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Triton Showers South East Stages Rally Championship 98/99
Posted: November 1, 1998 7:32 AM - 10509 Hits

by Joseph O'Brien
Seven round championship: Three forestry and four tarmac rallies Promoted by:

The Birr & District Motor Club

Carlow Motor Club

Carrick-on-suir Motor Club

Tipperary Motor Club and

Wexford Motor Club

Topics: South East Stages C'ship

1998/99 Senator Engineering Munster Night Navigation Championship
Posted: October 30, 1998 8:01 AM - 7429 Hits

Registration fee: £1 per driver/navigator per event. Registrar:

Topics: Munster Night Nav C'hip

Limerick MC Thomand Forest Rally - 18 Oct '98
Posted: October 20, 1998 10:30 AM - 4045 Hits

Round 2, RIAC Forestry Championship

Topics: Limerick Forest Rally

Ballina MC Navigation Rally. 17/18th Oct 1998
Posted: October 20, 1998 8:29 AM - 3449 Hits

Round 2 RIAC National Night Navigation Championship, 17/18 October '98
Round 1 Lakeside Hotel & Marina West Coast Navigation Championship
by Fergus Casey

Topics: Ballina Night Nav

Monaghan Drumlin Night Navigation - 7/8 Oct '98
Posted: October 11, 1998 8:09 AM - 5176 Hits

Round 1 RIAC National Night Navigation Championship, 7/8 November '98
by Fergus Casey

As tradition dictates the season opened with the Co Monaghan MC Drumlin. Victory once again went to Andy Mackarel / Liam Higgins (Ascona) on 58 minutes just 8 minutes ahead of Fintan McGorman / Sandy Mills. The Nova crew were left to rue not skipping TP 4 3 when lateness and a wrong approach cost them 29 minutes!! Third spot went to Pakie Duffy / Harry Bleakley (Golf GTi) on 69 minutes.

Topics: Monaghan Drumlin Night Nav

Cork 20 International Rally - 2-4 Oct '98
Posted: October 6, 1998 4:15 PM - 10097 Hits

Round 6 1998 Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship
Round 4 1998 Yokohama Tyres Southern 4 Rally Championship

Ian Greer and Dean Beckett were the surprise but well deserved winners of the final round of the Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship. They totally dominated the event from the word go in their Treadwell sponsored Celica and after the demise of Andrew Nesbitt and Eamonn Boland on Sunday morning, they were able to keep it steady to the finish. Bertie Fisher and Rory Kennedy in the ToughMAC/Subaru Ireland Impreza had an uneventful weekend to finish second, with the local crew of Liam O'Callaghan and Hugh McPhilips a brilliant third in the Dunlop Shod F2 Escort Maxi.

Topics: Cork '20 Rally

Manx Trophy Rally - 10-12 Sept '98
Posted: September 15, 1998 4:06 PM - 7596 Hits

Round 5 1998 Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship

Uel Williamson with Gleen Wilson on the notes brought his Opel engined Mark I Escort to first overall on a hard fought MANX Trophy Rally. The Swedish ladies crew of Pernilla Walfridsson/Ulrika Mattsson in a Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV finished a close second, and local hero and last years winner Shaun Fox third in a Nova.

Topics: Rally Isle of Man

Cork Forest Rally - 13 Sept '98
Posted: September 15, 1998 11:14 AM - 5514 Hits

Round 1 RIAC Forestry Championship

Two dominant times on the long Killavullen stage were enough to help Kenny McKinstry to a 48 second victory in his Tom Geraghty Tyres backed Subaru Impreza. Dermot Kelly who was fastest on seven of the events ten stages was unable to match McKinstry's pace on the ten mile stage where he lost 56 seconds due to an overheating engine and could not repeat last years win on the Duhallow Park Hotel based event in Kanturk.

Topics: Cork Forestry Rally

Shell Donegal International Rally - 19-21 Jun '98
Posted: June 25, 1998 3:54 PM - 4267 Hits

Round 4 1998 Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship

Topics: Donegal International

1998 Shell Donegal International Rally - 19-21 Jun '98
Posted: June 22, 1998 7:30 PM - 8964 Hits

Results and Report

Topics: Donegal International

Gleneagle Hotel/Ordnance Survey Rally of the Lakes - 2-3 May '98
Posted: May 6, 1998 3:49 PM - 12679 Hits

Round 3 1998 Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship
Round 2 1998 Yokohama Tyres Southern 4 Rally Championship

After one of the most exciting and drama filled rally of the Lakes, James Lecky with George Miller joined the list of Irish Tarmac Rally winners. It was Austin McHale who set the pace, but a 3 min penalty dropped the McHale to second. After an eventful first visit to Killarney, Andrew Nesbitt/James O’Brien came home third. Gp N went to Park Kirk, and F2 to Liam O’Callaghan.

Topics: Rally of the Lakes (Killarney)

AA Circuit of Ireland Rally - 10-13 Apr '98
Posted: April 15, 1998 7:10 AM - 9718 Hits

Round 2 1998 Toshiba Equium Tarmac Championship

Bertie Fisher has decided not to appeal the decision of rally officials to lift a penalty on Austin McHale which effectively gave McHale victory in the AA Circuit of Ireland on Monday.