Evans and Cronin set for Fastnet showdown

WELSH ace Mel Evans (Subaru WRC) has already made Irish rallying history by becoming the first ever overseas driver to win the national rally series.

As the curtain falls on the Dunlop backed 10- round campaign with Sunday’s Skibbereen-based West Cork Hotel Fastnet Rally, he has set his sights on yet another victory that would bring his winning tally to six events.

Evans has a preference for events in the Munster region, and in particular those in Co Cork. He has stated his desire to win in Skibbereen and join the likes of 2004 winner, Jim Harrison (Subaru) and Norwegian, Andreas Mikkelsen (Ford Escort), who won in 2007, as the only non-Irish drivers to have triumphed since the Fastnet began back in 1982.