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Round 5 - 2013 West Coast Rally Championship
Posted: January 30, 2014 2:08 PM
Stephen & Susanne Wright (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 GpN) SS6
Frank Kelly & Gary McElhinney (Ford Escort Mk II) SS5
Alan O'Callaghan & Cathal McGrath (Subaru Impreza WRX) SS3
Kevin Barrett & Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC S14) SS6
Posted: January 30, 2014 1:52 PM
1 Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC) 57m 17s,
2 Stephen Wright/Susanne Wright (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 58m 14s,
3 Kevin Barrett/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC) 58m 31s,
4 Ed O’Callaghan/Ger Clancy (Ford Escort MkII) 59m 34s,
5 Shane Maguire/Martin McGarrity (Subaru Impreza N11 Gp N) 60m 53s,
6 Ed Synan/Denis O’Connell (Ford Escort MkII) 60m 57s,
7 Mike Quinn/Tony Healy (Ford Escort MkII) 61m 09s,
8 Noel Kelleher/Cathal Quill (Honda Civic) 61m 41s,
9 Jack Maguire/Andy Hayes (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 62m 44s,
10 Michael Fitzgibbon/Pa Horan (Honda Civic) 62m 46s.
Group N Production class:
1 Stephen Wright/Susanne Wright,
2 Shane Maguire/Martin McGarrity,
3 Maurice Greaney/Keith McHugh (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 63m 02s.
Historics:
1 P J O’Dowd/John Young (Sunbeam) 66m 32s,
2 Philip McKibbin/Padraig Brick (Escort) 69m 32s.
Juniors:
1 Darren Young/Sean Walsh (Civic) 66m 02s,
2 Andrew Ryan/Tommy Hayes (Civic) 68m 28s,
3 Damien Boyle/Joseph Boyle (Civic) 79m 33s.
Leaders After:
SS1-6 Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC)
Stage Winners
SS1-6 Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC)
Full Results
Posted: September 20, 2013 1:14 PM
This coming weekend's Oakwood Arms Hotel Clare Stages Rally is shaping up to be a superb event with the Clare Club reporting a full entry entry of a 131 cars including five world rally cars entered for this non championship round. Every five years each club who hosts a round of the Dunlop Championship has to drop out of the Championship for a year and it's Clare's turn this year.
The Clare Motor Club are delighted to welcome on board the Oakwood Arms Hotel as the main sponsor for the 2013 Clare Stages Rally. Its nearly thirty years since the club ran an a motorsport event in Shannon. After its formation in 1980 the very enthuastic motor club members organised a single stage in 1984 & 1985 in the shannon free zone area of the airport.
The rally is round 5 of the ever popular “The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship”
The organising team is offering competitors a friendly very compact event featuring two very competitive stages on good quality tarmac which will be repeated three times. Taking into account the current financial climate the Clare Club have reduced the entry fee to 395 euro for all competitors including Juniors and Historics.
