Citroen Racing Trophy Day 2 report

Part 2 of GRN's coverage of the Citroen Racing Trophy sees David Carney take the €3,000 cheque for winning the CRT category overall for the Ulster Rally, the penultimate round of the Trophy.

David Carney
1st

As is typical for the Irish Citroen Racing Trophy, no-one could predict who would win the closely fought category. Adrian McElhinney lead for a time before hitting a rock and collecting a puncture.

Kevin O'Connor
2nd

In the end, Carney took the win by 1 min 1.4 secs. The final results, as is very common in motorsport, don't tell the whole story. As reported by GRN in yesterday's report, second placed Kevin O'Connor accumulated 1 mins worth of road penalties after running out of fuel. Taking the 1 min penalty out of the equation, there would have only been 1.4 secs between the pair. A close finish in anybody's books!

Adrian McElhinney
3rd

McElhinney's puncture dropped him to third in the final results, 2 mins 47 secs ahead of James Ford. Ford picked up a 1 min penalty for being late into a time control.

After a whole collection of problems, including a puncture and clutch issues, Steve Wood and Johnny Baird survived to the end in fifth, showing that perseverance will pay off eventually and to never give up!

James Ford
4th

The next event for the Citroen Racing Trophy will take place at the Cork '20' Rally in October. It may prove a rather sombre affair, as it may see the start of the winding down of the C2 in mainstream motorsport, before the DS3 becomes more prominent in the lower classes.

Steve Wood
5th