A year ago, Tyrone’s Ryan Barrett (Ford Escort) was set to sample the challenge of some of the classic Killarney stages until Storm Desmond forced the cancellation of the Rentokil Initial Killarney Historic Rally.

A collision by one of his Dragon Racing teammates ended the aspirations of Matt Griffin and company of achieving a good result in the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai. The team finished 19th of the 81 classified finishers.