Motorsport: Carnigie is BRDA champion

Dermot Carnegie is the 2001 BRDA Rallycross Champion after a dominant win at Mondello Park. Pat Doran (Ford Escort RS200), the pre-event championship leader, retired on the first lap with clutch maladies. Carnegie led all through and finished over three seconds ahead of the Metro 6R4 of Lawrence Gibson.

The race had to be re-started after John McCluskey (Peugeot) jumped the lights. Starting his race from the back of the grid, he made up several places before finishing third ahead of the Ford Focus of Steven Mundy and the Ford Escorts of Michael Coyne and Andy Grant.