Josh Moffett, Rob Duggan and Patrick O’Brien vie for €50,000 Billy Coleman Young Driver Award

This year’s Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award rests between the trio of Monaghan’s Josh Moffett, Killarney’s Rob Duggan and Omagh’s Patrick O’Brien, who successfully came through the interview process earlier this week.

The Coleman Award is always a source of great interest within the motorsport fraternity and the anticipation was that Duggan (22) and Moffett (23) were going to be amongst the trio for the award that, aside from its prestige, is worth some €50,000.

Since its inception in 2000 little has changed in the basic structure of the award although the introduction in recent times of a wildcard selection has helped to ensure that any talented driver didn’t slip through the net.