Monaghan Stages Rally - 24 Apr 22

MONAGHAN RALLY PREVIEW - ROUND 3 TRITON SHOWERS backed MOTORSPORT IRELAND NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted: April 22, 2022 5:21 PM

It’s a home event for Triton Showers-backed Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship leader Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Hyundai i20 R5) on Sunday’s third round of the series as he seeks his third straight win in the eight-round series. Gleaming forty points from start to finish victories in both Mayo and Birr, Moffett has opened up a nine point advantage over Armagh’s Darren Gass (Citroen C3 R5) with Monaghan’s Stephen Wright (Ford Fiesta R5) a further two points in arrears in third.

Certainly, Moffett, the reigning Triton champion, is currently in a rich vein of form and it will take something special to beat him on his home patch over the loop of three stages around the Scotstown, Newbliss and Stranoodan areas.

An added interest to the event is that Sam Moffett, Josh’s older brother, has decided to compete in a Ford Fiesta WRC. He too, is a former Triton champion and winner of the event. Competitively, neither will hold back but Sam will not be registering for championship points even though he has competed in a previous round in a Class 13 Toyota Starlet, an outing he described as “time for having a bit of fun”

On Sunday, Josh’s championship rivals include Armagh’s Darren Gass, Donegal’s Declan Boyle (VW Polo GTi R5) and Monaghan’s Stephen Wright, who are seeded at three, four and five respectively.
Gass in his Citroen C3 is constantly improving, last time out, he was third overall and was the quickest driver on the “Power Stage” where he annexed an additional championship point. Boyle, who has won the series on three occasions, finished runner-up in Birr on what was his first appearance of the current campaign, on that occasion, he drove his trusty Ford Fiesta WRC, but in Monaghan, is set to campaign a VW Polo GTi R5.

Local driver Wright will be aiming to secure as many points as possible on home ground. Another local hero, Niall Maguire, the first driver to win three national titles, continues his acclimatisation in his right hand drive Ford Fiesta R5. The top ten also features Tyrone’s Seamus Leonard, Meath’s Tim McNulty, Donegal’s Joe McGonigle and Maynooth’s Paul Barrett in a quartet of Ford Fiesta R5’s. Barrett, who looked set to finish fourth in the opening round before his Fiesta R5 lost brakes and crashed into a fence, used the Birr event to regain some of his confidence and is looking forward to a good performance in Monaghan.

Another of the many Triton registered competitors, Tyrone’s Aidan Wray is also in a Fiesta R5 and will be followed by the Mitsubishi EvoVIII of Monaghan’s Michael Carbin, who is currently fourth overall in the series.
Meanwhile, Dubliner Robert Barrable (VW Polo GTi R5), who was second in Mayo and had to skip the last round due to a family commitment, is fourth on a reserve list of some thirty drivers and anxiously awaiting a call-up.

The entry in the two-wheel drive category is ultra-competitive with Cavan’s Gary Kiernan (Escort) leading the way followed by the equally competitive Armagh ace Jason Black (Toyota Starlet). Monaghan’s Gary McPhillips (Escort) is another contender along with Donegal’s Stuart Darcy in his Millington engine Proton, Donegal’s Kevin Gallagher (Darrian T90) along with Cavan’s Jonny Pringle, Donegal’s Damien Tourish and Monaghan’s Richard Moffett, all in in Ford Escorts.

Interspersed amongst the two-wheel drive exponents are the Ford Fiesta R5 of Tyrone ace Gareth Sayers and fellow countyman Declan McRory (Fiesta WRC) as Armagh duo Damian Toner (Ford Escort), Martin Toner (BMW 1 Series) and Monaghan’s Dessie Keenan (Ford Escort) are also amongst the capacity entry.

The Mk. 2 Escort contingent also includes Derry’s Conor Curley, local aces Johnno Doogan and David Moffett, Limerick’s Chris O’Callaghan and Tyrone’s Frank Kelly. The leading Group N driver is Monaghan’s Shane Maguire (Mitsubishi EvoIX), who makes his first appearance of the season.

