Rallying: ‘Down’ to the wire for Donegal Motor Membership crews

Final Saturday noticed the ultimate spherical of The Mc Grady Insurance coverage NI Rally Championship at The Down Rally.

There was sturdy Donegal curiosity with a variety of each drivers and navigators seeking to end the championship with high outcomes.

The Inishowen Glasha Motorsport Junior Crew of Conor and Katie Wilson received the Junior Championships and the FIA 2WD Championship of their Ford Fiesta.

The massive information of the day was that Kilmacrennan Navigator Paddy Robinson received the NI Navigator Championship by ending 2nd alongside aspect Desi Henry of their Citroen C3 Rally2.

Donegal City postman Paddy McCrudden completed third general, calling the notes for Jason Mitchell within the Greenville Polo. They completed forward of Championship winner Jonny Greer in 4th, who had Kilmacrennan man Niall Burns on the notes. Niall missed out on the championship as he didn’t do even spherical with Jonny.

Muff’s Joseph McGonigle with Kilmacrennan’s Ciaran Geanay completed sixth of their Citroen C3.

Aodhan Gallagher, alongside Damian Toner, was the highest Mk2 Escort to complete in fifteenth. Raphoe’s Dean O’Sullivan was nineteenth in Darren McKelvey’s Fiesta R5.

Paddy Robinson

Mountcharles’ Oisin Joyce was jumped in with Gareth Deasley to set blistering occasions of their fiesta R2 to win class 4. Donegal Crew & Motosport Eire Academy crew Kyle McBride and Liam McIntyre received class 2A ,which was a take a look at for the Ulster Rally subsequent month on the bumpy Northern Tarmac. They have been adopted by one other Donegal Crew of Joseph Kelly and Ronan Comerford taking 2nd in school 2A.

Letterkenny navigator Johnny Baird completed the day alongside aspect Stewart Morrison in fortieth and 4th in school 6. Creeslough man Eoghan Moore saved Jaye Nevin proper over the jumps to complete the day in forty fifth, having began from sixtieth on the street within the yellow Peugeot 205.

Glasha Crew of Aaron Mc Laughlin & Darren Curran had a foul day on the workplace, ending properly down the sector in unfamiliar territory of late. Non finishers for the day have been Burt’s John A. Callaghan, with Justin McCauley and Adam Doherty in his Micra and Kyle McDaid on the notes.

Rallying: ‘Down’ to the wire for Donegal Motor Membership crews was final modified: July twenty sixth, 2023 by Katie Gillen