Ford Ka Championship - TWO FROM TWO - KEYES TAKES SECOND VICTORY
Posted: May 13, 2002 4:43 PM - 17186 Hits

Carlow Stages Rally - Round 2 2002 Ford Ka Championship
by Tom Collins

Gerry Keyes from Crecora, Co. Limerick took a narrow victory on the second round of the 2002 Ford Ireland KA Rally Championship, the Carlow Stages Rally based in Carlow town.

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2002 International Rally of the Lakes 4-5 May 02
Posted: May 13, 2002 10:41 AM - 32921 Hits

Ordnance Survey Ireland/Gleneagle Hotel 2002 International Rally of the Lakes 4-5 May 02

Round 2 - Toshiba Computers Tarmac Championship
Round 2 - 023 Tiles Southern 4 Championship

Full Results and Stage Times

On a weekend when the wheel of fortune appeared to rotate in alternate directions, Andrew Nesbitt and James O'Brien, in their Cuisine de France/Subaru Ireland Impreza WRC, took their first victory on the International Rally of the Lakes.

Derek McGarrity and Chris Patterson initially headed the field, but Nesbitt and O'Brien then upped the ante, and took over the lead on stage three. They then led the rally for much of the Saturday stages, before losing two minutes with a driveshaft problem. This left them in fourth place overall, more than a minute behind the overnight leaders, McGarrity and Patterson. Nesbitt and O'Brien fought back to second on Sunday morning, and regained the lead when McGarrity and Patterson broke a wheel on stage 13. Eamonn Boland and Damien Morrissey finished the rally in second place, 1 minute, 23 seconds behind the winners.

Topics: Rally of the Lakes (Killarney) 

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Skibbereen MC Autocross - 12 May 02
Posted: May 13, 2002 10:18 AM - 17068 Hits

by Don Giles
Round 4 - 2002 Maxsport Tyres Munster Autocross Championship

Results for Round 4 of the MAXSPORT competition tyres munster autocross championship held by Skibbereen & District Car Club in Cambells pit at Grancore, Clonakilty.

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Kerry MC Autotest - 12 May 02
Posted: May 13, 2002 10:13 AM - 6468 Hits

by Mike Mulcahy
Round 3 - 2002 Clarke Brothers Munster Autotest Championship
Round 3 - 2002 Kingdom Fast Fit Autotest Championship

Results

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Killarney & District Motorclub Autotest - (Sat) 11 May 02
Posted: May 13, 2002 10:12 AM - 6320 Hits

by Mike Mulcahy
Round 2 - 2002 Clarke Brothers Munster Autotest Championship
Round 2 - 2002 Kingdom Fast Fit Autotest Championship

Results

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Byrnes wins on the double
Posted: May 12, 2002 11:43 AM - 4385 Hits

2001 Dunlop National Hillclimb champion, Frank Byrnes, re-wrote the history books of Galway Motor Club by becoming the first Clubman driver to win his home event at the recent Ballyvaughan Hillclimb. The Oranmore native dominated each of the two Rounds of the Dunlop Series, putting him in a commanding position to defend his National title.

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2002 Monaghan Stages Rally
Posted: May 7, 2002 6:41 PM - 10337 Hits

Round 3 - 2002 Dunlop National Rally Championship
Round 2 - 2002 Four Seasons Hotel Border Rally Championship
Results

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DOHERTY TAKES SOLID FOURTH AROUND THE LAKES!
Posted: May 7, 2002 5:47 PM - 10267 Hits

Donegal brothers, Daniel and Michael Doherty (Carndonagh), made the long journey to Killarney last weekend extremely worthwhile when they finished a solid fourth in the second round of the Toshiba Computers Tarmac Rally Championship in the Keylite Roof Windows Subaru Impreza WRC.

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McHALE TAKES SIXTH IN COMPETITIVE KILLARNEY
Posted: May 7, 2002 5:45 PM - 9718 Hits

Rathcoole's Austin McHale finished in sixth place in last weekend's Ordnance Survey Ireland/Gleneagle Hotel International Rally of the Lakes, the Rathcoole driver continuing to acclimatise to the left-hand drive Toyota Ireland Corolla WRC.

With Brian Murphy (Newbridge) navigating, the Toyota Finance-supported Corolla had been given a clean bill of health and changed back to tarmac settings following the gravel-surfaced Pirelli British Rally Championship round the weekend previously.

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GERRY TURNS THE KEY TO OPENING ROUND VICTORY.
Posted: May 7, 2002 5:32 PM - 9371 Hits

Monaghan Stages Rally - Round 1 - 2002 Ford Ka Championship

Gerry Keyes from Crecora, Co. Limerick secured an opening round victory, on the shortened (due to tragic circumstances) first round of the 2002 Ford Ireland KA Rally Championship, at the Monaghan Stages Rally, Sunday last the 21st of April.

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McHugh's Rally Crew's successful move into the big league
Posted: May 7, 2002 5:20 PM - 4545 Hits

Moving up from a Peugeot 205 GTi to a Subaru Impreza is a big step for any rally driver to take. Undaunted by the prospect, Sean McHugh has taken to the four-wheel-drive category extremely well and continues to make steady progress.