Seeded Entry List

Posted: April 18, 2022 4:38 PM

1 Josh Moffett/Jason McKenna (Hyundai i20 R5) [5]
2 Sam Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Ford Fiesta WRC) [7]
3 Darren Gass/Noel O'Sullivan (Citroen C3 Rally2) [5]
4 Declan Boyle/James O'Reilly (VW Polo GTI R5) [7]
5 Stephen Wright/Dee Connolly (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
6 Niall Maguire/Conor Foley (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
7 Seamus Leonard/John McCaffrey (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
8 Tim McNulty/Paul Kiely (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
9 Joseph McGonigle/Ciaran Geaney (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
10 Paul Barrett/Kevin Reilly (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
11 Aidan Wray/Niall Burns (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
12 Michael Carbin/Dean O'Sullivan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [20]
14 Gary Kiernan/Daren O'Brien (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
15 Jason Black/Karl Egan (Toyota Starlet RWD) [13]
16 Gary McPhillips/Liam Brennan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
17 Stuart Darcy/Liam McIntyre (Proton MEM S2500 Millington) [20]
18 Kevin Gallagher/Ryan Moore (Darrian T90 GTR) [14]
19 Jonathan Pringle/Paul Sheridan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
20 Damien Tourish/Domhnall McAlaney (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
21 Richard Moffett/Darragh Kelly (Toyota Starlet RWD) [14]
22 Gareth Sayers/Gareth Gilchrist (Ford Escort Mk2) [5]
23 Declan McCrory/Stephen O'Hanlon (Ford Fiesta WRC) [7]
24 Damian Toner/Denver Rafferty (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
25 Martin Toner/Kyle Diffin (BMW 1 Series) [14]
26 Dessie Keenan/Enda Sherry (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
27 Conor Curley/Nigel Frazer (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
28 Johno Doogan/Ciaran Marron (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
29 David Moffett/Martin Connolly (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
30 Chris O'Callaghan/Kaine Treanor (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
31 Frank Kelly/Lauren Kelly (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
32 JF Shovelin/Emmet Brosnan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
33 Shane Maguire/Paul Maguire (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
34 Gareth Mimnagh/J Barry McCarney (Ford Escort Mk2) [5]
35 Tomas O'Rourke/Tomas Scallan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
36 Peter Wilson/John McCarthy (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
37 Johnny Jordan/Paddy McCrudden (Toyota Starlet) [13]
38 John Warren/Ruthann O'Connor (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [13]
39 Arthur Kierans/Shane Farrell (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
40 Stephen Faughnan/Amy Faughnan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
41 Raymond Conlon/Damien Fleming (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [13]
42 Brian Brogan/Mícheál Ó Donnell (Skoda Fabia) [20]
43 Padraig Egan/Tomas Ryan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
44 Patrick McHugh/Pauric O'Donnell (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
45 Gary Cassidy/Killian McArdle (Honda Civic) [13]
46 Brian Moore/Lorcan Moore (Honda Civic) [11F]
47 Gerard McQuaid/Gary Quinlan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
48 Tommy O'Connell/Emmet Sherry (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
49 Colin O'Rourke/Shane Gilhooly (VW Polo GTI R5) [20]
50 Derek Mackarel/Conor Boylan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
51 Stephen Reynolds/Declan Boyle (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7) [20]
52 Brian Armstrong/Aodhan Gallagher (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
53 Mickey Conlon/Paul McPhillips (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
54 Vincent Collins/Jane Collins (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
55 Ryan McArdle/Ronan Comerford (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
56 Justin Smyth/Gregory McQuillan (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
57 Mervyn Deane/Trevor Burke (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
58 Seamus Connolly/Gary McCrudden (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [11R]
59 Barry McLaughlin/Conal McNulty (Ford Escort Mk1) [14]
60 Bryan Jardine/Declan McKenna (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
61 Alan Nesbitt/Elaine NI She (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
62 Shane McGirr/Niall Connolly (Toyota Starlet RWD) [13]
63 John Gordon/Thomas Wedlock (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
64 Corey Eves/Pascal McCarney (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
65 Michael Cahill/Darragh Smith (Ford Escort) [11R]
66 Martin McPhillips/Ciaran Tynan (Toyota Corolla Twin Cam) [11R]
67 Anthony Hand/David McCrudden (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
68 Daniel Conaghan/Terence Magee (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
69 Jason Roche/Mickel Laverty (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