Clare Driver Leads the West Coast Rally Championship
As we reach the penultimate round of this years championship its local Clare man Alan O’Callaghan (Subaru) from Kilmurry near Sixmilebridge who tops the points table in the drivers standings. O’Callaghan has put in a fine performance so far this season and will be aiming for a good haul of points this weekend ton his home rally to maintain his overall lead before the final round in Kerry in November. Hot on the heals of O’Callaghan is 2010 championship winner Shane Maguire. The Monaghan man is only 7 points behind O’Callaghan and already has a dropped score after a non finish on Round 2 and is in a very good position to lift his 2nd championship title. Making it a trio of Subaru’s holding the top 3 overall places is Galway’s Pat Kelly. Kelly lead the championship after round 2 but mechanical issues on round 3 in Limerick resulted in him scoring no championship points and dropping to 5th place. Like Maguire he can still move back into the top spot after dropped scores are taking into account after the final round. Leading the 2 wheel drive category and 4th overall is Limerick’ Frank Sweeney (Ford Escort MK11. The Limerick man was forced to retire on the last round and may not start this weekend as his car may not be ready in time. Tipperary’s Benny Kennedy (Ford Escort MK11) hold’s 5th spot having dropped 1 place after a non start in Galway. Moving up the leader board from outside the top 10 into 6th place is Maynooth’s Kevin Barrett. The Kerry native recently upgraded from a Subaru S11 WRC to a S14 model and scored maximum points in Galway as he get to grips with his new machine. Barrett missed the opening round in Birr, scored maximum points in Kerry and was a non starter in Limerick and will once again be aiming to score maximum points this weekend to keep his championship hopes alive. Former double champion Ed Synan (Ford Escort MK11) missed the opening round this year and was forced to retire on round 2 but a good haul of points on the last 2 rounds see the Limerick man move into 7th place. A trio of Ford Escort MK11’s hold the final 3 places in the top 10, Tipperary’s Eoin Wood’s hold’s 8th place, Galway’s Eamon Dervan 9th and Kerry’s Jason Costello takes the final place in the top 10.
Top 10 Co-Drivers Standings
Having scored maximum points on the opening 4 rounds of the championship Limerick’s Sean Mullally tops the co-drivers table and in doing so has won the 2013 Top Part West Coast Rally Championship co- drivers title. Sean has been on pace note duties for 3 different drivers this year starting off on round 1 with Welsh ace Melvyn Evans, rounds 2 and 4 with his regular driver Kevin Barrett and guiding West Cork’s Kevin Kelleher to overall victory on round 3. This is Sean’s 1st overall West Coast title and has been a fantastic supporter of the championship over the years. Tipperary’s Cathal McGrath (Alan O’Callaghan) holds 2nd place just 10 points clear of Galway’s Jonathan Kelly in 3rd spot. Moving up the leader board to 4th place is Co. Fermanagh’s Martin McGarrity as Clare’s Jane Coogan drops to 5th after a non finish in Galway. Tipperary’s Dorothy Cavanagh drops 1 place to 6th followed in 7th place by Limerick’s Gary Carroll. The final 3 place’s in the top 10 co drivers standings are held by West Cork’s Nicole O’Shea in 8th, Tipperary’s Olivia Coen 9th and Kerry’s Denis O’Connell in 10th.
Top 3 Junior Championship Standings
Kerry’s Darren Young (Honda Civic) holds a 17 point advantage over last years champion Galway’s Damian Boyle (Honda Civic). Boyle has taken 3 maximum points scores already this season and having missed round 2 in Kerry the Galway man now has taken one of his dropped scores and all will be to play for here this weekend. Young took advantage of Boyle’s absence in Kerry and took the maximum points on offer but if you take his worst score of 18 points off his overall tally its Boyle who holds a 2 point advantage in the overall standings. Limerick’s Andrew Ryan (Honda Civic) holds 3rd place and is still in the hunt for overall honours if his two rivals were not to score points on the remaining rounds. In the co-driver standings Kerry’s Sean Walsh who had lead the series entering round 4 in Galway has now dropped to 2nd place after work commitments forced him to miss the Ballinasloe based event. Moving up into top spot in the points table is last years Junior championship winning co driver Joseph Boyle. The Galway man put in another fine performance guiding Damien Boyle to another maximum points haul and will be aiming to score back to back titles in the championship. West Cork’s Tommy Hayes holds 3rd place and with only 5 points separating the top 3 co-drivers Hayes is still very much in contention to overhaul his rivals and take his 1st overall championship title.
Top 3 Historic Championship Standings
Pj O’Dowd and co-driver John Young (Talbot Sunbeam) hold a very slender lead in this years championship by just 2 points from Co Louth’s Philip McKibbin and his Tralee co-driver Padraig Brick (Ford Escort MK11). The crews have been having a great battle so far this year with the Louth/Kerry pairing who switched from a Ford Cortina to the more powerful Escort earlier in the season scoring maximum points in Galway to close the gap on their rivals. O’Dowd has scored top points on the opening 3 rounds and lost out on four in a row when brake failure put him off the road in Galway losing valuable time. A brave effort over the remaining stages saw him fight his way back and take 2nd placed points to maintain his lead.
