Robbie Shaw (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO7) [8]
22 Paul Keilly/Pat Mc Sharrly (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8.5) [4]
23 Paul McEnroe/Jer Heally (Subaru Impreza N12B) [4]
24 Sean Flanagan/Brian Miller (Subaru Impreza N11) [4]
25 Raymond Drury/ Lennan (Ford Escort mk2) [14]
26 Gary Reidy/Patrick Naughton (Ford Escort MK2) [13]
27 Fergal Allen/Martin Brady (BMW M3) [14]
28 Michael Shaw/Shane Magann (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5) [8]
29 Richard Burke/Frank Byrnes (Ford Focus RWD) [14]
30 David Percy/Eoin Percy (Ford Escort ) [7]
31 Diarmuid O Toole/Barry Murphy (Ford Fiesta) [13]
32 Sean McEvoy/Nigel Moody (Ford Escort MK2) [13]
33 Declan Tansey/Declan Lawlor (Ford Escort) [13]
34 Christy Carey/Richard Talbot (Subaru Impreza) [8]
35 David Delaney/Mark Wiley (Ford Fiesta) [6]
36 Paul Manton/TBA (Citreon C2 R2) [6]
37 Tommy Doyle/TBA (Ford Puma) [6]
38 Ian Roche/Pal Roche (Peugeot 206) [6]
39 Pat Callanan/Kenneth Shiel (Renautl Clio SI600) [3]
40 Neil Pierce/Enda O Leary (Honda Civic) [11]
41 Ray Hillard/Senan Raggart (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
42 Michael Murray/TBA (Mitsubishi Evo V1) [4]
43 Jimmy Brennan/Gerard Kenny (Ford Escort Cosworth) [15]
44 Pat Barry/Stephen O Connell (Ford Sierra Cosworth) [14]
45 William Cavanagh/Dorothy Cavanagh (Ford Escort MK2) [12]
46 John Quin/TBA (Vauxhall Chevette) [13]
47 Timmy England/Eoghan Fogarty (Peugeot 206) [6]
48 Mark Sheehan/TBA (Renautl Clio SI600) [6]
49 Mike Carty/Craig Breen (Honda Civic) [2]
50 Martin Ward/Linda Ward (Sierra Coswoth) [14]
51 Patrick Lowbridge/TBA (Subaru Impreza) [4]
52 John Murphy/Martin o Connor (Subaru Impreza) [8]
53 Frank Sweeney/Seamus O Connor (Ford Escort mk2) [13]
54 Gene Callan/Sean Boylan (Ford escort mk 2) [12]
55 Liam Mulcaire/Paul Purtill (Ford Escort mk 2) [12]
56 Walter Walshe/Sean Duggan (Subaru Impreza) [8]
57 Tom Curley/Paul Horan (Mitsubshi Evo 9) [15]
58 Michael Hickey/Neil Hickey (Ford Escort MK 2) [11]
59 Andrew Lang/Stephen Brunton (Ford Fiesta RWD) [9]
60 John McCabe/Padraig Doogan (Ford Escort) [11]
61 Mikey Walsh/Ger Ryan (Ford Escort mk2) [12]
62 Niall Whelan/Dominic Dunne (Honda Civic) [2]
63 Liam Delaney/Albert Dalton (Honda Civic ek4) [2]
64 Patrick Higgins/Liam Higgins (Honda Civic) [6]
65 Niall Doherty/TBA (Pergeot 206) [6]
66 Larry Brady/Anthony Brady (Ford Escort) [12]
67 Brian Melia/Michael Doherty (Honda Integra) [3]
68 Pat Kelly/Martin Flynn (Subaru Impreza) [4]
69 John s. Quill/Alan Hartigan (Citreon C2 R2) [6]
70 David Quigley/TBA (Honda Civic) [2]
71 Barry Colman/John Corrigan (Honda Civic) [2]
72 Marc Mc Dermott/Damien Flannagan (Honda Civic VTI) [6]
73 Colin Flanagan/Marta McQUAID (Ford Escort Cosworth RS) [15]
74 Dan Bourke/Ralph Kelleghan (Subaru Impreza) [4]
75 Declan Cuddy/Paddy Cunnigham (Subura Impreza) [4]
76 Tom Gormally/Ross Forde (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
77 Freddie Walker/Anbar Mangan (Ford Escoet) [12]
78 Kieran Guinan/Alan Higgins (Ford Escort) [12]
79 Eoin Woods/John Shields (Ford Escort) [12]
80 Tony Dunne/TBA (Toyota Starlet) [10]
81 Barry Evans/David Lyons (Citreon C2 R2) [6]
82 John F O Mahony/Donal Flavey (Peugeot 206) [6]
83 Diarmuid Lynch/Mark Horgan (Ford Escort MK32) [10]
84 Brian Turner/TBA (Peugeot 106 ) [6]
85 David Forde/TBA (Toyota Corrola KE35) [12]
86 Noel Conroy/Gerry Leonard () []
87 Brian Doyle/Sean Hayde (Ford Escort MK2) [13]
88 Philip Conneely/Michelle Conneely (Honda Civic) [2]
89 Petre McDonnell/Sean Maher (Honda Civic) [11]