70 Barry McKenna/Martin McGarrity (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
71 Colin Currid/Paul Gallagher (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
72 Anthony McCann/Damian McCann (Ford Escort) [12]
73 Matthew McGaffin/Mo Downey (Ford Escort) [13]
74 Simon Chapman/Peter Foy (Proton MEM S2500 Millington) [20]
75 Gary Cairns/Mark Preston (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
76 Martin Tynan/Declan Tynan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo) [15]
77 Sean Sharkey/Martin Byrne (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
78 David Donegan/Alan Keena (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
79 Dara Leonard/Vinnie Boyd (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [2]
80 Shane Quinn/Patrick Brides (Ford Fiesta) [2]
81 Jody McManus/Des Sherlock (Ford Fiesta) [2]
82 Sam Johnston/Enda Gerety (Honda Civic) [11F]
83 Mickey Brennan/Mark Sheridan (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
84 Cathal Sheridan/Ryan Farrell (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
85 Keelan Grogan/Ayrton Sherlock (Peugeot 208 R2) [2]
86 Conor Wilson/Sean Marsh (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
87 David Armstrong/Ashley Trimble (Ford Escort Mk2) [18]
88 Brendan McAree/Peter Farrell (Porsche 911) [19]
89 Kieran O'Kane/Barry McGleenon (Opel Ascona) [14]
90 Gareth Irwin/Justin McCauley (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
91 Philip Greenlee/Oisín Sherlock (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
92 Paddy McDaid/Timmy Lunn (Ford Escort) [14]
93 Paddy O'Reilly/David Fitzsimons (Ford Escort G5) [14]
94 Brian Comiskey/Declan Campbell (Subaru Impreza) [15]
95 Gerry McIntyre/Paul Clarke (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4) [20]
96 Terry Donnelly/Gareth Donnelly (Skoda Fabia S2000) [20]
97 Gerard Browne/Keith Bovaird (Ford Escort) [14]
98 Gerard McGivney/Donal Crossan (Ford Escort) [13]
99 Aaron McIntyre/Ciaran McPhillips (Toyota Starlet) [13]
100 Andrew Gillespie/Declan Casey (Ford Escort) [13]
101 David Healy/Stephen McGing (Honda Civic EG6) [11F]
102 Seán Brogan/James McGlinchey (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
103 Karl Fallis/Tony McGovern (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
104 Patrick Bradley/Conal Doherty (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
105 Josh Harris/Ciaran Sweeney (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
106 Johnny Armstrong/Rachael McCullough (Citroen C2) [11F]
107 Gavin Russell/Daniel Callaghan (Honda Civic VTi) [11F]
108 Dara Bonner/Jason McCahill (Honda Civic) [11F]
109 Daragh Smith/Ray Flynn (Honda Civic) [11F]
110 Sean McConnell/Anthony McDonald (Citroen C2 R2) [11F]
111 Pakie Duffy/Colin Duffy (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
112 Liam McMullan/Christy McLaughlin (Honda Civic) [11F]
113 Mike Dolan/Ann Hutchinson (Honda Civic) [11F]
114 Jack Brunton/Sean Brunton (Honda Civic) [16]
115 Jack McKenna/Ben Taggart (Honda Civic EG6) [16]
116 Ben McIntyre/Aaron McElroy (Honda Civic EK4) [16]
117 Darragh Kelly/Jack Kelly (Honda Civic) [16]
118 Mark Fox/Bradley Maguire (Honda Civic) [16]
119 Brian Lavelle/Piaras O'Ceallachain (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
120 Darragh Cairns/John McElhinney (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
121 Ronan Quinn/Kevin Heffernan (Ford Escort) [13]
122 Clive McGonigle/Steven Tinney (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
123 Shane Murray/Gary Hade (Ford Escort) [13]
124 Damian O'Reilly/Daire Maguire (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
125 Nigel Brennan/James Sherry (Honda Civic) [11F]
126 Ryan Brennan/Marty Hughes (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [11R]
127 Gary McKenna/Calum Maguire (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11R]
128 Brian Rudden/Eamonn Rudden (Vauxhall Chevette) [10]
129 Francis Kelly/Damian Doherty (Honda Civic) [3]
130 Gavin Mcgivney/Patrick McGivern (Toyota Corolla) [11F]
131 Timothy Duggan/Barry McBride (Seat Ibiza) [3]
132 Philip Wasson/Ross Wasson (Honda Civic) [11F]
133 Brendan Behan/Michael Bermingham (Honda Civic EK4) [1]
134 Stephen Gallagher/Niall Gibson (Honda Civic) [1]
135 Kevin Flanagan/Mark Reilly (Austin Mini Cooper S) [9]
136 Neil Somerville/Conor McGurren (Vauxhall Chevette) [9]
137 Padraig Doogan/Anthony Smith (Ford Escort) [9]
138 Ryan Treanor/Robert Graham (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
139 John O'Neil/Martin Gallogley (Ford Escort) [18]
140 Jason McConnon/James McEneaney (Peugeot 208 R2) [2]
141 Rory Carroll/John Conway (Ford Escort) [12]
142 Tomas Crummy/Damian Murphy (Ford Escort) [12]
143 Neil Martin Brogan/Darragh O'Donnell (Honda Civic) [11F]
144 Declan Farren/Doireann Tiernan (Honda Civic) [11F]
145 Craig Rahill/Conor Smith (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
146 Daniel Dunne/David Dunne (Toyota Starlet RWD) [11R]
147 Michael Forde/James Flanagan (Talbot Sunbeam) [11R]
148 Jordan Greene McGee/Tony Curran (Toyota Corolla Twin Cam) [11R]
149 Gerard Greene/Jamsie Ward (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
150 Sean Heraghty/Gary Lockhart (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
151 Malcolm Pedlow/John Henderson (BMW 2002) [18]

