County Monaghan Motor Club

 

Sam Moffett is one event away from sealing a historic three Irish championships in one season. Sam secured the National Championship in July and last weekend he added the Irish Forestry Championship at the Bushwhacker Rally. Sam and co-driver, Stephen Thornton, put in a steady drive to secure 6^th place overall which was more than enough to wrap up the championship. Sam now only needs to start next weekend’s Cork 20 Rally to secure the Irish Tarmac Championship.

 

The Omagh based Bushwhacker Rally attracted a strong entry. It was a counting round of both the Irish Forestry and Northern Ireland Championships. Top Monaghan finisher was James O’Reilly who guided Derek McGarritty to 5^th overall. Moffett/Thornton finished a steady 6^th after a measured drive through the gravel stages. Mac Kierans guided Alan Smyth to 8^th overall in their Lancer. His father, Arthur Kierans, guided Johnny Leonard to 11^th overall. Brendan Cumiskey/Conor Foley finished 13^th overall.

 

Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan took 22^nd overall. Michael Conlon/Ciaran McPhillips brought their Escort home to 31^st overall. Derek Mackarel/Muireann Hayes finished 40^th overall and took class 3 honours by just 1 second. Retirement beckoned for Frank Kelly/Emmet Sherry, Vivian Hamill/Andrew Grennan and John O’Sullivan/Kaine Treanor.

 

 

Navigation Trial

 

The Night Navigation season begins on Saturday night with the Navigation Trial taking place on Saturday 30^th September. COC Shane Farrell hopes to have 80 miles for competitors based out of the Sean McDiarmada GAA centre at Three Mile House. The event is the final round of this year’s Traders Trophy and Gary Nesbitt Club Navigation Championships.  Regulations and Entry forms are available on www.monaghanmotorclub.net  Marshals are required for this event and those available to marshal should present at HQ no later than 8pm.

 

Potential competitors are also asked to review the new regulations for the coming season. The new regulations are available on the Motorsport Ireland website under 2017 Yearbook Amendments, Articles 33 and 34.