NAPA Auto Parts to sponsor Irish Tarmac Rally Championship

Meanwhile, Motorsport Ireland has announced the final nominations for this year’s Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award.

NEW SPONSOR: Richard Gouldbourne,NAPA Auto Parts, Colman Hegarty, chairperson Tarmac Rally Organisers Association, Kevin O'Riordan, treasurer TROA, Mark Nolan, NAPA and Sean Hayde, manager TROA. Picture: Martin Walsh.

Organisers of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship have secured their first title sponsor for several years with the announcement that NAPA Auto Parts is to underpin the seven round series that begins with the Galway International Rally on the first weekend of February next year.

The launch took place at the Killarney Racecourse on Saturday morning last where the chairman of the Tarmac Rally Organisers Association, Colman Hegarty revealed that the Circuit of Ireland, the Ulster Rally and the Cork ‘20” Rally are all two-day encounters next year.