This year’s Munster Car Club Moonraker Forestry Final Results are now available.

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This year’s Munster Car Club Moonraker Forestry Rally Time and Distance Schedule is now available.

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This year’s Munster Car Club Moonraker Forestry Rally is to be held on Sunday the 12th April next. The Event headquarters and sponsor is The Lismore House Hotel again this year, with Scrutiny and Parc Ferme in Hornibrooks Toyota Dealers, and Lismore Community Centre respectively.

It’s the third counting round of 2009 PetroSystems National Forestry and National Junior Rally Championships so get your entries in for what promises to be another great event this year.

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More info to follow..

29 Jan - 1 Feb 09

The Munster Car Club was in strong attendence again this year, providing both Marshals and Officials to help run one of the biggest sporting events in Ireland in 2009. 

Chief Marshal for the event Paul Goodman expressed his thanks to all volunteers after the event, saying “The FIA observers were blown away with the numbers and dedication of the huge teams of marshals that traveled from all four corners of Ireland north and south and stood out in the freezing rain for up to 12 hours at a time.”

The event overall was a major success despite the challenging conditions thrown at the crews and organisers. Despite the atrocious conditions, gardai said spectator numbers surpassed the 250,000 mark of 2007, with an estimated 270,000 people watching the event. A bumper crowd of 47,000 thronged Donegal Bay and town for the final stages. 

Loeb finished 87 seconds clear of Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo, with BP Ford Abu Dhabi’s Mikko Hirvonen in third. Top Irishman home was Eamonn Boland in ninth, with Group N claimed by Shaun Gallagher.

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Results:

1 Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Citroen C4 WRC) 2h 48m 25.7s
2 Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Citroen C4 WRC) 2h 49m 53.6s
3 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Focus WRC) 2h 50m 33.5s
4 Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud (Ford Focus WRC) 2h 54m 58.1s
5 Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prevot (Citroen C4 WRC) 2h 56m 17.6s
6 Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (Citroen C4 WRC) 2h 59m 09.7s
7 Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin (Ford Focus WRC) 2h 59m 49.5s
8 Khalid al Qassimi/Michael Orr (Ford Focus WRC) 3h 02m 33.6s
9 Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey (Subaru Impreza WRC) 3h 03m 49.1s
10 Urmo Aava/Kuldar Sikk (Ford Focus WRC) 3h 04m 01.1s
11 Aaron MacHale/Killian Duffy (Ford Focus WRC) 3h 04m 35.4s
12 Tim McNulty/Eugene O’Donnell (Subaru Impreza WRC) 3h 09m 23.6s

Group N Production class: 
1 Shaun Gallagher/Paul Kiely (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 3h 09m 41.9s
2 Gary Jennings/Rory Kennedy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 3h 12m 37.8s
3 Paul Elliott/Brian Doherty (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) 3h 38m 33s

Junior WRC class: 
1 Aaron Burkart/Michael Kolbach (Suzuki Swift S1600) 3h 16m 41.5s
2 Martin Prokop/Jan Tomanek (Citroen C2 S1600) 3h 17m 28.8s
3 Simone Bertolotti/Luca Celestini (Suzuki Swift S1600) 3h 25m 41.6s

Class winners: 
Ken Treacy/Martin Comerford (VW Polo)
Toni Kelly/Tony McDaid (Honda Civic)

Leaders After:
SS1 Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN)/Miikka ANTTILA (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC)

SS2-3 Urmo AAVA (EE)/Kuldar SIKK (EE) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS4 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 

Stage Winners
SS1 Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN)/Miikka ANTTILA (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS2 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS3 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS4 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS5 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS6 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS7 Cancelled 
SS8 Cancelled 
SS9 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS10 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS11 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS12 Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)/Jarmo LEHTINEN (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS13 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS14 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS15 Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)/Jarmo LEHTINEN (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS16 Sebastien LOEB (F)/Daniel ELENA (MC) (Citroen C4 WRC) 
SS17 Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)/Jarmo LEHTINEN (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS18 Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)/Jarmo LEHTINEN (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC) 
SS19 Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN)/Jarmo LEHTINEN (FIN) (Ford Focus WRC)

News and Results from www.wrc.com

A new Online Rally Magazine has been launched in the UK in the last year, covering rallying in both the UK and here in Ireland. There is a section dedicated to the clubman and grassroots levels of rallying, as well as the Irish and WRC sections, in a well laid out website. For more, take a look at www.rallynotes.co.uk.

