Sam Moffett and Darragh Kelly in their Ford Fiesta WRC took victory on the Cork Motor Club’s Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, round four of the 2017 Valvoline Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship. It was a great result for the Monaghan driver, who’s day was largely drama free. “It’s been a good days rallying, [...]
The 2017 Valvoline Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship, entered into its third round on Saturday for the Donegal Motor Club’s Forest Rally based in Donegal town, and the event provided it’s fair share of excitement, as Marty McCormack stormed to victory in his Skoda Fabia R5. “The first stage was incredibly demanding, it was [...]
The 2017 Valvoline Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship got back into gear on Sunday for its second round, the Munster Motor Club’s Moonraker Rally based in Ballyvourney, County Cork. Fine dry weather blessed the event, which proved to be a real hit with the competitors, as winner Keith Cronin in his R5 Fiesta summed [...]
Galway expatriate Frank Cunningham along with Donegal Co-Driver Gary McElhinney finished a superb 11th overall and 3rd European Historic Championship crew in the Rally Costa Brava in Spain. Frank is no stranger to this rally or indeed the championship, twice finishing runner-up in the standings. Previous experience came at the wheel of a Ford Escort [...]
For Frank Cunningham and Welsh co-driver Ryland James, their epic first adventure on the Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand has come to a sudden and scary end, thankfully with-out injury to either of the crew. On the final stage of the third day they crashed their MK2 Escort RS1800 out in spectacular fashion, cartwheeling [...]
A famous part of rallying history will be re-created on 1st-3rd of May as Frank Cunningham will drive the ex Bertie Fisher 1991 Killarney Rally of the Lakes winning car on this year’s rally. Twenty-four years ago Bertie recorded his second of six Killarney victories with Rory Kennedy co-driving in the very same Cosworth 4x4- [...]
For Frank Cunningham and Welsh co-driver Ryland James, the Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand which started today marks a serious rallying adventure, over seven days of loose surface tracks in their Historic MK2 Escort RS1800. It’s the same car that Frank used successfully in May to take eighth overall on the Rallye Du Maroc [...]
