Picture: Ted O’Connell
Report: Ivan Hurley
Killarney and District Motor Club has launched its Castleisland-based Killarney Forestry Rally at the RiverIsland Hotel in the town and, for the second year in a row, the event will be run to raise funds for Irish Community Air Ambulance.
Last year Killarney and District Motor Club presented €58,293 to the air ambulance and proceeds from this year’s event will again be donated to this vital community service.
Competitors and rally fans can look forward to a challenging route in the Mullagherick Mountain, Fornane and Mount Eagle areas on Sunday, February 19.
Clerk of the Course for this year’s event, Adrian Cronin, outlined the hard work the Killarney and District Motor Club crew is doing behind the scenes to organise the first major motorsport event in the county this year.
Club chairman, Thomas Randles, said those involved are delighted to play a role in supporting this vital community service.
“Adrian might be leading this rally but there is a huge team involved and they have pulled together and done a lot of work in a short time,” he said.
Entries for the rally opened last Thursday night and already over 40 crews have confirmed that they will compete in the first gravel rally of the year in Ireland. The rally is round one of the Motorsport Ireland Forest Rally Championship, the Motorsport Ireland Junior Rally Series, and Moriarty’s Central Car Sales Kingdom of Kerry Championship.
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