‘Mad Mark’ to continue Northern Ireland Rallycross title charge
at Nutts Corner
Nutts Corner
Circuit (near Belfast) plays host to the second round of the 2009/10 Fuchs Lubricants Northern Ireland
Rallycross Open Championship on Sunday November 22nd, which has already attracted an entry in excess of 60
cars.
Double
Rallycross Open Champion ‘Mad Mark’ claimed the opening round of the Championship last month with his Citroen Xsara
and is looking to make it two wins in succession. Declan Kelly (from Dublin driving a Ford Fiesta) and Kyle Orr
(Ford Focus) will be aiming to spoil ‘Mad Marks’ party, which will keep them both within striking distance in the
Championship title battle.
The Super
National category provided plenty of thrills and spills last month with Barry McCardle (from Dundalk) taking
victory with his Renault 5. Don Shannon (from Ballymoney driving a Volvo S40) will be aiming to record his first
event win in the Northern Ireland Championship, but will face plenty of opposition from a packed entry including
Sam Bovill (from Toomebridge driving a Vauxhall Corsa), Stanley Bovill (from Toomebridge driving a Vauxhall Astra),
Dessie Tierney (from Cavan driving a Vauxhall Tigra), James McVicker (from Ballymena driving a Renault Clio) and
Seamus Murphy (from Larne driving a Ford Escort).
Conor
Mulholland (from Randalstown driving a Fiat Stilo) is aiming to make amends for a first corner incident with Derek
Lenehan (from Dublin driving a Peugeot 106) last time out in the combined Procar 2000/Procar 1600 category. Local
driver, Jackie Harris hopes to take his Citroen Saxo to the top step of the podium for the first time to keep his
title bid on track.
David Bell
joins in the action with his Super Mini, while Mark Francis (County Down) leads the Junior entry which will be
hotly contested with over ten cars with entries from England, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
The RX150
category joins the Championship for the first time with Rallycross Open Champion, Andy Scott heading the entry
list. The Auto Fashion Rally Car category has once again attracted an entry of 30 cars, with Drew Stewart (Antrim),
Martin Teggart (Gilford) and James Kennedy (Antrim) resuming their battle in the 2 wheel drive rally car category
with their Ford Escort MK2’s.
Further
information on the event can be obtained from the 2009/10 Fuchs Lubricants Northern Ireland Rallycross Open
Championship website - www.nirallycross.com
2009/10
Fuchs Lubricants Northern Ireland Rallycross Open Championship Calendar (all events at Nutts
Corner):
Round 2
Sunday November 22nd - 2009
Round 3
Saturday January 30th - 2010
Round 4
Saturday February 20th - 2010
Round 5
Saturday April 24th - 2010 (including RxOC round 2)
Round 6
Sunday April 25th - 2010 (including RxOC round 3)
Event
Details – 2009/10 Fuchs Lubricants Northern Ireland Rallycross Open Championship - Round 2
Circuit:
Nutts Corner is located on the B101 near Nutts Corner roundabout
Date: Sunday
November 22nd 2009
Timetable: On
track action starts at 9.00am.
Website:
www.NIRallycross.com
2009 Fuchs
Lubricants Rallycross Open Championship Television Schedule (ITV Men and Motors)
ITV Men
and Motors can be found on Channel 178 on SKY Digital and on channel 280 on Virgin
Media.
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