in Carlow over the weekend, several Kerry competitors made it to the end of a demanding fourth round of the Triton Showers Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship.
Jack Kelleher and co-driver Michael White were the best of the Kerry contingent. They brought their Ford Escort Mk2 home in 18th place.
Killarney and District Motor Club co-driver Meabh Griffin was one place behind in alongside local driver David Condell.
It was a busy weekend for Currow-based co-driver John McCarthy. He contested Saturday’s Tour of the Sperrins on Saturday but an off-road excursion alongside Joh n Devlin resulted in a non-finish.
An overnight dash to Carlow resulted in third in class 13 while co-driving for Peter Wilson.
Siblings Mossie and Megan Costello were eighth in Class 2 in their Ford Fiesta Rally 4.
Gearóid O’Regan and Darragh Lynch were second in their class in a Honda Civic Type R
Killarney and District Motor Club chairman Thomas Randles celebrated the 20th anniversary of his victory in the Carlow Mk2 Challenge.
He was originally supposed to be co-driven by Darragh Lynch but due to his last-minute unavailability, his father Diarmuid sat in at the last minute.
This resulted in the same partnership from 20 years ago being reinstated. However, an exhaust manifold problem on the opening stage cost the best part of seven minutes and they finished well down the order.
Keith McCarthy and his driver Neil Phelan had to resort to SuperRally rules to get their Escort to the finish.
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