Limerick Autocross - 7 Nov 99

Posted: November 9, 1999 11:04 PM

In the event the Nenagh man took no chances and he lead the race from start to finish,in his Ford Special.Percys best time around the Kilfinny track was 2.23.65,and he clocked that time on his third of three runs.In second place was Mervyn Shorten from Croom driving a Ford Escort, four seconds adrift of the new champion.Escorts also filled the next three places with Walter Bourke (Galway) ahead of Dick Mc Carthy (Castleisland) and Mick Linehan (Cork).In sixth position was Gordon Percy in the Kawasaki Special,followed by a pair of Escorts driven by Matt Shinnors (Bruff) and Eamon Daly (Limerick).Finishing off the top ten was Ger Brennan (Killarney) in the Chevvy V8 and Joe Shinnors Snr. (Bruff) in another Escort.

Class winners:

Class 1 Joe Shinnors Jnr	Bruff	     Opel Corsa
Class 2 Mervyn Shorten   	Croom        Ford Escort
Class 3 Matt Shinnors       	Bruff        Ford Escort
Class 4 Dick McCarthy    	Castleisland Ford Escort
Class 5 Gordon Percy      	Nenagh       Kawasaki Special
Class 6 Ger Brennan       	Killarney    Chevvy Special.

Best Limerick MC Member
              Austin Shinnors Bruff          Opel Corsa
Best Novice
	      James Lehane    Knocknagree    Honda Civic
Best Lady
	      Breda Pigott    Newemarket     Lancia Delta

The two remaining rounds of the Jerry Murphy Tyres Munster Autocross Championship will take place in Cork on December 26th.and 27th.