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| Garry Jennings |
Garry Jennings completed the Donegal
treble yesterday as he sealed a comprehensive win on the Abbey Hotel
Donegal Harvest Rally, accompanied by his Donegal International
Rally-winning co-driver Neil Doherty.
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| Declan Boyle |
Having won the Donegal Forestry at the
start of the year in his Subaru Impreza 555, he followed that up with
an emphatic win on the Donegal International Rallyin the hired
Impreza S14, Jennings was under a bit of pressure to win the Harvest
Rally to clinch the treble, as well as a hat-trick of wins on the
Harvest Rally.
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| Brian O'Mahoney |
Pushing his Kenny McKinstry prepared
Subaru Impreza S10 to the limit at times, and even over it, Jennings
landed both trebles after a hard day's driving on the rapid but bumpy
Donegal lanes. Second overall Declan Boyle lead after SS1 in his
recently purchased Subaru Impreza S12, but couldn't keep the
ever-spectacular Jennings behind, who rocketed into the lead on SS2.
2 mins behind winner Jennings was Brian
O'Mahoney, who took third place to land the Dunlop National Rally
Championship title. Brian didn't have a quiet rally however, after he
had to carry a message to a radio point after an elderly resident on
SS5 took ill.
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| Declan Gallagher |
Niall Maguire, who was in contention
for the title in Donegal, suffered brake problems in his Subaru
Impreza WRC, an overshoot and just wasn't able to get into the
groove. A pair of vice grips helped the brake problems a bit, but he
only took fourth. Another man in contention for the title, Thomas
Fitzmaurice, took fifth place in his ex-Patrick Elliott Subaru.
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| Martin Doherty |
Kevin Kelleher took his example of the
Subaru Impreza WRC to sixth place, benefiting from Donagh Kelly's
late problem when a vibration developed in the front-left of the car
and they decided it better to retire than risk possible catastrophic
damage. Kelly and co-driver Kevin Flanagan were fighting over second
place with Boyle when he went out.
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| Garry Jennings and Neil Doherty |
Declan Gallagher put in a massive drive
to win the 2WD class in his Toyota Starlet, beating off stiff
opposition from drivers such as Camillus Bradley and Dessie Keenan.
He took seventh while Group N winner Martin Doherty in his Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo took eighth just behind. Bradley and Keenan rounded out
the Top 10.
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Gary McElhinney doing a bit of
entertaining as 00 car |
With Brian O'Mahoney taking the overall
National title, Frank Kelly had to keep it between the hedges to take
the overall 2WD honours. It didn't all go to plan however, as, at one
point, he and co-driver Liam Brennan vanished off into someone's
garden, through a bush and a fence, at 70mph!
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| Frank Kelly |
Joseph McGonigle, sporting GRN stickers
on his glorious Renault Clio R3, took 23rd overall and
first in Class 7, leading his class from start to finish.
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