The Clare Motor Club are delighted to announce details of the 2016 Clare Stages Rally which will take place on September 17th. & 18th. This very popular event has been running since 1988 and down through the years has attracted competitors from all over Ireland and the UK.
The 2016 event is Round 7 of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship and Round 5 of the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship.
Chairman of the Motorsport Ireland Rallies Committee Ger Healy from Adare, Co. Limerick has taken on the role as Clerk of the Course for this year’s event.
Hyundai Limerick Motor Centre who have been sponsoring stages in Clare for several years have come on board as title sponsor for the 2016 event. The Hyundai dealership which is based on the Ballysimon Road, Limerick is Irelands longest serving Hyundai dealership, and has been supplying Hyundai's in Limerick City and County since 1989. Limerick Motor Centre have been marketing the Hyundai brand in Co Clare since 2010 and North Tipperary since 2013.
Dealer Principal Martin O’Mara said " Sponsorship of The Clare Stages Rally is an ideal opportunity to showcase the Hyundai range of vehicles and also the Limerick Motor Centre brand through corporate signage on the highways and byways of Clare."
Clare Motor Club have a unique association with the Hyundai brand as the Hyundai Accent World Rally Car made its Irish debut at the 2002 Clare Stages Rally in the hands of Limerick Driver Ollie O’Donovon who finished the event 5th overall.
This year has seen a major increase in new car sales in Ireland with Hyundai sitting in 3rd position in Ireland with the Hyundai Tucson the biggest selling car in Clare to date in 2016. Hyundai is also becoming a major player in world rallying with the Hyundai i20 competing in the World Rally Championship and the new Hyundai i20 R5 almost ready for homologation which will then see it competing in various rallying championships worldwide and hopefully Ireland in the coming years.
The 2016 Clare Stages will have its HQ at The Oak Wood Arms Hotel in Shannon with Scrutiny, Parc Ferme and Centralized Servicing all based in Shannon town. The Rally format is three stages which will be repeated three times in the Shannon Region.
Entries for this years Hyundai Limerick Motor Centre Clare Stages Rally Are now open and are available to download along with the event regulations. Rally HQ once again this year is the Oakwood hotel Shannon. Scrutiny, Parc Ferme and service are all in the same location in Shannon. Entries are filling every fast so anyone intending on competing in the event is advised to get your entries in as soon as possible.
link to Regulations and Entry forms http://www.claremotorclub.com/node/1185
Marshals meeting times for Hyundai Limerick Motor Centre 2016 Clare Stages Rally are as follows
SS1-4-7
Tara filling station bunratty
7.15am
SS 2-5-8
Crowes centra Sixmilebridge
8.00am
SS 3-6-9
Western garages Quin Rd Ennis
8.30am
Program outlets lynch centra on the gort road Ennis Motor Factors, Mill Road, Ennis Maxol Service Station Clarecastle O Sullivan and Hasbury Mace Kilrush Rd, Ennis
Banner Motor Factors, Ennis
Western Garages Service Station, Quin Road, Ennis
TOP Oil, Doora
Oakwood Hotel, Shannon (available from Friday evening)
Topaz Shannon
Texaco Shannon
Crowes Gala Ministers cross
Centra Sixmilebridge square
Mace Kilkishen
Tara oil Bunratty
A huge thank you and well done to Ger Healy and his team and all at Clare Motor Club for a great event yesterday. To all the marshalls , timekeepers and anyone who helped and stood out in that rain we thank you most sincerely.
Despite the miserable weather, I actually ended up getting some quite good material, in my opinion anyway.... including Josh doing a very quick 360 spin on stage 5 where he lost the rally lead as he already had punctured at that point in the stage.
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