Motorsport: Donegal dispute leaves Irish Tarmac Rally Championship future uncertain

In a week where the FIA announced changes to the World Rally Championship for 2017, the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship Organisers (TROA) were hit with a backlash to their proposed rule changes for 2016 — a ban on the current World Rally Cars from winning the series — with the announcement that the Donegal International Rally was withdrawing from the series.

The 2017 breed of WR cars will have new aerodynamic package complete with a bigger rear wing and an increase in engine power to 380bhp courtesy of an increase in the turbo restrictor size to 36mm.

The cars will be bigger and wider along with electronically controlled centre differentials, yet they will be 25kg lighter.