Although they led the Tralee-based Fels Point Circuit of Kerry Rally from the start, the Kerry/Cork duo of Alan Ring and Adrian Deasy in the Munster Joinery liveried S12B Subaru WRC had to push hard through the final stage to ensure victory.

Former Irish National and Tarmac Group N champion, Kerry’s Alan Ring, admits that it’s taking him time to adjust the power and pace of the Mel Evans S12B Subaru WRC. 

With the lead changing three times on the final day of the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes, Monaghan pair Sam Moffett and James O’Reilly (Ford Fiesta WRC) took advantage of their rivals’ problems to win the Killarney based event.

Already the highest seeded Kerry driver in this weekend’s Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes in Killarney, Alan Ring is switching to an S12B Subaru WRC on what is perceived as the toughest event in this year’s Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship.

Irish driver Craig Breen on board his Kel-Tech liveried Ford Fiesta won the S2000 World Rally Championship after he secured a category win on the Rally de Espana, the final round of the series.

THE Quaife British Rallycross Championship and Summer Rallycross dovetail at Mondello Park on Sunday, where reigning Irish champion Tommy Graham will have plenty of opposition in the Supercar division.

THE best-known rally in the world, the Monte Carlo Rally, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and the event has a great resonance for Irish competitors mostly initiated on Paddy Hopkirk’s victory in 1964.

Today's seven stages of the Ordnance Survey Ireland Rally of the Lakes in Killarney saw very little between the top contenders as they battle for supremacy in this, the third round of the Irish Tarmac Championship.

Newly crowned Dunlop National Rally champions, Patrick Elliott and Paul Goodman (Subaru) have won the Ardara based Donegal Harvest Rally, the final round of the national series.

WHAT began as a relatively low profile season for Alan Ring has ended up in a hectic end of season finale that has the former Kerry circuit racer chasing success on three different championships fronts.

Patrick Elliott (Subaru WRC) secured the Dunlop National Rally Championship with a start to finish victory in today’s Athenry based Loughrea Plant Sales Galway Summer Rally, the eight round of the series.

The latest round of the Irish Junior Rally Championship incorporated in today’s Cork Mini Stage Rally at Donoughmore, resulted in a narrow victory for Cork pair, Damien McCarthy/Eamonn Hayes (Honda Civic), who finished just 1.9 seconds ahead of Peter Wilson/John Kilmurray, also in a Honda Civic.

Tie-breaks were very much the theme on the Tralee based Fels Point Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally, the second round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

The final round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, the West Cork Hotel Fastnet Rally in Skibbereen, was won by Cavan’s Patrick Elliott and his co-driver, Paul Goodman.

Dunlop National Rally Championship leader Patrick Elliott (Subaru WRC), with co-driver Rory Kennedy, won a hotly-contested Sepam Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally, the seventh round of the national series.

THE Irish bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship will be further scrutinised today at the World Rally Commission meeting at FIA headquarters in Paris.

A keenly contested Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow Rally, the fourth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, was won by Charlie Donnelly/Paddy Toner(Toyota Corolla WRC).

Local driver Adrian McElvaney and co-driver Paul Goodman won the Hillgrove Hotel Monaghan Rally today in their Subaru WRC.

Tim McNulty and Anthony Nestor won the Dingle Skellig Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally today in their new S11 Subaru.

Owen Murphy from Cork made history today, becoming the first ever teenager to lead the McCauley Trailers National Forest Rally Championship.

On home ground, Niall Maguire and Paul McLaughlin (Subaru WRC) took a comfortable victory in the Hillgrove Hotel Monaghan Rally, the second round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

Robbie McGurk, from Omagh, driving a Group N Subaru, has set a cracking pace on the Willie Loughman Forest Rally.