Is Dillon the guy down in Kerry? There was a brown mettalic coloured R5 sponsored by a Renault dealer I think it was Hurleys of Bantry, no I think it was Hartnetts of Tralee????
Jim Butler (Waterford I think) has been driving R5's for years. Remember he built a mid engined one back in 1981(ish) when Ragnotti had won the Monte in a works one.
It looks like it could be John Price in hte second one, though on the bonnet it says John Price rallycar Hire so it could be, as Podge said, Joe Butler or perhaps someone else who had hired it.
You had the much Televised Incident on RPM in the 1992 Galway Rally where the Marshalls had to act as Panel Beaters on your slightly damaged Renault 5 on the Lough Cutra Stage.
Correct Stanley Ballantine did rally one for a few years and quite a few events including in Belguim, I did the Donegal Hills Stages rally in 1989 with him in it, unfortunately that was the event that had the tragic passing of Mr. Conroy near Convoy.
i remember watching a video recently with a red r5 in it and it crashed at the end of a stage just beside a cow shed, cant for the life of me find it now
Brown/Yellow R5Turbo , Pat Dillon from Dublin. Ted thats him in the 5 SZE also. I think he used to work for Smiths who were the Renault distributors back in the early 80's.
Theres a fella who drove an r5 in west cork in 2011 he has a car sales in twopothouse near mallow in cork not sure of his name but i know he keeps the car along with a lancia delta in his showroom, I tink its an ex works car but dont take my word on that. There is also another fella that drives an r5 in sprints an hillclimbs Jim Butler is his name, that car has the philips livery on it.
I remember a man by the name of megan from either meath or killdare who drove a renault 5 alpine in the cavan stages about the mid eightys , i asked him about the car as it were unusual , it was yellow in colour and left hand drive.
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