Rally Ireland – Boyle World Rally Festival launched for the 2009 WRC event

The Boyle World Rally Festival was officially launched last week by four times Irish tarmac champion, Eugene Donnelly at Lough Key Forest Park, Roscommon.  The event marked the announcement of Boyle’s inclusion in Rally Ireland 2009 and was co-hosted by festival partners, Roscommon County Council.

Donnelly was delighted to launch the event:

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Rally Ireland 2009 will feature a live TV Donegal Town stage as its finale

RallyBuzz can exclusively reveal that Rally Ireland will have a 1.5km stage through Donegal Town centre as the finale of the 09 event on Sunday the 1st February. This will replace Mullaghmore, which ran as the last stage in 2007. The route details have been submitted for approval, a senior FIA member revealed.

We can also reveal that Enniskillen will be the venue for the Ceremonial Start which will take place… Continue reading

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Meeke to Barbados Rally as Higgins unsure if doing Rally of the Lakes

Kris Meeke will be heading to Barbados to contest a rally which is popular with British and Irish competitors alike. Meeke has been offered the chance to drive a Wevers Corolla WRC belonging to Trinidad-based Jamaican John Powell. Powell lent Mark Higgins his Corolla back in September to compete on an event in Barbados. Out of interest Ulsterman Kenny McKinstry won the rally twice, 1994 in a Subaru Legacy and 1996 in a F2… Continue reading

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