Posted: November 24, 2014 4:37 PM - 2547 Hits
Counting Round – 2014 Irish Rallycross Championship
Posted: November 24, 2014 4:37 PM
Dubliner Declan Kelly yesterday clinched his first National Rallycross
Championship by winning the Super Final at Co Kildare MC's final round of
the series at Mondello Park, with his Ford Fiesta leading the Escort of
former champion Tommy Graham across the finish line in the main race of the
day.
This was Kelly's third Super Final win this year, but title rival Thomas
O'Rafferty mounted a strong challenge by winning on the last three outings,
leaving the championship as a duel between them. In the third qualifying
heat, the two Fiestas touched, with O'Rafferty spinning into a bank,
damaging his car too badly to take part in the finals and leaving the Super
Final as an anti-climax.
Earlier, Graham had won the Modified A Final, with Niall Murray beating his
elder brother Eoin to take the Stock Hatch 16 valve race. Noel O'Brien again
took the 8 valve Final, with Jake Dooley well clear of his opposition in the
Junior Final.
Posted: November 23, 2014 8:05 PM
SUPER FINAL:
1 Declan Kelly (Ford Fiesta) 4m 09.62s,
2 Tommy Graham (Ford Escort) 4m 10.56s,
3 Pearse Browne (BMW Compact) 4m 14.49s,
4 Mark Francis (Ford Escort Cosworth) 4m 14.73s,
5 Davy Aiken (Vauxhall Astra) 4m 16.96s,
6 Niall Murray (Peugeot 106) 4m 19.53s.
SUPERCAR A FINAL:
1 Declan Kelly (Ford Fiesta) 3m 32.28s.
MODIFIED A FINAL:
1 Tommy Graham (Ford Escort) 3m 31.61s,
2 Pearse Browne (BMW Compact) 3m 35.18s,
3 Mark Francis (Ford Escort Cosworth) 3m 39.73s,
4 Davy Aiken (Vauxhall Astra) 3m 40.04s,
5 Philip Kelly (Toyota MR2) 3m 47.18s,
6 Lloyd Spendlove (Lotus Exige) 3m 49.64s.
MODIFIED B FINAL:
1 Davy Aiken (Vauxhall Astra) 3m 38.90s,
2 Philip Kelly (Toyota MR2) 3m 45.62s,
3 Chris Grimes (Vauxhall Nova) 3m 48.41s,
4 Darragh Morris (VW Golf) 3m 52.57s.
STOCK HATCH 16 VALVE A FINAL:
1 Niall Murray (Peugeot 106) 3m 38.75s,
2 Eoin Murray (Peugeot 106) 3m 39.63s,
3 Derek Lenehan (Peugeot 106) 3m 41.53s,
4 Declan Nolan (Peugeot 106) 3m 43.12s.
STOCK HATCH 8 VALVE A FINAL:
1 Noel O'Brien (Peugeot 205) 3m 46.21s,
2 Keith Kerrshaawe (Peugeot 205) 3m 47.99s,
3 Peter McGarry (Peugeot 205) 3m 49.65s,
4 Patrick Bateman (Peugeot 205) 3m 50.22s,
5 James O'Shea (Peugeot 205) 3m 53.07s,
6 Adrian Farrell (Peugeot 205) 4m 00.80s.
STOCK HATCH 8 VALVE B FINAL:
1 Adrian Farrell (Peugeot 205) 4m 03.16s,
2 Tom Murphy (Peugeot 205) 4m 03.85s,
3 Emmet Dunne (Peugeot 205) 4m 20.69s.
HONDA CIVIC A FINAL:
1 Paul Doyle 3m 58.43s,
2 Padraig Leeson 4m 02.34s,
3 Colin Dowling 4m 06.43s,
4 Kevin Sheppard 4m 07.44s.
JUNIOR A FINAL:
1 Jake Dooley (Toyota Starlet) 4m 04.40s,
2 James Roe (Nissan Micra) 4m 11.27s,
3 William Kellett (Nissan Micra) 4m 18.73s.
RALLY CAR A FINAL:
1 Patrick Donoghue (Peugeot 205) 3m 39.72s,
2 Padraig Denby (Peugeot 205) 3m 50.70s,
3 William Cecil (Peugeot 205) 3m 54.29s,
4 Peter O'Brien (Peugeot 205) 4m 03.37s.
Posted: November 11, 2014 2:34 PM