Irish Rallycross Feb 7th

[BMRT]

Any sign of an entry list yet?....Or does any body have any news on new cars coming out?

[tkiwan]

Rallycross This Weekend
Rallycross opens 2010 Mondello Park Season
After a long winter break this weekend sees the return to Mondello Park of the Irish Rallycross Championship. The popular series is set to kick off the Kildare circuits' 2010 racing action with testing on Saturday followed by round five of the 2009/10 championship on Sunday.

At the head of the overall points the close battle between Ford Fiesta Supercar driver Tommy Graham and the Modified Class Vauxhall Nova of reigning champion Michael Coyne, is set to continue with the pair separated by just three championship points. Despite both drivers failing to score at round three they are still well clear of the consistent David Dempsey and round three winner Andrew Morris who are tied for third place fourteen points down on Graham.

In the Supercar division Graham has taken four wins from four, with the Ford Focus of closest rival Eddie Kinirons taking the runner-up spot on the last three occasions. The Wexford pairing of Andrew Morris and Paul Pascoe, with their identical Subaru Impreza's, fill the next two spots ahead of the Mitsubishi Evo's of David Dempsey and Tom Kirwan.

Along with Michael Coyne, the other modified drivers will be hoping for a continuation of the dry conditions which have prevailed at every Mondello race so far this season in order to keep them in touch with the Supercars. Two wheel drive Modified cars currently fill six of the top ten championship positions having put up some very strong performances against their four wheel drive opposition this season. Michael Coyne, Barry McArdle (Renault 5 Turbo), Ian O'Connell (Mini) and Dessie Tierney (Vauxhall Tigra) have all managed podium places in the Superfinal with McArdle finishing second and third at the last two events. Within their own division it is McArdle who leads the way with Tierney and Coyne locked together in second place just a single point off the Renault driver.

Former European Rallycross Championship competitor Derek Tohill has been the dominant force in Stockhatch this season on his return to his old stomping ground. With three wins already under his belt another victory on Sunday would put Tohill well on his way to another title. Former Champion Michael Duke has been runner-up three times to move into second place in the championship just ahead of round two winner Gordon Lynch and Junior Championship graduate Robert Critchley. The Stockhatch class as usual will provide the biggest grid of the day with close to thirty drivers expected to line out.

Also continuing to perform strongly is the Jondol Junior Championship for fourteen to seventeen year old's. This relatively new initiative is starting to attract grids of almost twenty cars and despite its comparatively low speeds is able to compete with any of the faster classes in terms of excitement. Andrew Patterson leads the championship by a single point from Paul Barrett and Simon Quinn but when dropped scores are taken into account Quinn's three wins from four rounds put him in a strong position. Apart from these three, others to watch out for are Niall Murray, the only driver apart from Quinn to win a round this season, and Mark Francis.

Completing the line-up will be the Rallycars who unlike the Rallycrossers will run singly in qualifying before combining to race through the finals. Sunday's event gets under way at 9:15 with un-timed practice before the first of the heats commences at 10:15. The high point of the day will be the finals which will kick-off at 15:30. Admission is €15.00 for adults with children under 16 admitted free. Discount ticket vouchers are available through the special offers page of the Mondello Park web site.

[murf]

any sign of entry list,jenny from mondello rang me yesterday and said she only had 15 names for stockhatch

[mike coyne]

Full Entry list on coynerallycrossteam.com
4 supercars
14 Modified
18 stockhatch
16 juniors.

Would expect a few more late entries. First round back after the break is always low

[David_Dempsey]

Wow that is a small entry. Hope everybody has a good days racing.

[irxcrossi]

Anyone got any news from today?

[peespeed]

Originally Posted by irxcrossi

Anyone got any news from today?

results : http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=504279

[subaru man]

super car final
Tommy Graham
Andrew Morris
David Demsey
Paul Pascoe

Super final
Tommy Graham
Andrew Morris
Barry McArdle
David Dempsey
Dessie Tierney
Paul Pascoe
Pearse Brown
Michael Coyne

Sorry i cant remember the rest of the finals but it was a great days raceing.Andrew and Tommy had great fun at the starts of the super car heats and in the finals.

[MagnetON]

Originally Posted by subaru man

Sorry i cant remember the rest of the finals but it was a great days raceing.

Strange, I thought most of it was highly tame. Pity about the track conditions with the "rough" on rallycross1 being nothing more than a few scrappy bits of grit on the tarmac.

[Non stop]

Great running in the Stockhatch class, well done to Gordon Lynch on an excellent win, followed by Derek Tohill and Derek Lenehan. Looks like these three 106 drivers will be the ones fighting for the wins in the last 2 rds. Certainly looks like the 205 has had its day, and the 106 is the way forward.

[The Stig Rallycross Team]

Well done to Gordy lynch! It was a great A- final to end the day with Derek Tohill breathing down his neck in his 16valve it can't of been easy, small entry but weather conditions (After the heavy fog cleared) was perfect for rallycross bit slippy in morning time at rx3 but thawed out nicely. Unfortunatley Stig's washer motor failed in A-Final which left him with a severely mucked up windscreen also not helped by the car in front of him having no full rear bumper fixed to his car! but none the less we enjoyed ourselves after our long Xmas break it was good to get back into it looking 4ward to RD6 again in Mondello.

[good luck joe]

You'd wanna stop buyin the washer motors in aldi jack.

[The Stig Rallycross Team]

Originally Posted by good luck joe

You'd wanna stop buyin the washer motors in aldi jack.

LIDL actually Joe wudn't set foot in the door of ALDI! i guess you cant keep trade secrets on Tenths-tenths!

[Murray Motorsport]

Entry was a lot smaller than usual but there was some great racing. Juniors & Stockhatch classes look more competitive than ever.

Here is a vid from Niall starting pole in the Junior A final (making a bad start and then being turned around at the hole in the hedge!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_LlmxEGSrM

[shhh]

Originally Posted by Murray Motorsport

Entry was a lot smaller than usual but there was some great racing. Juniors & Stockhatch classes look more competitive than ever.

Here is a vid from Niall starting pole in the Junior A final (making a bad start and then being turned around at the hole in the hedge!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_LlmxEGSrM

Niall Murray?? I thought he was still in nappies?

[rich_cooper]

I hope Tommy Graham is planning to come and do either the rallycross open championship or the british championship!

[Murray Motorsport]

Originally Posted by shhh

Niall Murray?? I thought he was still in nappies?

Ha Ha Mark, He is 14 now - Just out of nappies!!

[irxcrossi]

Unlucky to get hit at the hole in the hedge but well driven after that, well done Niall.

[The Stig Rallycross Team]

Well folks Irish Rallycross Championship points after Rd5 is available to view on Coyne Rallycross Team website! Thanks to all involved in points totalling.