Craig Rahill, Max Hart and Alex Dunne land top Irish Motorsport awards

They were the principal award recipients on a day when Motorsport Ireland celebrated it’s champions across several disciplines of the sport and honoured former competitors and its volunteers.

Billy Coleman “Young Rally Driver of the Year” award winner Craig Rahill (left), Dunlop Sexton Trophy “Young Racing Driver of the Year” winner Max Hart and International Driver of the Year Award winner of the Manley Memorial Trophy Alex Dunne at the MI Champions of Irish Motorsport Awards ceremony in Dublin. Picture: Michael Chester.

Three young Irish drivers topped the celebrations at the Motorsport Ireland Champions of Irish Motorsport awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel where their success is expected to ramp up their motorsport careers.

Cavan’s Craig Rahill (21) scooped the prestigious Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year award. Wicklow’s Max Hart (23) won the coveted Sexton Trophy and was named the Young Racing Driver of the Year award winner and Offaly’s Alex Dunne (19) took the Manley Memorial Trophy as the International Racing Driver of the Year winner.