Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup- 14/15 March
The Donegal-Derry pairing of Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan brought their Ford Focus WRC to its third major victory in five weeks by taking top place by 69 seconds in the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally, increasing their lead in the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship. (Photograph is courtesy of Ger Leahy). Their closest challengers were Sam Moffett and Karl Atkinson in the Combilift Fiesta, with Stephen Wright and Mikie Galvin third in another Fiesta.
Veteran Ray Moore showed all his younger challengers the way home in the Formula Vee Final at the opening Mondello Park race meeting of the season. The Dubliner seized the lead at the start and opened out a seven second lead over a frantic, four way battle for runner up position.
Dan Polley just took the place ahead of David O’Brien, with the four cars covered by just over half a second at the chequered flag. There were double wins for John Farrelly in the Touring Car races, and teenager Jack Byrne in the new Fiesta Junior class, while Barry Rabbitt came out the victor in the closely fought Fiesta Final.
MOTORSPORT IRELAND
Results for 14/15 March 2015
CORK M C QUALITY HOTELS WEST CORK RALLY AT CLONAKILTY (ROUND 2 OF CLONAKILTY
BLACKPUDDING IRISH TARMAC CHAMPIONSHIP):
1 Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC) 110m 12s,
2 Sam Moffett/Karl Atkinson (Ford Fiesta WRC) 111m 21s,
3 Stephen Wright/Mikie Galvin (Ford Fiesta R5) 114m 58s,
4 Jonathan Greer/Kirsty Riddick (Citroen DS3 R5) 117m 15s,
5 Daragh O’Riordan/Tony McDaid (Ford Fiesta WRC) 117m 21s,
6 Declan Gallagher/Ryan Moore (Toyota Starlet) 117m 35s,
7 Gary Kiernan/James Fulton (Ford Escort) 119m 18s,
8 Brian Brogan/Mac Walsh (Ford Escort) 120m 06s,
9 Wesley Patterson/Johnny Baird (Ford Escort) 120m 09s,
10 Vincent McSweeney/Michael Kearney (Honda Civic) 120m 26s.
HISTORIC RALLY:
1 Denis Moynihan/Gerard Conway (Ford Escort) 86m 20s,
2 Ernie Graham/Will Graham (Ford Escort) 88m 10s,
3 Gareth Lloyd/Den Golding (Ford Escort) 88m 11s.
JUNIOR RALLY:
1 Rob Duggan/Keith Moriarty (Ford Fiesta) 52m 39s,
2 James Bradley/Maria Kehoe (Honda Civic) 53m 43s,
3 John O’Sullivan/J J Cremin (Honda Civic) 56m 20s.
MONDELLO PARK SPORTS CLUB RACE MEETING AT MONDELLO PARK:
FORMULA VEE FINAL (15 laps):
1 Ray Moore (Leastone) 15m 29.53s, 66.78 mph,
2 Dan Polley (Sheane) 15m 36.97s,
3 David O’Brien (Sheane) 15m 37.17s,
4 David Kelly (Sheane) 15m 37.46s,
5 Kevin Grogan (Leastone) 15m 37.53s,
6 Colm Blackburn (Leastone) 15m 42.43s.
Fastest lap: Grogan 1m 01.385s, 67.42 mph.
FORMULA VEE QUALIFYING RACE (14 laps):
1 Des Foley (Leastone) 15m 07.94s, 63.81 mph,
2 Gavin Buckley (Sheane) 15m 20.62s,
3 Anthony Cross (Sheane) 15m 23.10s,
4 Shane McBride (Sheane) 15m 26.54s,
5 Ger Byrne (Sheane) 15m 26.79s,
6 Michael Quinlan (Sheane) 15m 32.43s.
Fastest lap: Foley 1m 03.074s, 65.61 mph.
MICKSGARAGE.COM IRISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER TOURING CLASS RACE 1
(12 laps):
1 John Farrelly (Seat Leon Supercopa) 13m 28.05s, 61.46 mph,
2 Brian Berry (Seat Leon Supercopa) 13m 31.65s,
3 Kevin Doran (Honda Civic) 13m 34.98s,
4 Kealan O’Connor (Honda Integra) 13m 35.51s,
5 Eoghan Fogarty (BMW M3) 13m 39.76s,
6 Garreth Hayden (Honda Integra) 13m 44.70s.
Fastest lap: Farrelly 59.948s, 69.03 mph.
TOURING CLASS (12 laps):
1 Grzegorz Kalinecki (Seat Leon) 14m 16.49s, 57.98 mph,
2 Robert Doherty (Honda Civic) 14m 20.25s,
3 Stephen Dunne (Toyota Corolla) 14m 22.89s.
Fastest lap: Kalinecki 1m 04.515s, 64.15 mph.
MICKSGARAGE.COM IRISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER TOURING CLASS RACE 2
(15 laps):
1 John Farrelly (Seat Leon Supercopa) 15m 24.61s, 67.14 mph,
2 Kevin Doran (Honda Civic) 15m 36.39s,
3 Garreth Hayden (Honda Integra) 15m 43.79s,
4 Owain Drought (Honda Integra) 15m 44.83s,
5 Robert Savage (Honda Integra) 15m 45.49s,
6 Kealan O’Connor (Honda Integra) 15m 48.26s.
Fastest lap: Farrelly 59.546s, 69.50 mph.
TOURING CLASS (14 laps):
1 Robert Doherty (Honda Civic) 15m 23.59s, 62.73 mph,
2 Grzegorz Kalinecki (Seat Leon) 15m 23.65s,
3 Gareth Jennings (Honda Integra) 15m 29.73s.
Fastest lap: Kalinecki 1m 03.612s, 65.06 mph.