90 Andrew Fanning/John Ward (Ford Puma) [5]
91 Fergal O Connell/Eamon Crudden (Toyota Celica ) [10]
92 John Collins/Jason O Brien (Honda Civic) [11]
93 John Devine/Bernard Devine (Ford Sierra Saphire) [13]
94 John David Murphy/Gerard Murphy (Subaru Impreza) [4]
95 Maurice Meskell/Podge Doody (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [11]
96 James Brett/Patrick Crotty (Honda Civic) [2]
97 Anthony Collins/Joe McCarthy (Honda Civic) [11]
98 Billy Byrne/Billy Gorman (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
99 Edward Kelly/John Kelly (Peugeot 106 ) [6]
100 Kevin Guinane/Mick Cott (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
101 Jerome Hennessy/John Nugent (Ford Escort mk2) [10]
102 Christopher Kelly/Maria Coady (Suzuki Swift) [9]
103 Seamus Behan/Dolores Behan (Opel Corsa) [9]
104 Aidan Cunniffe/TBA (Peugeot 205) [10]
105 Dermod McNeill/Patrick Lowbridge (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
106 Stephen Brennan/Mark Murphy (Suzuki Swift) [9]
107 Paul McDevitt/J.P Doyle (Toyota Corolla) [11]
108 Fergal Heney/TBA (Toyota Corolla gt) [11]
109 Raymond Heney/TBA (Toyota Corrolla gt) [11]
110 Patrick O Connor/Clive Dunbabin (Toyota Celica gt4) [15]
111 John kenny/Neil Pearse (Honda Civic) [10]
112 Shane kenny/Christine O Leary (Vauxhall Corsa) [10]
113 Frank Dwyer/Barry Foyle (Ford Ka) [5]
114 Martin O Keefe/Pat Higgins (Opel Manta 400) [13]
115 Con Mulcahy/Johnathan Keane (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
116 Ciaran Dwyer/Gary Mc Loughlin (VW Golf) [10]
117 Danny Mc Cormack/Brian Smullen (Opel Corsa) [12]
118 Pat Bellew/Jimmy Bellew (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
119 Gary Higgins/Keith Murray (Ford Escort mk2) [10]
120 Brian Cullen/James Barron (Opel Corsa) [10]
121 Tommy Martin/Martin Kerley (Fiat Uno) [9]
122 Gerard P Quinn/Neil Quinn (Toyota Corrolla gt) [11]
123 Matthew Murphy/TBA (Peugeot 205) [6]
124 John Conlon/Pat Delaney (Honda Civic) [11]
125 Trevor Hogan/John Maher (Ford Escort) [10]
126 Oliver Carroll/Graham Kelly (Citreon C2 R2) [6]
127 Adian Cooney/Patrick McDonagh (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
128 Michael Garahy/Aileen Garahy (Ford Escort MK2) [10]
129 John Hade/Brendan Curran (Ford Escort MK2) [13]
130 Liam Graham/Eamon Clohessx (Honda Civic) [11]
131 Colm Brady/TBA (Honda Civic) [11]
132 Kenneth Keyes/TBA (Peugeot 205) [10]
133 David Leslie/Anthony Kellagher (Toyota Corolla) [11]
134 Enda Kelly/Adrian Grealy (Ford Escort mk 2) [10]
135 Anthony Talt/John Rafter (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
136 Paul Sheehan/Stephen Sheehan (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
137 Eamon 0 Connell/Brian O Mahony (Honda Civic) [11]
138 Derek Sheeran/Stephen Cooney (Honda Civic) [2]
139 Paul Carron/John Coll (Toyota Corollo) [11]
140 Paddy Nolan/Padraig Gorman (Toyota Starlet) [11]
141 Enda Greene/TBA (VW Golf) [10]
142 Rory O Shaughnessy/MJ Farrell (Ford Escort mk2) [11]
143 Phil Rowan/Brian Murphy (Opel Corsa) [10]
144 James Ryan/Stephan Ryan (Ford Escort) [10]
145 Donald Powell/Robert Lewis (Honda Civic) [2]
146 Craig O Rourke/Diarmuid Murphy (Peugeot 205 ) [10]
147 Donal Gorman/Eoin Gorman (Ford Escort) [10]
148 Thomas Scott/TBA (Peugeot 106 ) [1]
149 Ger Cullen/Niall Graham (Peugeot 205) [11]
150 Anthony Dolan/TBA (Toyota Coolla) [11]
151 Barry Mahon/Olly O Grady (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
152 Sam Johnson/Cyril Rollins (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]

