Niall McShea has entered Rally Ireland 2009 in an S-Tec hired MEM Proton Satria Neo S2000

It has been confirmed that former PWRC champion Niall McShea will tackle January's Rally Ireland in a Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton Super 2000 through a hire deal with Donie O'Sullivan's S-Tec Motorsport (Irish partner with MEM), according to rally.ie.

McShea last competed on the Cork "20" Rally in September driving a Prodrive development Subaru Impreza N14 winning the Group N category and finishing 4th overall. More recently he sampled a RGRS VW Polo S2000 at a Rene Georges open day in Belgium.

McShea has been an open fan of the S2000 formula and nearly secured a deal to drive an RGRS Polo for the Donegal Rally this year. On Rally Ireland 2007 McShea scored an impressive PWRC victory driving a Subaru Impreza N12B.

Rally Ireland is the opening round of the 2009 World Rally Championship and takes place from the 29th January to the 1st February.

Proton Satria Neo S2000 technical specification

Images and technical data supplied courtesy of memuk.com

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