Keith Cronin to dust off gravel rally shoes at Moonraker

The Moonraker Rally in Ballyvourney and the Rally de Portugal may not have that much in common other than gravel surfaces, but both have a tangible link with former triple British rally champion Keith Cronin.

The Ballylickey driver has entered Sunday’s event on the Cork/Kerry border as a shakedown for his WRC2 debut in Portugal. It will be his first outing on gravel for quite a while and the first in his West Cork Oil liveried Citroen DS3R5 on a gravel rally.

“I haven’t driven on gravel for a while now, Rally GB in 2013 was my last outing.” said Cronin, who plans a brief test before Sunday. “I want to get the feel of the car on gravel and see how it handles. I need to get some level of competition on gravel before Portugal and get a good level of pace.”