Quality Hotels West Cork Rally 2010 - Press
Release # 2
With less than two weeks to go before the Quality Hotels West
Cork Rally, Cork Motor Club are delighted to announce that over
160 entries have been received to date for the main rally. Juniors
and Historics make up another 35 entries in what promises to
be a very exciting event.
Four
former winners have entered the event, namely Michael Barrable,
Denis Cronin, Liam McCarthy and Bob Fowden. Tim McNulty who
ran Barrable so close in 2007 is also entered to shake the car
down before the Circuit of Ireland at Easter. Also WRC mounted
are J.J. Fleming and Hugh Hunter who cannot be discounted from
the eventual shake-up. Hunter was last in West Cork in 1995
in a Gp N Sapphire Cosworth where he proved to be very quick.
The
modified entry is no less competitive, with the likes of John
Dalton, Washington James, Des Moore and Neil Williams all likely
to be on a serious pace over St.Patricks Weekend. As usual there
are a large variety of makes and models to keep spectators interested.
The Honda Cup first round is in Clonakilty and this brings Honda
Civics from different parts of the country to do battle. The
event is also the first round of the Southern 4 Rally Championship,
where defending champion Denis Cronin will be looking to get
off to a good start.
The
classic Group B cars in the shape of Slowly Sideways will also
be back in Clonakilty in 2010 after their successful appearance
last year. This brings a sense of nostalgia to the proceedings
and provide the rally fan with a glimpse of the top cars from
years gone by. The Slowly Sideways cars will be in action on
eight of the events sixteen stages over rally weekend.
There
will be a ceremonial start in the town of Clonakilty on Friday
night 19th March at 7pm. This will involve the top ten cars
in the main field as well as the Slowly Sideways cars. The cars
will parade through the town which will add to the atmosphere
in Clonakilty over the weekend.
Accomodation
may still be sourced by contacting the Quality Hotel on 023
8836400, (00 353 23 8836400 from the UK) or logging onto their
website at www.qualityclonakiltyhotel.com. For more rally details
please log onto www.corkmotorclub.com
or www.westcorkrally.com.
Kevin
O'Driscoll
Press & Media Officer