Juniors
DRIVER/NAVIGATOR (CAR) [ClASS]
1 Catherine Levois/Laurna Levis (Toyota Corolla) [16]
2 Martin Cunnigham/Trevor Casserly (Honda Civic) [16]
3 Bernard Mullihill/TBA (Honda Civic) [16]
4 Dermod O Riordan/Mike Cleary (Toyota Corolla) [16]
5 Barry Ryan/TBA (Ford Escort) [16]
6 Brian Kirwan/Mark Kirwan (Honda Civic) [16]
7 Richard Whelan/James Whelan (Honda Civic) [16]
8 Thomas Kelly/Bill Carroll (Peugeot 205 Gti) [16]
9 James Browne/Sean Kieran (Honda Civic) [16]
10 Johnny Hegarty/Kevin McFadden (Toyota Corrolla ) [16]
11 Colin O Keefe/Robert Power () [16]
12 Alan Bardon/Tom Melligan (Honda Civic) [16]
13 Ross O Donnell/Seamus Daly (Mitsubishi Colt) [16]

Reserve List
DRIVER/NAVIGATOR (CAR) [CLASS]
153 Niall Lynch/Derek Malone (Peugeot 205) [10]
154 Eddie Griusell/Alva Pearson (Ford Escort MK2) [12]
155 Billy O Keefe/Liam O Keeffe (Mitsubishi Evo 4) [15]
156 Ger McDonagh/Kenneth Lee (Honda Civic) [6]
157 Gabriel Hession/Christopher Crowe (Honda Civic) [2]
158 Jason Culleton/Sandra Culleton (Renault Megane) [11]
159 Mark Martley/Aaron Martley (Talbot Sunbeam) [11]
160 Mike Quinn/TBA (Honda Civic) [2]
161 Gordon Rodgers/Philip McIntee (Ford Escort) [13]
162 Tommy Gardiner/Aishling Poznion (Honda Civic) [11]
163 D.J Browne/Turloc O Reilly (Peugeot 205) [10]
164 James Power/Declan Kelly (Ford Escort) [10]
165 Pat O Sullivan/Tadgh O Connell (Opel Corsa) [10]
166 Michael Meade/Brian O Connor (Ford Escort) [11]
167 Edward Cogan/Tony Shannon (Peugeot 205) [13]
168 Nathan McGurrell/Richard Mullen (Honda Civic) [11]
169 Mike Dolan/Ailish Sweeney (Honda Civic) [11]
170 Andres Reid/Willie Fitzpatrick (Austin Mini) []
171 Michael Cunningham/Charlie McNerney (Ford Escort mk2) [15]
172 Tommy Doody/John O Sullivan (Honda Civic) [11]
173 Eddie Mahoney/Petre Hollingworth (Honda Civic VTI) [2]
174 John Caply/Sean Kennedy (Suzuki Swift) [1]
175 Noel Brennan/John Byrne (Honda Civic) [11]
176 Thomas Boylan /Anthony Hoey (Peugeot 309 gti) [10]
177 John Corrigan/Kieran Dotherty (Seat Ibezia) [7]
178 Rory Byrne/Niall Byrne (Mitsubishi Evo) [4]
179 Shane Carberry/TBA (Honda Civic) [2]
180 Niall Donoghue/TBA (Honda Civic) [2]
181 Kieran Murphy/Aisling Grimes (Ford Escort) [10]
182 Niall Shorto/Alan Lenord (Honda Civic) [2]
183 Michael Lavim/Michael McDonnell (Toyota Corolla) [11]
184 Kenneth Kelliher/Brendan O Connor (Ford Escort) [11]
185 Michael Dennehy/Travis Slattory (Ford Sierra Cosworth) [14]
186 Leanord Downey/Mark Murphy (Ford Escort MK2) [13]
187 Martin Kelly/Derek Maguire (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) [4]
188 Paraic Cummins/Joe Smullen (Ford Escort) [13]
189 Kerrill Waters/Ultan Mc Gowan (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
190 Michael Rodgers/David Minogue (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
191 Adrian Higgins/Alan Moran (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [4]
192 John Bagge/Ron Mackey (Ford Escort) [11]
193 Joe Sheil/Aidan O Brien (Toyota Twin Cam) [11]
194 Tim Enright/Stephen Buckley (Peugeot 205 gti) [10]
195 Des McKenna/Anthony Gallagher (Toyota Corrollo) [11]
196 Cathal O Reilly/Gerry O Reilly (Ford focus) [7]
197 Colgm Browne/Lawerence Mc Grath (Toyota Corolla) [11]
198 Chris Cullen/Derek Byrne (Ford Puma) [5]
199 Donal Crooke/Mark Feely (Peugeot 205) [10]
200 Patrick Tullt/Declan Collum (Honda Civic VTI) [11]
201 J.J Furlong/Paul Furlong (Talbot Sunbeam) [9]
202 Norman Dunne/Dave Collins (Peugeot 205) [10]
203 John Brennan/Robbie Webster (Ford Escort) [13]
204 John O Donnell/Brendan Furlong (Toyota Starlet) [9]
205 John Lernihan/James Barry (Mitsubishi Evo) [15]