The final round of the championship will be the Banna Beach Resort Kerry Mini Stages Rally which will take place on 10th November.
The Club have recieved a full entry of 130 cars for this even popular event and boasts five World Rally Cars in the top ten headed by previous winners and long time supporters of the Clare Stages Rally Monaghan's Niall Maguire / Enda Sherry in their Subaru Impreza WRC S11. After sliding off the road in the recent Galway Summer Rally the car has been fully repaired and is ready to go.
The top twenty entries are as follows -
Ruane’s, Anthony O’Halloran, will be co-driven by fellow local, Charlie McEnery, The local crew have not competed together since last years Clare Stages where they finished ninth overall, third in group N and top Clare Crew in their Mitsubishi Evo1X. Having recently sold the Mitsubishi, Anthony has decided to take out his Opel Manta for this years event and is sure to be a crowd entertainer as he fights for overall honors.
Aside from O’Halloran, there are twenty three local Clare crews competing in the various classes and they are as follows -
Posted: September 18, 2013 9:32 AM
1 Niall Maguire/Enda Sherry (Subaru Impreza WRC S11) [8]
2 Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC) [8]
3 Kevin Barrett/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC S14) [8]
4 Kenny McKinstry/Kenny Hull (Subaru Impreza WRC S14) [8]
5 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 R4) [4]
6 Frank Kelly/Gary McElhinney (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
7 Edward O'Callaghan/Ger Clancy (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
8 Peader Hurson/Damien Connolly (Ford Escort WRC) [8]
9 Shane Maguire/Martin McGarrity (Subaru Impreza N11) [4]
10 ED Synan/Denis O'Connell (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
11 Alan Callaghan/Cathal McGrath (Subaru Impreza WRX) [8]
12 Mike Quinn/Tony Healy (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
14 Pat Kelly/Jonathan Kelly (Subaru Impreza STI) [8]
15 Anthony O'Halloran/Charlie McEnery (Opel Manta 400) [14]
16 Gerard Lucey/James Lucey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [4]
17 Barry Ryan/Keith Moriarty (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
18 Tom Relihan/Maurice McElligott (Ford Escort Mk1) [13]
19 Vincent O'Shea/Brian Hickey (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
20 William Cavanagh/Olivia Coen (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
21 Tom Ryan/TBA (Opel Corsa) [11F]
22 Paul McDevitt/JP Boyle (Toyota Corolla) [11]
23 Paul Clarke/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort) [13]
24 Stephen Greaney/Agne Audiejaityte (Ford Escort) [13]
25 Eoin Woods/Dorothy Cavanagh (Ford Escort) [13]
26 Patrick McHugh/Pauric O'Donnell (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
27 Jason Costello/Garry Carroll (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
28 John Watters/Gerry Hughes (Ford Escort) [14]
29 Christy Carey/Brian Carey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo) [20]
30 Jason McSweeney/David Guest (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
31 Luke MacCarthy/TBA (Subaru Impreza N10) [4]
32 Declan Gannon/Alan Leonard (Subaru Impreza) [8]
33 William Kenneally/Finbarr Fogarty (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
34 Eamonn Barrett/Ken Kenneally (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
35 Eddie Kennelly/Jonathan Keane (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
36 Gary Kiernan/Niall Tierney (Ford Escort) [13]
37 Padraig Egan/Brian Hassett (Ford Mk2) [13]
38 Eamon Hanley/Podge Doody (Ford Escort) [13]
