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LinksCork MC 1000 Shakes Night Navigation - 23/24 Jan '99
Posted: February 25, 1999 8:54 AM - 4852 Hits
Round 5 RIAC National Night Navigation Championship
Round 4 Senator Engineering Munster Night Navigation Championship
by Fergus N Casey
"Bones" O' Conor / Paul Phelan scored their third straight win in the RIAC National Navigation Championship on last weekends Cork MC "1000 Shakes" rally. The win, helped in no small way by the retirement of early leaders Pat Willoughby / Vincent Fagan whose Opel Kadett developed electrical problems, has moved the former Champions into third spot in the Championship standings with just three rounds remaining. The night saw a host of penalties as crews tried to come to terms with some very tricky navigation and "plot & bash".
Posted: February 25, 1999 8:54 AM
Second place, and their best result of the season thus far, went to the defending Champions Damien and Aiden Courtney. The Monaghan brothers were under pressure to deliver a good result in their newly fettled Uno Turbo. A distant third place, on a torrid night, was enough to keep long time series leaders Pakie Duffy / Harry Bleakley at the head of the tables.
Pos Driver Navigator Class Car Mins 1st "Bones" O'Connor Paul Phelan Expert Toyota Corolla 32 2nd Damien Courtney Aiden Courtney Expert Fiat Uno Turbo 46 1st Class 3rd Pakie Duffy Harry Bleakley Expert VW Golf GTi 107 2nd Class 4th John Carroll Vincent Coughlan Expert Ford Escort 2.0 110 3rd Class 5th Ger O'Connell Adrian Deasy Semi Expert Toyota Celica 259 1st Class 6th Brendan Fahy Ger Fahy Semi Expert Citroen AX GTE 272 2nd Class 7th Tadgh O'Sullivan Nigel Coulter Semi Expert Astra 313 3rd Class 8th Tony Mulcahy Andrew Casey Novice Nissan Sunny 362 1st Class 9th P J O'Donovan Eoin Calnan Novice Toyota Corolla 419 2nd Class 10th Norman Giles Hugh Giles Semi Expert Fiat 131 480 11th John Harrington Conor O'Neill Novice Escort 528 3rd Class 12th Joe Willoughby Brian Duggan Novice Citroen BX 547 13th Gerard Grace David Swanton Novice Ford Escort 570 14th Joe Cooke Dermot Whelton Novice Vauxhall Chevette 584 15th Gerard Gowan P J Looney Semi Expert Toyota Starlet 594 16th Pat Moran Andrew Hill Novice Peugeot 205 GTi 598 17th Don Giles Amanda Giles Novice Ford Fiesta 649 18th Keith Lord Pat Roche Novice Ford Escort 733 19th Aiden Ormonde Pat Brennan Novice Opel Kadett 769 Retirements Raymond O'Neill Stephen O'Neill Expert Sunbeam Ti Pete Willoughby Vincent Fagan Expert Opel Kadett John Daly Donie Daly Expert Opel Corsa Kieran O'Callaghan T J Collins Expert Toyota Corolla Alan Shinnors Greg Shinnors Expert Opel Kadett Jason Coulter Diarmuid O'Donovan Expert Peugeot 205 GTi Kevin Lunt Eoin Longworth Semi Expert VW Golf 1.4 Raymond Conlon Damien Connolly Semi Expert Vauxhall Astra Peter Desmond Gerry Desmond Novice Toyota Starlet Danny McEvoy Michael Mullane Novice Lancer 29 Starters - 19 Finishers
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