206 Trevor Mulligan/Michael Stafford (Ford Escort MK2) [10]
207 Martin McKeona/Declan Ryan (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
208 John Woolsey/TBA (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
209 John Masterow/Paul Owens (Suzuki Swift) [1]
210 Kieran O Connell/Gerard Buckley (Opel Corsa) [10]
211 Christopher King/TBA (Honda Civic) [11]
212 Brian Wilson/TBA (Subaru Imprezq) [4]
213 Aidan Davey/John Conneely (Ford escort) [13]
214 Paul Conlon/TBA (peugeot 205 gti) [10]
215 Tommy O Brian/JJ O Brien (Honda Civic) [11]
216 John Morris/Declan Sylver (Ford Escort Cosworth) [15]
217 Sean Moran/Kevin O Connor (Toyota Corolla) [11]
218 Andrew McCabe/Derick O Neill (Suzuki Swift) [1]
219 James Culliney/Andrew Drennan (Ford Escort mk2) [12]
220 Stuart Rankin/William Coyle (Ford Escort) [12]
221 Richard McGaugh/Alan Mulroe (Ford Escork mk2) [12]
222 Michael Fitzgibbon/Kelleher (Honda Civic) [11]
223 Seamus Doyle/Keven Barry (Ford Escort) [13]
224 John Ward/Gary Mc Nern (Toyota Corolla) [11]
225 Derek McConagle/John Farren (Ford Escort mk2) [13]
226 Casimir McGill/Brian Boyle (Ford Escort) [14]
227 Brian Grealish/Shane O Brien (Honda Civic) [11]
228 Gary McPhilips/Mark Tierney (Ford Escort) [14]
229 Pat Meaney/Al Meaney (Suzuki Swift) [5]
230 Pat Malone/Kieran Greene (Ford Escort) [12]
231 Tommy Murphy/Richard (Ford Escort g3) [13]
232 John Newman/Ron Guha (BMW M3) [14]
233 Anthoney Masterson/TBA (Ford Escort) [15]
234 Thomas McGreesh/Sean McEvoy (Toyota Starlet) [11]
235 Michael Curran/Martin McNally (Ford ????) [13]
236 Pat McCaffery/Adrian Codd (Vauxhall Corsa Kit Car) [12]
237 William Walsh/Edmund O Nall (Opel Corsa) [9]
238 Samuel Kelso/Keith Alexander (Ford Escort) [13]
239 Damien Hagan/Stephen Hagan (Ford Escort) [13]
240 Colum Whelan/Patrick O Neill (Subaru Impreza) [15]
241 Dermot Cannon/Rory Thomas (Toyota Corrolla gt) [11]
242 Gerard Greene/Cahail Sharkey (Ford Escort G3) [10]
243 Petre Doherty/Dermot McGettigan (Ford Escort mk2) [11]
244 James F Stafford /Richard Codd (Peugeot 205 Gti) [12]
245 Eamon Gallagher/Paul Brogan (Ford Escort mk2) [12]
246 John O Donnell/TBA (Toyota Corolla) [11]
247 James M Staffort/Amy Ryan (Darrian T90 GTR) [13]
248 Michael Coffey/Brian Dennis (Escort Mexico mk1) [10]
249 Damien Mc Gauran/Thomas McGauran (Peugeot 205) [10]
250 Maurice McElliott/Melvis O Carroll (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
251 Jason Clifford/TBA (Peugeot 205 rwd) [13]
252 Connor Watters/James Walsh (Ford Escort) [14]
253 Declan Rigney/Tom Ryan (Honda Civic) [11]
254 Gerry Ryan/TBA (Peugeot 205 Gti) [10]
255 Kenneth Nolan/Clair Mogan (Honda Civic) [11]
256 Donal Ryan/Kieran Byrne (Toyota Corrolla gt) [11]
257 Derek Considine/Darren Hickey (Ford Escort G3) [12]
258 Martin Greenwood/TBA (Honda Civic) [11]
259 Darragh Delaney/TBA (Ford Ka) []
260 Noel O Donnell/Michael Banner (Peugeot 205 gti) [12]
261 Brian Ward/TBA (Citreon C2 R2) [13]
262 Ed Synan/David Doherty (Ford Escort mk2) [13]
263 Petre Greene/Connor Cormac (Ford Escort mk2) [14]
264 Noel Lambert/Stephen Moylan (Toyota Celica) [15]
265 Ian Clancy/Francis Kinsella (ford focus) [11]
12/02/07
Sleator Auto Midland East Rally Championship
2006 saw the second year of the highly successful clubman championship which based in the Midlands region over 5 events and sponsored and supported by Mullingar Dealership Sleator Opel. The championship ended up with a final rally battle in the Baltinglass Hills in Wicklow and saw Mitsubishi Lancer crew John Kelly and Robbie Shaw emerge victorious and take the 2006 championship spoils.