39 Michael Fitzgibbon/PA Horan (Honda Civic) [11]
40 Richard Whelan/James Whelan (Honda Civic) [11F]
41 Michael Nolan/Jimmy Kiely (Honda Civic VTi) [11F]
42 Jack Maguire/Andy Hayes (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [20]
43 Damien Boyle/Joseph Boyle (Honda Civic) [16]
44 Andrew McLoone/William Kehoe (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
45 Colin Moynihan/Liam Moynihan (Honda Civic) [16]
46 Dan Mulcahy/TBA (Ford Escort Cosworth) [15]
47 Darren Young/Sean Walsh (Honda Civic) [16]
48 John Collins/Peter McDonnell (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
49 P.j Bonner/Vicki Kane (Ford Escort G3) [14]
50 Joe McCarthy/Jason O'Brien (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
51 Maurice Greaney/Keith McHugh (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [4]
52 Declan McBrearty/Trevor Graham (Toyota Corolla GT) [11R]
53 Thomas O'Keeffe/Diarmuid Keane (Ford Escort) [13]
54 Denis Dineen/Donal Dineen (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
55 Colin Byrne/Brian Quinlan (Citroen C2 R2) [6]
56 Thomas Lynch/TBA (Honda Civic EK4) [6]
57 Ger Lyons/Steve O'Brien (Honda Civic EG6) [11]
58 Mike Dolan/Seán Hegarty (Honda Civic) [11F]
59 Gerard Dineen/TBA TBA (Toyota Starlet RWD) [12]
60 John O'Sullivan/TBA (Citroen C2) [1]
61 Cronin Daniel/TBA (TBA TBA) []
62 Conor Magennis/Billy Collins (BMW M3) [14]
63 Cormac Phelan/Katja Auhl (Honda Civic Type R) [11F]
64 Niall O'Sullivan/TBA (Citroen C2) [9]
65 Martin Casey/Jonathan Cunningham (Honda EG6) [16]
66 Kieran Bailey/Donald Gleeson (Ford Escort) [11R]
67 PJ O'Dowd/TBA (Talbot Talbot sunbeam) [18]
68 PA Bellew/Barry McGill (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
69 Philip McKibbin/Padraig Brick (Ford Escort Mk1) [18]
70 Timmy Foley/Barry Meade (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
71 Andrew Ryan/Tommy Hayes (Honda Civic) [16]
72 Kenneth Ryan/Keith McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
73 Anthony Breen/Jill White (Subaru Impreza STI) [20]
74 John Coughlan/Mark Parsons (Ford Escort Mk1) [12]
75 Keith Naughton/Sinead Canny (Subaru Impreza) [20]
76 Mike Walsh/Jane Cogan (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
77 Edward Cogan/Shane McMahon (Peugeot 205 RWD) [12]
78 Dan Kelleher/Aileen Shanahan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
79 Joe Baker/Eric Murray (Honda SIR Vtec) [11F]
80 Pauric Sheridan/Sean Brunton (Ford Escort) [12]
81 Justin Comer/Adrian Comer (Mitsubishi Evo 5) [15]
82 Joe Brady/Finbar Smith (Subaru Impreza) [15]
83 Tommy Flanagan/Patrick Curley (Ford Escort) [12]
84 Declan O'Regan/Joe Dunne (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
85 Hazel O'Callaghan/Gary Cusack (Peugeot 106 GTi) [6]
86 Con Mulcahy/John Nugent (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
87 John Murphy/Grace O'Brien (Subaru Impreza) [20]
88 Martin Kelly/Eoin Ryan (Honda Civic eg6) [11F]
89 Francis Kelly/Sinead O'Donavan (Honda Civic EK4) [2]
90 O Brien Darren/John McCabe (Honda Civic) [11]
91 Noel Kelleher/Cathal Quill (Honda Civic) [11F]
92 Brian Liddy/Conor O'Neill (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
93 John Lynch/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
94 Peter Hollingworth/Adrian Keely (Honda Civic) [11F]
95 Patrick Delaney/Stephen Delaney (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
96 Eoghain McMahon/Cathal Nolan (Toyota Corolla GTi) [11F]
97 Robert Behan/Brendan Behan (BMW Mini cooper S) [11]
98 Robert Ryan/Tomas Ryan (Honda Civic) [11F]
99 Niall Moroney/Elgan Davies (Nissan Micra) [1]
100 Patrick Hough/TBA (Ford Focus RS) [7]
