The sounds of roaring engines comes to the Millstreet area today as the Cork 20 Rally comes close to Millstreet. There are a number of stages around Mullaghanish, Kilmeedy to Ballydaly and also around Mushera. To know the exact routes, you will have to get a programme whichare available locally at Colemans Garage, and at Centra (West End).
Local lads in the Rally are:
- #80 Declan Buckley/Ollie Kierce Ford Escort
- #82 Liam Dennehy/John Lynch Honda Civic
- #69 Connie Tarrant/Timie O Callaghan Skoda Fabia VRS
- #93 John O’Sullivan/Denny O’Riordan Toyota Corolla
- #H1 Todd Falvey Porsche 911 RS (Historics)
- #H3 Kevin Hickey/Derry Healy Ford Escort Mk1
To accommodate this event there will be a number of road closures: On Saturday roads will be closed around Mullaghanish between 7:50am and 5:50pm, around Ballydaly from 8:35am to 6:35pm and around Mushera from 9:20am to 7:30pm.
Here are the final standings at the end of the rally. The result of the National & Historic Sections are given below.
Results for the National category
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Washington James/Llinos Jones Davies | Darrian | 14 | O/A | 2:33:54.7 | ||
| 2 | 21 | Edward O’Callaghan/Gerard Clancy | Ford Escort | 13 | O/A | 2:35:57.5 | 2:02.8 | 2:02.8 |
| 3 | 36 | Geoffrey Dolan/Conor Murpy | Talbot Sunbeam | 13 | O/A | 2:37:12.7 | 3:18.0 | 1:15.2 |
| 4 | 26 | Leonard Downey/Mark Murphy | Ford Escort | 13 | 1 | 2:38:52.6 | 4:57.9 | 1:39.9 |
| 5 | 28 | Mervyn Wedlock/Damien McCabe | Ford Escort | 13 | 2 | 2:39:25.7 | 5:31.0 | 0:33.1 |
| 6 | 33 | Mark Dolphin/Martin O’Brien | Ford Escort | 13 | 3 | 2:44:18.9 | 10:24.2 | 4:53.2 |
| 7 | 31 | Gerard Seaman/Gerard Conway | Mitsubishi Evo 10 | 16 | 1 | 2:44:34.9 | 10:40.2 | 0:16.0 |
| 8 | 30 | John Hickey/John McCarthy | Ford Escort | 16 | 2 | 2:45:03.8 | 11:09.1 | 0:28.9 |
| 9 | 53 | Andy Horgan/Shane Horgan | Vauxhall Chevette | 13 | 4 | 2:45:57.5 | 12:02.8 | 0:53.7 |
| 10 | 66 | Jim Ahern/Kevin Joyce | Honda Civic | 16 | 3 | 2:47:08.0 | 13:13.3 | 1:10.5 |
| 11 | 89 | Paul Scannell/Mossie Griffin | Ford Escort | 11 | 1 | 2:48:27.0 | 14:32.3 | 1:19.0 |
| 12 | 87 | Joe Shrimpton/Ciaran Geaney | Citroen C2R2 | 16 | 4 | 2:48:44.9 | 14:50.2 | 0:17.9 |
| 13 | 97 | Tony Murphy/Bridget Murphy | Ford Escort | 14 | 1 | 2:49:31.7 | 15:37.0 | 0:46.8 |
| 14 | 51 | Eamon O’Connell/Mark Linehan | Honda Civic | 11 | 2 | 2:50:14.6 | 16:19.9 | 0:42.9 |
| 15 | 56 | William Kenneally/Finbarr Fogarty | Ford Escort Mk2 | 12 | 1 | 2:52:37.8 | 18:43.1 | 2:23.2 |
| 16 | 68 | Paul Casey/Stephen Quin | Ford Escort | 13 | 5 | 2:54:18.5 | 20:23.8 | 1:40.7 |
| 17 | 85 | Jason Roycroft/Nicole O’Shea | Honda Civic | 16 | 5 | 2:57:43.2 | 23:48.5 | 3:24.7 |
| 18 | 59 | Greg McCarthy/Steve Davis | Subaru Impreza | 16 | 6 | 2:58:45.5 | 24:50.8 | 1:02.3 |
| 19 | 82 | Liam Dennehy/John Lynch | Honda Civic | 11 | 3 | 3:00:34.0 | 26:39.3 | 1:48.5 |
| 20 | 63 | John Mulholland/Eamonn Gorman | Ford Ka | 9 | 1 | 3:01:34.1 | 27:39.4 | 1:00.1 |
| 21 | 67 | Billy Coogan/Michael Coady | BMW M3 | 14 | 2 | 3:01:45.2 | 27:50.5 | 0:11.1 |
| 22 | 76 | Michael Murphy/Pat Cashman | Toyota Corolla | 11 | 4 | 3:03:50.8 | 29:56.1 | 2:05.6 |
| 23 | 93 | John O’Sullivan/Denny O’Riordan | Toyota Corolla | 11 | 5 | 3:04:26.0 | 30:31.3 | 0:35.2 |
| 24 | 69 | Connie Tarrant/Timie O’Callaghan | Skoda Fabia VRS | 16 | 7 | 3:09:24.7 | 35:30.0 | 4:58.7 |
| 25 | 99 | Finbarr Hegarty/Murish Scannell | Honda Civic | 9 | 2 | 3:33:28.4 | 59:33.7 | 24:03.7 |
Results for the Historic category
| O/A | Car | Driver/Codriver | Make | Class | Pos | Total | Diff 1st | Diff Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H2 | Mark Falvey/Colin Moynihan | Ford Escort | D5 | 1 | 2:08:52.1 | ||
| 2 | H1 | Todd Falvey/Pat Duggan | Porsche 911 RSR | D4 | 1 | 2:12:05.6 | 3:13.5 | 3:13.5 |
| 3 | H4 | Alan Courtney/Jim Hill | Porsche 928 | D4 | 2 | 2:21:47.3 | 12:55.2 | 9:41.7 |
| 4 | H3 | Kevin Hickey/Derry Healy | Ford Escort Mk1 | C1 | 1 | 2:24:15.8 | 15:23.7 | 2:28.5 |
| 5 | H6 | Aidan O’Connor/Ian Regan | Ford Escort | C2 | 1 | 2:26:25.9 | 17:33.8 | 2:10.1 |
Well done Mark, Todd and Kevin