Overall Position

1. 2   Eamon Boland/Damian Morrissey (Impreza WRC)
2. 1   Gareth Machale/Brian Murphy       (Focus Wrc)
3. 4   Aaron MacHale/Killian Duffy         (FocusWRC)
4. 5   Niall McShea/Marshall Clarke        (Impreza N14)
5. 10 Damian Tourish/Domhnall McAlaney (Lancer N)
6. 8   Liam McCarthy/Kieran Murphy      (Corrolla WRC)
7. 11 Kevin & Martin Kelleher                      (Lancer N)
8. 14 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy                     (Lancer N)
9. 12 John McGlaughlin/Stephen McAuley   (Lancer N)
10. 20 Guy Woodcock/Dave Willaims              (Escort Maxi)

National Section:

1. 23  Washington James/Anthony O’Connall (Darrian T90)
2. 27  Manus Kelly/Donal Barrett(Escort MK2)
3. 21  Terence O’Shaughnessy/Eugene McGrath (Corrolla Twin Cam)
4.  28 Kevin O’Donaghue/Joe O’Leary                 (Escort Mk2)
5. 66 John O’Donnell/J Bard                               (Escort Mk2)   
6. 38 Fintan Canty/Denis O’Mahony                  (Escort Mk2)
7. 63 Paraic Cummins/Joe Smullen                    (Escort Mk2)
8. 78 David Guest/Eamon Hayes                       (Honda Civic)
9. 70 Moss Fitzgerald/P Murphy                        (Corrolla Twin Cam)
10. 81 Wesley Daly/Finbarr Quirke                      (Escort Mk2)

Historic Rally

1. H3   Richard Hall/S.K McMullen (Ford Escort)
2. H2   Denis Moynihan/Dan Moynihan (Ford Escort)
3. H7   David Cremin/Johnny O’Shea (Ford Escort)
4. H9   Jeremiah O’Flynn/Sean O’Flynn (Ford Lotus Escort)
5. H1   Mervyn Johnston/W. Blackledge (Austin Mini)
6. H19 James Symington/J Jennings (Hillman Avenger)
7. H17 Niall Keane/Sean Henaghan (Hillman Avenger)
8. H21 Colm Hynes/David Ryan(Ford Cortina)
9. H22 Stephen Coffey/M. O’Mahony (Ford Escort)
10. H15 Tim Lenihan/N McCarthy(Ford Escort)

Cork “20″ Junior Rally 2008

1. J1   Gareth O’Mahony/Gerard McCarthy (Ford Escort mk2)
2. J3   Dermot O’Riordon/Brian O’Mahony(Honda civic)
3. J2   Paul Fitzgerald/Alan Naughton(Ford Escort MK2)
4. J10 Billy McCarthy/John Falvey(Nissan Micra)
5. J38 Timmy Foley/C Collins(Honda Civic)
6. J27 David Brosnan/Donal Horgan(Honda Civic)
7. J5   Ciaran Casey/Stephen Clarke(Talbot Sunbeam)
8. J20 Jason Frahill/James Frahill(Honda Civic)
9. J15 Don O’Connor/Gavin Sheehan(Corrolla Twin Cam)
10. J22 Declen Murphy/Seamus Murphy(Honda Civic)

Cork “20″ Ford Fiesta Challange 2008

1. FST2 Alastair Fisher/Barry McNulty(Ford Fiesta ST)
2. FST1 Elfyn Evens/Gareth Roberts(Ford Fiesta ST)
3. FST3 Stephen Wright/Ashley McAdoo(Ford Fiesta ST)
4. FST4 Paul Quinn/Jason Giliespie(Ford Fiesta ST)
5. FST5 Meilyr Evens/                      (Ford Fiesta ST)

Cork “20″ Sunday Run

1. 39  Allen Treacy/Bob Fitzgerald (Corrolla Twin Cam)
2. 85   James Brett/Jennifer Brett(Honda Civic)
3. 79   Paul Casey/Pat Nolan(Peugeot 205 GTI)
4. 125 Peter Desmond/Brian Magan(Vauxhall Nova)
5. 101 John White/Alan O’Mahony(Honda Civic)
6. H11 Edward Hallahan/Barry Murphy(Ford Escort)
7. 123 David Fleming/Kieran Doherty(Honda Civic)

Please note the new e-mail address for the club press officer is pressofficer@munstercarclub.com