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McHALE JNR TAKES ROOKIE AWARD ON FIRST BRITISH RALLY EVENT!
Posted: April 29, 2002 5:40 PM - 11162 Hits

McHALE JNR TAKES ROOKIE AWARD ON FIRST BRITISH RALLY EVENT!

Gareth McHale, youngest son of multi-Tarmac Champion, Austin, had his first outing on a gravel rally in the Total Peugeot 206 Cup, the Rathcoole youngster finishing Saturday's event with an excellent eighth place overall and earning himself the Rookie award.

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2002 Pirelli International Rally - 26-28 Apr 02
Posted: April 29, 2002 3:39 PM - 16201 Hits

Round 1 - 2002 Pirelli British Rally Championship

Mark Higgins with Michael Gibson on the notes, won in a Focus, with Tapio Laukkanen winning GpN in a new prodrive Subaru.
Austin McHale/Bryan Murphy in the WRC Corolla, and Robert Woodside/Dean Beckett (Subaru Impreza WRC) both crash out.

Rory Galligan and Gordon Noble on their first works drive for Peugoet finish 3rd Super 1600, but Stuart Darcy didn't make the end of the 3rd stage.
Garry Jennings & Paul Nagle dominate the 206 Cup, winning both rallies.
Ian Chadwich finished second in the VW Polo Championship

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2002 Donegal Single Stage Rally - 28 Apr 02
Posted: April 29, 2002 1:26 PM - 15453 Hits

Paul Gallagher & Karl Reid win home event.

Results

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Ballyvaughan Hillclimbs - 27-28 Apr 02
Posted: April 26, 2002 7:22 AM - 14880 Hits

Thanks to Eugene Jordan

The GMC Ballyvaughan Hillclimbs take place this weekend Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of April. Clerk of the Course Dennis Murphy expects to have about 90 entries including a team of drivers from the UK complete with their valuable and rare historic racing cars. The infamous Corkscrew Hill has had to be abandoned this year because the NRA has placed cats eyes down the middle of it ! It has been replaced by Ballyryan hill.

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2002 Toshiba Computers Irish Tarmac Rally Championship Positions
Posted: April 19, 2002 7:44 PM - 36357 Hits

by Don Wilmont, Championship Register

Overall and class results after Round 1, Circuit of Ireland

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BADMC Clubman Rally @ Bishopscourt Race Circuit - 4 May 02
Posted: April 16, 2002 4:01 PM - 15071 Hits

Thanks to Kieran O'Neill

Entries are still available for the P.H.P Architects Stages on Saturday the 4th of May at Bishopscourt race circuit. Classes for 2WD clubman cars and all GpN (Inc 4WD GpN).

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Dick Bailey - RIP
Posted: April 15, 2002 4:49 PM - 16517 Hits

by Will Downing
Irish motorsport was hit by more tragedy on Sunday following the death of Dick Bailey during the Wexford Hillclimb weekend in Inistioge.

Dick, who was married and in his forties, died in a crash during Sunday's compeition.
A native of New Ross, he had finished sixth in the previous day's event.
Sunday's competition was immediately cancelled as a mark of respect.

Wexford Motor Club wishes to extend its sympathy to Dick's family.
May he rest in peace.

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Dick Bailey - An appreciation by John Dier

In the twenty years that I have been involved in Motorsport and in Wexford motor club in particular, there are people that have come and gone. There are also those that have come and stayed and there are those that were there and and have no intention of ever leaving. Dick was one of these. Dick was there or there abouts when I took part in the 1982 Wexford rally as a raw 19 year old. He was competing in those days ably assisted by his long time sidekick, Liam Cuddihy. It is ironic that Liam was the clerk of the course on Sunday. A lot of people will remember the two of them in the LCD sponsored Metro 6R4 in its green colours.

Contd.....

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Stuart Darcy to compete in BRC / 2002 Billy Coleman Award Launched
Posted: April 15, 2002 4:38 PM - 16893 Hits

COLEMAN AWARD WINNER TO CONTEST BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

Stuart Darcy to compete in UK in Factory supported Ford Puma Super 1600

2002 Billy Coleman Award Launched - €30,000 for Winner

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Killybegs Stuart Darcy, winner of Motorsport Ireland's prestigious Billy Coleman Award in 2001 has confirmed that he will contest this year's British Rally Championship and will do so in a factory supported Ford Puma Super 1600.
Darcy will be hoping to emulate the achievements of the previous Billy Coleman Award winner Rory Galligan who not alone competed in the UK during 2001 but who won the highly prized Peugeot Super 106 Cup in what was his first season outside Ireland.

Darcy was in Dublin to mark the launch of the 2002 Billy Coleman Award which is worth €30,000 to the winner.

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Erne Safari Rally (Enniskillen Motor Club) - 15 Apr 02
Posted: April 15, 2002 4:21 PM - 13098 Hits

Round 4, ANICC Navigation Rally Championship

Results

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