Motorsport: Eamonn Kelly gearing up for Donegal International Rally

'I did two days with the Toyota team in Donegal last week, it was good to be involved and it was a very positive step'

Donegal's Eamonn Kelly (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) will use Sunday's IPS Packaging Circuit of Munster Rally as a shakedown for next month's Donegal International Rally. Picture: Martin Walsh.

Donegal's Eamonn Kelly is confident that a recent test by the works Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in his native county will be of benefit as he prepares for next month's Donegal International Rally. 

His debut in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 on the Galway International Rally at the beginning of the year was curtailed after an accident on the second stage, temporarily halting his participation in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship until the Rally of the Lakes earlier this month. The former British Junior Rally champion, Junior World Rally Championship front-runner and JWRC winner of Rally Finland will tackle this weekend the IPS Packaging Circuit of Munster Rally, an event ideally placed as seat time ahead of his three-day home international.