Full details over on http://www.munstercarclub.com/ or stay tuned for updates below.

Full details over on http://www.carrickonsuirmotorclub.com/ or stay tuned for updates below.

Got going again as a OO run but had to withdraw due to problems… 40 days ago
Went ok on ss1, also going well on ss2 until the throttle jammed open and we slid off deep into trees… 40 days ago
Lovely sunny day, just heading out […]

http://www.carrickonsuirmotorclub.com/downloads/Wm%20Forestry%20Rally%202009%20Entry%20List.pdf
Must watch the DVD tonight, one stage repeated from last year and reckon I recongise a bit of another…

The first part of SS4 appologies for the poor quality.
Should be sorted for the next day.

 
With thanks to Denis from RallyMad Motorsport Photography.

After an early mishap, 6 points is a solid start from a slippery Tipperary Forestry.
SS1 was cancelled and ss2 had to be shortened due to heavy packed snow in the high up middle section of the stage.

About 2k into the shortened ss2, we came across another class 3 runner - Alan Dineen’s beached Nova.  […]

Stay tuned for updates below over the weekend. Further info about the rally on Rally.ie or on the Tipperary Motor Club website.

Ss6 went ok, decent pace at times but not helped by old rubber. Back to parc ferme, hopefully with a few points in the bag. 18 days ago
still going well after a thawed […]

So we’ve ended up with a pretty poor seeding for the first round of the forestry championship this weekend. 59th out of 64 main field runners is disappointing but we’ll see what we can do.
We’re into class 3 this year as we’re officially ancient now.  So it’s back into the main field but could be […]

After looking at various options including the Honda Cup and Southern 4 we’ve decided to return to the woods for 2009.
We’re officially old now so it’s out of the Juniors and into Class 3 for the recession-friendly 5 round season.

Tipperary Sean Conlon Forestry Rally - 8 Feb 09
Carrick-on-Suir Wm. Loughman Forestry Rally - 1 Mar […]

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So the Forestry season is all over for the year following the last round in Birr.
Ray Breen took the overall honours but we’ve happily found out that we took the class win in the Juniors.  We were the only crew to take part in sufficient rounds to be eligible for an award.  As a result […]

Here’s the full ss3 in-car from the weekend. Apologies about the intermittent camera blackouts!!!

SS2/4 was a wee bit muddy at the weekend…  Full report and videos to follow in the next few days.

# Ss4: lack of gears and a mud soaked windscreen caused us to slip off the road. Found reverse but couldn’t get a forward gear. Rally over. 31 days ago
# Ps - times are available via rally.connect.ie 31 days ago
# Ss1 a little slippy but ok. Ss2 very treachorous and muddy. Grip levels were up […]

The entry list for the Birr forestry rally is now out.
The event takes place this weekend over approx 67km of stage miles and as the last round of the championship should be a good bit of craic!  We’re seeded at 206.
Full details over on Rally.ie

 
We had a bit of a mixed run at the weekend, but were happy enough with our finish after problems late on.
The opening stages held up really well over the first and second loops, albiet a little muddy second time through.  We had a slow enough start as man and machinery took a while […]

Interim results available all day Saturday from http://www.corkmotorclub.com/
* Ss9: short shifter knob broke off, compounded by the gear linkage melting. But we struggled through to finish. 46 days ago
* Ss7 and ss8: fine, but more slippy and still way down on power 46 days ago
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The time and distance schedule is out for the Cork Forestry on Saturday.  You can download it from http://www.corkmotorclub.com/ or directly by clicking here.
We’re in for a long enough day, should be leaving parc ferme at around 08:30 and back to the finish ramp at 19:00.  More details (and entry list) to follow soon.

So after a mixed run and untimely end in the Wexford forestry (above), we can look forward to the Cork forestry next month.  The Class 9 drivers title looks out of reach (Killarney and Birr look increasingly unlikely to run) so we can go out and have a days’ craic in Cork.
This years’ event is […]

Last Sunday June the 29th Clare Motorclub ran there rescheduled loose surface autocross. The track and organisation was top notch, it was a credit to the club. Unfortunately there was a very small entry - just 15 entries were received.
After deciding to take part in the event very late in the week, a late night Saturday night was […]

Full details over on Rally.ie or on the rally page at the Wexford Motor Club website.

Sprang a fuel leak at the start of ss5, nursed her through it but had to pull out before ss6 as it was pouring. No luck :/ 1 day ago
Lost 30-40 secs off the start of ss4 - a belt […]

 
The regs are out for the Wexford Forestry on the 8th of June.  5 Stages run twice should make for an interesting day’s rallying.  We’ll be out hoping for a good run in the 5th round of the championship and revenge on the CV joint that let us down in Waterford. Must send the entry […]

It took long enough, but I finally got the in-car from the Moonraker ripped and cut together.  Unfortunately, due to problems with the camera and scant little mileage before we burst the CV, there’s only about 4 mins of footage there.  Oh well.  Enjoy.

I’ve just finished ripping our in-car from Shanera and I’ll hopefully have it up by tomorrow.  In the meantime, above is a clip of us at the downhill hairpin on Shanera.  Thanks again to Denis from RallyMad Motorsport Photography.

The downhill hairpin on Shanera.  With thanks to Denis from RallyMad Motorsport Photography.