101 Donal McGrath/Liam Griffin (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11R]
102 Matt Behan/ED Walsh (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
103 Denis Dillon/TBA (Nissan Micra) [5]
104 Ronan Keys/TBA (Peugeot 106) [5]
105 Brendan O'Reilly/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
106 Donal O'Sullivan/Linda Curtin (Suzuki Swift GTI) [9]
107 Donohue Kieran/James Comer (Subaru Impreza) [15]
108 Aaron Duffy/Keith McConnon (Ford Fiesta) [9]
109 Tadhg O'Connell/Curtin Frank (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
110 Fergal Keane/Mark O'Looney (Honda Civic) [11F]
111 John Browne/Tony McCarthy (Honda EG6) [11F]
112 Donal O'Brian/Eamon Creedon (Ford Escort) [13]
113 Damien Scanlon/James McDermott (Honda Civic) [2]
114 Alison Levis/Katy Ford (Honda Civic EK4) [2]
115 Trevor Galvin/Vincent Hilliard (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
116 Alan Moroney/Gavin O'Grady (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
117 Eric Honan/TBA (Toyota Corolla GTi) [11F]
118 Kevin Dalton/Adam Coffey (Opel Astra) [13]
119 Tony Langdon/Eddy Quinn (Honda Civic) [6]
120 Cyril O'Sullivan/Christopher Talty (Ford KA) [5]
121 Steven O'Donovan/TBA (Opel Corsa) [10]
122 Aidan Mulcahy/Des Flynn (Honda Civic) [11F]
123 Edward Walsh/Anthony Kavanagh (Subaru WRX) [11R]
124 Ultan McGowan/Gerry McGarry (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
125 Carolan Benny/Sharon Massop (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
126 Stephen Coffey/David Devane (Ford Escort) [10]
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Posted: June 7, 2013 8:08 PM
Clare Motor Club are delighted to announce The Oakwood Arms Hotel, Shannon as the title sponsor of the 2013 Clare Stages Rally ,
Clerk of the Course Dermot Kelleher said
“The Clare Motor Club are delighted to welcome on board the Oakwood Arms Hotel as the main sponsor for the 2013 Clare Stages Rally. The event will bring a vital boost to the local economy of Shannon and this would not be possible without their support”.? It's thirty years since the Clare Club ran a motorsport event in Shannon. After its formation in 1980 the very enthusiastic motor club members organised a single stage in 1984 & 1985 in the Shannon free zone area of the airport.
Frances Kinnane of the Oakwood Arms Hotel said
"We are delighted to welcome The Clare Motor Club to the Shannon Region for the first time in 30 years. By using our Hotel as the Rally HQ for the weekend we can expect a significant increase in the numbers visiting the region and this will give a great boost to the local community. It promises to be an event that will engage with the local people and is definitely a date for the diary. It’s a new venture for the hotel and one we look forward to being associated with."
The Mayor of Shannon Mike Fleming said.
"It’s great to see the event back in Shannon after 30 yrs. There is already great anticipation around the event and for sure the local community will strongly lend its support to the weekend. He agrees that the Oakwood Arms Hotel is a superb venue for this specular new event for the Shannon Region…
The rally takes place on the weekend of September 21st and 22nd and is round 5 of “The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship”
The organising team is offering competitors a friendly very compact event featuring two very competitive stages on good quality tarmac which will be repeated three times. Taking into account the current financial climate the Clare Club have decided to reduce the entry fee to 395 euro for all competitors including Juniors and Historics.
Event regulations and entry forms will be available shortly.