Spirit of the championship award

 

Special Award for O'Connor Motorsport

 

After the disappointment of Kevin not winning the Billy Coleman awared earlier in November, Johnny had the pleasant surprise of winning the Spirit of the Championship award at the Dunlop National Championship prize giving at the Hodson Bay hotel near Athlone.

O'Connor Motorsport said on its Facebook page. "Bit of good news, along with his 3rd in class award, Johnny was the recipient of the 2012 Spirit of the Championship, at the Dunlop national awards night in Athlone, for his efforts in the lead up to and during the Donegal Harvest Rally. But a big thank you must go out to everybody that helped to get the car to the event after that dramatic week! you know who you are and we appreciate everything that was done, thank you to Eamon and his team at the rally for all the support and help they offered John. Also well done to Richard and Laura for running a brilliant Championship and Awards night. It was brilliant to get this award as it showed our efforts to get Johnny going weren't in vain! Thank you."

Richard Talbot and Johnny O'Connor