Donnelly Wins Jim Clark Memorial Rally '09

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Donnelly's victory sees him increase his lead in the Irish Tarmac Championship to 12 points over Tim McNulty.

Meath man McNulty actually led at the start of today's stages following the removal of a one-minute penalty. He retained the lead until Stage 13.

Eamonn Boland, the defending Tarmac champion, came home in third place - one minute 53.7 seconds further behind.

Gareth MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) was fourth followed by his brother, Aaron, also in a Ford Focus WRC.

Meanwhile Irish driver Keith Cronin (Mitsubishi) made a tremendous recovery to finish some 11 seconds behind Mark Higgins (Subaru), who took top points in the British Rally Championship.

However, Cronin retains his lead - two points ahead of Higgins.

Another Irish driver, Alastair Fisher (Mitsubishi) was 10th in general classification.


1. Eugene Donnelly/Paddy Toner (Skoda Fabia WRC) 2h. 03m. 08.7s.
2. Tim McNulty/David Moynihan (Subaru WRC) 2h. 03m. 31.9s.
3. Eamonn Boland/Micky Joe Morrissey (Subaru WRC) 2h. 05m. 25.6s.
4. Gareth MacHale/Brian Murphy (Ford Focus WRC) 2h. 05m. 29.2s.
5. Aaron MacHale/Barry Goodman (Ford Focus WRC) 2h. 10m. 35.3s.
6. Mark Higgins/Bryan Thomas (Subaru N11) 2h. 10m. 59.6s.
7. Keith Cronin/Greg Shinnors (Mitsubishi Evo) 2m. 11m. 11.0s.
8. Adam Gould/Sebastian Marshall (Subaru N14) 2h. 13m. 51.3s.
9. Euan Thorburn/Claire Mole (Subaru N12) 2h. 14m. 11.8s.
10. Alastair Fisher/Barry McNulty (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 2h. 14m. 21.6s.
 
What a rally from Keith,he lost 1 min and 53 seconds with a puncture on the second stage, he narrowed the gap back to 2 seconds with 2 stages to go by setting some astonishing stages times but was caught out on slicks on a wet stage and spun losing time, he beat Aaron Mchale on a good few stages who is driving a 06 wrc focus and even beat Gareth Mchale on one stage :wazzup: :wazzup:

Fair play to Eugene for getting the best out of that skoda :thumbsup:
 
Fair play to keith and taking nothing off him but Gareth couldnt win if the rest were in micras. Drives me up the walls when you see him seeded number one and the bullshit about him, what has he won or came close over the years :dontknow: :angry1: :angry1:

sorry lads rant over
 
Totally agree with you there :thumbsup: he is totally over-rated, but thats why I made the comparison between Keith and Gareth, some people rate Gareth as one of the top drivers in Ireland but wouldnt even put Keith in the top 5 or 10 :dontknow: Money is the only reason he is up there.
 
This was just on sky sports, showed da british championship. Repeat is now on sky sports 2.
Keith came so close to winning it.... :icon_sad: Serious talent, wit out doubt da best up and coming driver in ireland... :clap: :clap:
 
[quote author=scania link=topic=15338.msg189266#msg189266 date=1243354710]
Fair play to keith and taking nothing off him but Gareth couldnt win if the rest were in micras. Drives me up the walls when you see him seeded number one and the bullshit about him, what has he won or came close over the years :dontknow: :angry1: :angry1:

sorry lads rant over
[/quote]
Totally agree.. :thumbsup:
 
[quote author=johnl link=topic=15338.msg189292#msg189292 date=1243358210]
Totally agree with you there :thumbsup: he is totally over-rated, but thats why I made the comparison between Keith and Gareth, some people rate Gareth as one of the top drivers in Ireland but wouldnt even put Keith in the top 5 or 10 :dontknow: Money is the only reason he is up there.
[/quote] Totally agree wit u sure austin wasn much good at drivin either but was good at makin excusses keith will get his big break yet and fair play when he does
 
complete shite that austin wasnt much good. could stick it to fisher or coleman when he had too and didnt have near the money. piles of talent and when under pressure rarely cracked, thats talent
 
Just after watching it there now . Keith Cronin is some driver alright ,it will b some battle between himself and Mark Higgins for the BRC this season.
 
[quote author=six spoke clive link=topic=15338.msg189450#msg189450 date=1243405346]
complete shite that austin wasnt much good. could stick it to fisher or coleman when he had too and didnt have near the money. piles of talent and when under pressure rarely cracked, thats talent
[/quote] he might have kept it 2 them but still never won many rallies fisher and coleman had talent
 
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