Boland and Morrissey aiming to excel in the snow

FOLLOWING last evening’s Super Special in Oslo, Rally Norway begins in earnest today.

Irish interest centres on the Wexford/Waterford combination of Eamonn Boland and Mickey Joe Morrissey (Subaru WRC), who are seeded at 21. Boland, the reigning Irish Tarmac champion, was the top Irish driver in the recent Rally Ireland, the opening round of the World Rally Championship. The Wexford man plans a few more forays into the WR series later in the season.

Meanwhile, Rally Norway is the first of two snow rallies in the WRC. The Ford outfit will try to repeat its performance in Rally Norway’s debut in the WRC in 2007 when they claimed a clean sweep of the podium.