O’Donoghue returns to action for Escort Challenge in Carlow
While he was a notable absence from the recent Rally of the Lakes, local driver Colin O’Donoghue is set to make up for lost time by contesting two of the biggest Ford Escort Mk2 events of the summer.
His campaign begins this weekend at the Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow Stages Rally, the third round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.
The rally hosts the long-running Ford Escort Mk2 Challenge, where O’Donoghue is the only Kerry driver in the field.
This is his first outing since he won the modified section of the Killarney Historic Rally last November. He will be up against several top Escort drivers, including the current champion Mk2 Challenge, Frank Kelly.
The event serves as a warm-up for O’Donoghue’s planned trip to Belgium later this year. He will compete in the Escort Rally Special in Chimay in September, an event he won in 2021.
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