Well, we made it to the finish of the lakes yesterday.  Unfortunately, we only got two stages in the juniors - we weren’t best pleased when the first loop of three were all cancelled after the stages went over the road closing time.  Plenty of sightseeing driving through…
Despite being slow as a wet week on […]

Live results on rally.connect.ie
Just headin for the finish ramp. Had a clean run through caragh lake and a good run on shanera, despite suspension arm problems 32 days ago
Queuin for caragh lake. Again. Hopefully we’ll get the run this time. 32 days ago
First three stages all cancelled due to lack of time. Not happy campers… […]

All set for the morning, the car’s been in parc ferme since Friday Evening.  Flew through scrutiny, but the bypass was busy as usual…

Thankfully, the weather’s set to improve tomorrow.  We were out marshalling on Cod’s head today and it didn’t stop raining all day.  So hopefully that’s most of the rain gone for the […]

So it turns out that it was a CV joint that burst at the Moonraker.  And not the gearbox.  Phew!!!
Thankfully that means that we can get a run this weekend in the Juniors section of the rally of the Lakes (436).  We were out reccein on Sunday, and although we don’t get Moll’s gap […]

So we were in joint second after 2 stages yesterday, and just getting ready to have a crack at it in the afternoon when something broke.  We had no v-tec off the start of stage 3, and within a few hundred yards of being all over the place, we slid off when she locked up.  […]

Full event details on rally.ie
Slid off at the first 2R in SS3. Gearbox seems to be the problem as we had no V-Tec off the line and lost drive to one of the wheels. 16 days ago
sS2: a bit slippier, but got through fine. Lying second in class after the first two. 17 days ago
sS1: […]

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So the car’s all ready for the Moonraker this weekend. We’ll be out as 202, near the front of the road again.  We took her out for a spin at the Skibbereen autocross last week, and I’ve uploaded a couple of photos over on the photos page.  Video to follow next week.
We were trying […]

Just a quick word of thanks to the lads who have helped out with service this year.
Thanks to Ian Mulcahy for help last weekend, but also to Ronan Walsh and Maurice McSweeney for their hard work and early starts this year.
Now, time to rebuild for the Moonraker in two weeks time!!!

So we pushed it a little too hard trying to get into the points and slipped out on the last stage on Sunday.  We struggled for times a lot of the day as we were first on the road, and there was absolutely no grip. The car performed perfectly but there was just no tweaking […]

Final times and results up on http://rally.connect.ie/results.php?rally=LF08

Ss7 and ss8: Pushed her a little too much and ended up beached near the end of ss8. 4 days ago
Ss5 and ss6: Nice to have grip on the second run through. Ss5 was pretty good. Ss6 I had a shockingly bad time on the notes. We’ll have a […]

Well, we’ve been seeded at 204 for sunday, the third round of the 2008 Forestry Championship. As usual, I’ll be blogging it tomorrow at scrutiny and on the day. In the meantime, check out the links below for more info!

More info on Rally.ie
Live results on rally.connect.ie
Discussion over on rallyforums.com

 
Click for bigger.  With thanks to M. Schayer Rally Photography - 086 3171781 / mschayer@o2.pl

Well I’ve sent the entry in for the Limerick Tom White Memorial Forestry Rally in two weeks time.  Angus Sealey’s new online entry form makes it all so easy…
There isn’t a lot left to do, after a nice run out in Carraig there were a few minor dents to fix and panels to beat, but […]

I cut together some of our in-car footage from Carraig.  Included are a little of SS2 and SS3 in the darkness, and most of SS3 including our fight with a bale.  Enjoy!

The final times are up on rally.ie and despite being told at the stop car we were only 3s up on JP Ruth, the times show it was a slightly quicker 25s and just enough to take the class win by 7 seconds.  Damnit, we would have sticked around for the crystal if we’d known!!!
Ah […]

Event roundup and video clips to follow during the week.

Final times are up on rally.ie and a re-check of the times show we clinched the class win by just 7 sec after the last stage. less than a minute ago
Clear run over the last 3 stages, we finished 2nd in class despite clawing back time on a down on power JP Ruth about […]

The Willie Loughman memorial rally is coming up this weekend and is sure to have plenty of excitement.  The rally kicks off at 5AM and the first three stages are in darkness.
As it’s round 2 of our Hankook National Forestry Championship campaign, we’ll be taking part in the Junior class.  We’ve been seeded as first […]

I finally got a decent version of SS2 uploaded to youtube.  Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted our off.  Sorry.  Yes, I am that stupid!!!!

 
After finally getting the in-car from Tipp SS2 uploaded to Youtube, the quality turned out terrible.  Thanks to the awful internet connection in Kenmare the only way I could get it to upload was by making the file really small, so the quality suffered.  However, I’m in the middle of re-encoding the video and should […]

…the others being the two squidgy bits inside the car.  Shock sheared at the top after a grand total of 8 and a half stages.
Bloody spax!!!

Car’s loaded up and we’re away home. We managed 11th of 24 in a nice leisurely ss1 run out. The focus now turns to carrick forestery in 3 weeks time… 1 day ago
Back in to service. Probable cause a broken shock on the back. Video evidence inconclusive!!! 1 day ago
Waiting for the end of the […]