Craig Breen & Paul Nagle will be heading to the Wastewater Solutions Easter Stages Rally this weekend knowing that a third win on the bounce would leave them in a very strong Irish Tarmac Rally Championship position. With wins in Galway and West Cork the pair holds a six point advantage heading into the third
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Craig Breen & Paul Nagle made it two wins from two by taking victory on the second round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally. As with the first round in Galway the Fiesta R5 crew were pushed very hard by Alastair Fisher and Gordon Noble in a similar
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The hotly anticipated second round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the Clonakilty Park Hotel West Cork Rally takes place this coming weekend. A bumper entry has been received with no less than 23 R5 cars at the head of the field in what should be a superb battle. Donagh Kelly has won the event
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The TROA are pleased to announce that Pirelli will be coming onboard as an associate sponsor for the 2019 ITRC. Pirelli have recently appointed EARS Motorsport as their distributor for Ireland. Since their appointment Philip and David Moynihan have engaged with the Tarmac Championship and agreed a deal as an associate sponsor for the 2019
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Craig Breen and Paul Nagle got their partnership off to a winning start by taking their Ford Fiesta R5 to victory on the opening round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally. At the end of the nine stage event they had 14.4 seconds to spare over the similar car
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The TROA are pleased to announce that Michelin will be supporting the 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Michelin have over many years supported the ITRC in one guise or another and It is a testament to the championship that they have continued for 2019. For competitors competing in an R5 or RHD R5 derivative and
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The 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship is shaping up to be very exciting indeed with strong interest being shown across the various categories ahead of the Galway International Rally which takes place on Sunday February 10th. The oldest International Rally in the Republic of Ireland is back after a twelve month absence and takes its
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Back as far as April 2018 the TROA undertook to investigate the avenues available to facilitate RHD R5 cars to compete on the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. Initially contact was made with the manufacturers to enquire if they were interested in homologating RHD cars and the responses were all negative. Direct contact was then sent
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The 2018 Irish Tarmac Historic champion Owen Murphy with Anthony Nestor on the notes began the defence of his title in the perfect way with an impressive win on the Rentokil Initial Killarney Historic Stages Rally. At the end of the eight stage event, Murphy driving a Sunbeam Lotus held off a strong challenge from
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The 2018 Irish Tarmac Championship concluded with the CB Tool Hire Cork 20 International Rally, and saw Roy White & James O’Brien win the event in their Ford Fiesta WRC. Second overall went to Daniel Cronin & Shane Buckley in a Ford Fiesta R5 which also netted them maximum championship points for the round, their
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