O’Riordan wins Cartell.ie Rally again!
After another exciting rally Cartell is delighted to announce the winner of this years event was Daragh O’Riordan (Tony McDaid co-driver) in his Subaru S12. Daragh won the rally by 2.25 over second place finisher Darren Gass (Enda Sherry) in the International section. Daragh has completed back-to-back victories at the Rally of the Lakes!
Well done on a tremendous result! In the national section Barry Meade (Liam Moynihan) topped the podium in their Mark II Ford Escort and an Escort also won the Historic event as driven by Wesley Patterson (Martin McGarrit). The junior section was won by Gary Gazza Dineen (Damien Fleming) also in a Ford Escort. The podiums for the four event are as follows:
International Podium
| 1 | Daragh O’Riordan/Tony McDaid | Subaru S12 | 2:10:54.6 | |||||
| 2 | Darren Gass/Enda Sherry | Subaru Impreza WRC S10 | 2:13:20.0 | 2:25.4 | ||||
| 3 | Garry Jennings/Barry McNulty | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 2:19:09.1 | 8:14.5 |
National Podium
| 1 | Barry Meade/Liam Moynihan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 2:17:40.5 | |||||
| 2 | Roy White/Liam Brennan | MG ZR | 2:17:50.4 | 0:09.9 | ||||
| 3 | Fergus O’Meara/Diarmuid Lynch | Ford Escort | 2:20:31.8 | 2:51.3 |
Historic Podium
| 1 | Wesley Patterson/Martin McGarrity | Ford Escort RS1800 | 2:00:07.8 | |||||
| 2 | Todd Falvey/Peter Falvey | Porsche 911 | 2:04:34.4 | 4:26.6 | ||||
| 3 | Philip Wylie/John Young | Ford Escort | 2:07:08.7 | 7:00.9 |
Junior Podium
| 1 | Gary Gazza Dineen/Damien Fleming | Ford Escort RS1600 | 1:18:02.5 | |||||
| 2 | Derek Butler/Olivia McCarthy | Honda SIR Vtec | 1:18:14.6 | 0:12.1 | ||||
| 3 | Daniel Cronin/Sean Duggan | Peugeot 206 Cup Car | 1:18:36.4 | 0:33.9 |