BLACKCHURCH MOTORS FIESTA RACE (13 laps):
1 Barry Rabbitt 15m 37.78s, 57.37 mph,
2 John Denning 15m 38.21s,
3 Stephen Kirwan 15m 38.49s,
4 Philip Lawless 15m 41.74s,
5 Ulick Burke 15m 41.97s,
6 Shane Roe 15m 45.18s.
Fastest lap: Kirwan 1m 10.991s, 58.29 mph (Class record).
MONDELLO PARK GT SERIES RACE 1 (15 laps):
1 Pat McBennett (Lotus Elise) 14m 46.48s, 70.02 mph,
2 Connaire Finn (Ginetta G50) 15m 15.98s,
3 Hugh McEvoy (Lotus Elise) 15m 25.40s.
Fastest lap: Finn 57.737s, 71.68 mph.
ASK SUPERCAR RACE 1:
1 Sean Doyle 15m 30.48s, 66.71 mph,
2 Bob Cameron 15m 39.92s,
3 Peter Barrable 15m 47.82s,
4 Philip Jones 15m 59.85s,
5 John Cardoo 16m 31.69s,
6 Jamie Chadwick 14 laps.
Fastest lap: Doyle 1m 01.232s, 67.58 mph.
MONDELLO PARK GT SERIES RACE 2 (15 laps):
1 Connaire Finn (Ginetta G50) 14m 53.52s, 69.47 mph,
2 Pat McBennett (Lotus Elise) 14m 53.67s,
3 Hugh McEvoy (Lotus Elise) 15m 31.35s.
Fastest lap: Finn 57.737s, 71.68 mph.
ASK SUPERCAR RACE 2:
1 Sean Doyle 15m 35.49s, 66.36 mph,
2 Peter Barrable 15m 39.29s,
3 Bob Cameron 16m 01.46s,
4 Philip Jones 16m 08.02s,
5 John Cardoo 14 laps,
6 Vincent O’Reilly 14 laps.
Fastest lap: Barrable 1m 01.255s, 67.56 mph.
GINETTA JUNIOR IRELAND RACE 1 (14 laps):
1 James Roe 15m 41.87s, 61.51 mph,
2 William Harron 15m 42.67s,
3 Jordan Dempsey 15m 52.05s,
4 Samuel Harron 15m 52.81s,
5 Darragh Denning 15m 58.58s,
6 Loris Nikolov 16m 01.21s.
Fastest lap: Dempsey 1m 05.995s, 62.71 mph (Class record).
FIESTA ZETEC JUNIOR RACE 1 (13 laps):
1 Jack Byrne 16m 26.72s, 54.52 mph,
2 Adam Geraghty 16m 42.47s.
Fastest lap: Byrne 1m 14.902s, 55.25 mph.
GINETTA JUNIOR IRELAND RACE 2 (14 laps):
1 Jordan Dempsey 15m 48.83s, 61.06 mph,
2 James Roe 15m 53.32s,
3 William Harron 15m 54.36s,
4 Samuel Harron 15m 55.98s,
5 Darragh Denning 16m 08.97s,
6 Charlie Linnane 16m 16.82s.
Fastest lap: Dempsey 1m 06.539s, 62.19 mph.
FIESTA ZETEC JUNIOR RACE 2 (13 laps):
1 Jack Byrne 16m 36.78s, 53.97 mph,
2 Adam Geraghty 16m 59.35s.
Fastest lap: Byrne 1m 15.642s, 54.71 mph.
HISTORIC RACE (13 laps):
1 Bernard Foley (MGBGT V8) 15m 01.41s, 59.68 mph,
2 Steve Griffin (MG Midget) 15m 02.86s,
3 Jamie Chadwick (Porsche 944) 15m 31.89s,
4 Paul Gray (Porsche 911RS ) 15m 35.83s,
5 Liam Ruth (MG Midget) 12 laps,
6 David Moloney (MG Midget) 12 laps.
Fastest lap: Foley 1m 02.672s, 66.03 mph.
FUTURE CLASSICS RACE (12 laps):
1 Robbie Parks (Toyota Celica) 15m 31.09s, 53.34 mph,
2 Ian Thornton (VW Golf) 15m 31.89s,
3 Timothy Duggan (Seat Ibiza Cooper) 15m 32.60s,
4 Brendan Travers (Fiat Punto) 15m 33.25s,
5 Eddie Kinirons (Talbot Sunbeam) 15m 33.50s,
6 Daniel Byrne (Vauxhall Chevette) 15m 33.51s.
LEINSTER MOTOR CLUB HEALY CUP SPORTING TRIAL AT BALLYBREW, ENNISKERRY, CO
WICKLOW:
1 Fergil Gregory (Erskine-Yamaha) 19 marks,
2 Jonathan Ralph (Wilson-Suzuki) 19m,
3 Percy Pennefather (Erskine-Suzuki) 20m,
4 James Ralph (Wilson-Suzuki) 21m,
5 Morgan Evans (Mog-Honda) 22m,
6 Gordon Watkins (Watkins-Yamaha) 26m,
7 Paul Needham (Erskine-Honda) 27m,
8 Robert Fox (VW) 29m,
9 David Meeke (BD-Opel) 32m,
10 Brendan Kilkenny (Kilkenny-Honda) 34m,
11 Conor Peden (Peden-VW) 39m,
12 Oliver Peden (Peden-Moto Guzzi) 39m.
Grade winners: Jonathan Ralph, Percy Pennefather, Robert Fox, John Mahon
(VW) 53m. “Junior Junior” Award: Bill Needham (Erskine-Honda) 72m.