The championship returns in 2007 again supported by Sleator Auto Mullingar and hopes are high for a championship with the same level of excitement as the inaugural season. This year sees the championship grow to encompass a new round with the exciting addition of the Birr Mini Stages on the 15th of July. The opportunity became available at the end of the 06 season for an extra round to join the championship and the Birr Club were quick to come on board to become an extra part of an thrilling and competitive clubman championship in the region.

Sticking with the tried and tested format as introduced in the inaugural year 2005 which made this a championship that appeals to clubmen, the championship will be exclusively for Clubmen, in that WRC type cars are not eligible to score points.

Again as per the 2006 ethos the championship is class based with points scored as per class finish therefore giving a class one competitor an equal footing on overall standings with a competitor in class 9 and vice versa.

So the scen;e is very much set for the 2007 season, hopes are high that it will deliver even more than the exciting battles and finale of 2006. The favourites and challengers will be lining up in Birr in late February and battle will commence once more, stand clear Irelands premier Clubman championship is coming to a ditch near you!

Championship regs and updates will be available as always from:
13/01/07
Regulations available

Regulations available on the club website:
07/01/07
Birr and District Motor Club are delighted to announce that our Multi Stages Rally on 25th February 2007 will have its HQ at Grants Hotel Roscrea
The rally will cover 4 unique challenging Stages in a 2x2 format in Countys Laois and Offaly

Over approx 145K of closed roads with centralised servicing in Mountrath aera.

The Rally is round 1 of Top Part West Coast Rally Championship and the Sleator Auto Midlands East Championship

Regs will be available on 12th of January On the Birr Website.

Topics: Birr MC Stages 

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