Motorsport: Donegal’s Donagh Kelly desperate to strike on home soil

Donegal’s Donagh Kelly has won numerous Irish rallies some of which culminated in National and Tarmac Championship titles — one of three drivers to win both in the same season. Yet, the one rally that has eluded him is, ironically, the Joule Donegal International Rally.

Motorsport: Donegal’s Donagh Kelly desperate to strike on home soil

Today, as the 20-stage, three-day event gets underway from Letterkenny, Kelly bids to end that unwelcome statistic. He is on record in stating he would swap all his successes that include back to back wins in Killarney, an unprecedented four in a row in the West Cork and a national title in six rounds for that elusive Donegal win.

Since he acquired his current Ford Focus WRC, second in the 2013 event is the nearest he’s come to victory. Kelly’s plan is straightforward. “Flat out from the word go. There is no such thing as bedding in on Friday, that’s not in the dictionary in Donegal.”

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