Rally Events

Circuit of Munster
Round 5 of the
2008 Dunlop National Rally Championship
1 June 2008

Club Members in the Circuit of Munster

Prize winners
Eamon Daly and Kevin Synott, 5th Overall 1st Class 4 (Best Group N)
Eamon he said he was so happy to win group N, he has been trying so long to do so and it finally came through, the car went well all day.
Ed Synan and Denis O'Connell 8th Overall 1st Class 13 Quickest 2WD
Ed had a difficult day coming into service with a broken altenator bracket twice! In the last loop he kept his lead even with disintegrating rear suspension link bars
Èd O'Callaghan and Ger Clancy 11th Overall 2nd Class 13
Mark Sheahan and Jonathon McGrath 12th Overall 1st Class 6 continue their dominance of Class 6 in the championship
Frankie Sweeney and Seamus O Connor 15th Overall 3rd in class 13
In Roche and Paul Roche 16th overall 2nd class 6
Dan Mulcahy and Donnacha O'Callaghan 30th Overall and 2nd class 15
Pat Ryan and Sinead O'Keeffe 34th Overall and 1st Class 9
When Pat went up to collect his prize he mentioned that "I have been trying for years I won't say how many it would be telling my age."
Mike Walsh and Ger Ryan 48th overall 3rd class 12

Other News about the Finishers
Rumours have it that Sean Moran did some serious lightening of his car removing bumpers and windows
More club finishers
Liam Mulcaire and Shane Meade
Maurice Meskell and Podge Doody
Niall Shorten and Alan Leonard
Peter McDonnell and John Finnegan
James Doherty and Niall Mullane
John Caplis and Sean Kennedy
Hazal O'Callaghan and Sean Dillon
Gordan Dreaper and Derek Bovenizer
TJ O'Connell and Adrain O'Gorman
John Mannion and Jerry Costello
David Dee and Rita Dee
Donie Carmody and Kieran Philips.

The Non Finishers
Paul Purtill kissed a bale and bent the rack
Aiden Walsh sucombed to gearbox woes
Shane Mangan crashed
Gary Reidy blew his engine
Niall O'Connell and John Liston (Mechanical)
Raymond Enright and John Gleeson (Mechanical)
John Danaher and Martin Mulcahy (Mechanical)
John Collins and Jason O'Brien (Mechanical)
Eamon Hanley went for a roll, and it wasn't a breakfast
Micheal Meade and Brian O'Connor took on a wall
Kevin O'Connor had a roll over jump's
John O'Conner Jnr blew up the engine
Sean Liston and Daniel Browne fought the wall and the wall won
Bernie Roche and Christina Shanahan had gearbox trouble
And
Mike Ahern
abandoned by his navigator
who was heard muttering something about a Mad Bull!

Circuit of Munster 2008 Launch at Woodlands House Hotel
L to R Mike Mulcahy, Ian Roche, Mary Fitzgerald, Eleana Fitzgerald Kane, Paul Roche, Ger Healy
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