Ballyvaughan Hillclimb Weekend

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Simon McKinley Lant RT2

Sylvie Mullins Gould GR37

​It was a wonderful weekend of high octane action in Ballyvaughan and what a difference 24hrs can make, on Saturday heavy rain made driving conditions very tricky on The Corkscrew Hill, however, Simon McKinley in his Lant RT2 got a somewhat dry’ish run and managed to put in 51:69s on run 3 and despite a good run by Sylvie Mullins he only managed 52:57s

Sunday on Ballyallaban was glorious, in the sunshine the Burren was breathtakingly beautiful, Simon McKinley switched to his much loved white Escort and treated the spectators to a dazzling display of high speed driving but he was pipped at the post by Rory Stephens in his Radically good looking Radical SR8 61:94s, Rory won by 0.43, finishing second overall behind Sylvie Mullins who set a blistering pace in the Gould that could not be matched 55:36s

 

Although the Hill had been shortened, Ballyallaban is still a hill that can catch out a driver, first to fall foul of the hill was Gerard O’Connor and his lovely Sheane FVEE, thankfully Ger was unhurt but the car suffered extensive damage to the front, those Granit walls are very unforgiving.
The award for the most spectacular off for the weekend goes to Gary Egan, Gary was pushing hard on Ballyallaban when he came in contact with the scenery and  rolled, again thankfully Gary was ok, but the Nolan Cinquecento was heavily damaged. That’s Ballyallaban for you folks, make a small mistake and it will bite your head off.

 

Senan O’Connor

The Battle of the weekend was between the Italian Job crews, The Cinquecento’s battled hard Saturday and Sunday and were very popular with the spectators, On Saturday a last blast by Damien Walsh 77:25s gave him victory over Senan O’Conner 77:29 followed in 3rd by Joe Courtney 77:41s
On Sunday Joe Courtney put in a blistering time of 86.4s to take the win followed home by Senan O’Connor with a 86:61 with Damien Walsh in 3rd in a time of 87:56s

After four rounds of this Italian Mini Classic it looks like this:
Senan O’Connor 27pts
Joe Courtney 23pts
Gary Eagan 19pts
Damien Walsh 19pts
Neil Bradbury 13pts
Results By Senan O’Connor
In a few weeks time the Cinquecento’s will be heading to
St Gouéno in France, we wish them a safe journey.

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Full results from the weekend & the latest news are available at
Irish Hillclimb.com and the pictures are in the Gallery. Our thanks to all the Marshals for an excellent weekend of motorsport.