Donegal’s Kevin Eves and Chris Melly will be excited to return to Killarney’s breathtaking stages as they lead the McEvoy Motorsport Modified ITRC entries for the 14-stage event.
The Donegal duo were in fine form on last year’s event, leading the modified section and holding fifth overall up until their demise on Stage 15. Eves and Melly took a five-minute modified victory on March’s West Cork Rally to kickstart their Irish Tarmac campaign.
Local crews Conor Murphy/ Sean Colins and Colin O’Donoghue/ Kieran Doherty will be keen to challenge for modified honours this time around in a pair of top-specification Ford Escort Mk2s.
Historic Category
Almost 20 historic rally cars will take on all 14 Rally of the Lakes stages this year. Defending Historic Rally of the Lakes winners Duncan Williams and Guy Weaver lead the way in their Ford Escort RS1800.
Local ace Alan Ring and Adrian Deasy’s BMW M3 entry will provide a thrilling spectacle on stages like Molls Gap and Healy Pass other local linchpins like Fergus O’Meara and Mark Falvey will be expected to be amongst the category’s front-runners too
Paul Ahern and Kieran Murphy compete in a similar M3 to that of Ring’s example.
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