Reserve List
152 Darren McKelvey/Ryan McCloskey (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
153 Davy Hunt/Gillian Gilmartin (Citroen C2 R2) [11F]
154 Peter Curran/Thomas Nugent (Ford Escort) [18]
155 Robert Barrable/Paddy Robinson (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
156 Matthew Boyle/Gary Byrne (Ford Fiesta) [2]
157 Conor Watters/Shane O'Donnell (Ford Escort) [14]
158 Aaron McLaughlin/Emmett Kelly (Ford Fiesta WRC) [7]
159 Daniel Breslin/Patrick Boyle (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
160 Ferlin Taylor/Sean Maloney (Peugeot 205 RWD) [13]
161 Brendan Cumiskey/Daragh Mullen (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
162 Dylan Eves/Damien Sheridan (Honda Civic) [16]
163 Jack Maguire/Keith McConnon (Honda Civic) [11F]
164 Niall Devine/TBA (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) []
165 Michael Boyle/Dermot McCafferty (Ford Fiesta) [2]
166 Dermot Cannon/Bobby Trimble (Ford Escort) [14]
167 Lee McLaughlin/Aaron McCarron (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
168 Stephen McCann/John McCabe (Ford Fiesta) [5]
169 Garry Jennings/Rory Kennedy (Ford Fiesta) [5]
170 Eugene Meegan/TBA (BMW CSL) [14]
171 Lee Hastings/Cole Hastings (Subaru Impreza) [20]
172 Shay Laheen/Kerrill Dempsey (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
173 Pádraig Coll/Aidan Sweeney (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
174 Brian Brady/Gary McNamee (Honda Civic) [13]
175 Des Lyons/Ashling McArdle (Honda EG6) [11F]
176 Anthony Masterson/Tommy Clinton (Ford Escort) [11R]
177 Mark Murphy/Michael Hamilton (Toyota Starlet) [11R]
178 Frank Wray/Joe McNulty (Subaru Impreza) [7]
179 Frank Rafferty/Oisin Joyce (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
180 Quentin Park/TBA (Ford Escort) [12]

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