25 January 2015

Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup

Belfast driver Will Corry led a Northern clean sweep of the top three placings in TDC's Dave Griffin Memorial Multi Venue Autotest at Mondello Park yesterday, with his MG Midget a long way ahead of nearest challengers Robert Woodside's Mazda and the Mini of James Wilson.

Corry was quickest on ten of the twenty tests and shared best times on six others.Darren Quille was best of the home drivers with his Colt just beating two former winners and multiple Autotest champions, Eddie Peterson and Eamonn Byrne.

Joseph Smith added to his list of victories in Co Cavan MC's Autocross at Latton, with his Escort two seconds quicker than the Civic of Gary McNamee after four runs.

The last day of WRC2 proved a crucial decider for Ireland's Craig Breen. driving a Peugeot 208, he jumped from fifth to second to win a podium position in the climax of the Rallye Monte-Carlo.