National Rally Championship

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National Rally Championship
Category Rallying
Country Ireland
Inaugural season 1966
Drivers' champion Flag of Ireland.svg Josh Moffett (2019)
Official website Website

The National Rally Championship is a rallying series in the Republic of Ireland. It consists series of events, organized by a different motor club representing the region. The championship consists of eight events that runs in 16 locations switching biennially.

Contents

The championship is regulated by Motorsport Ireland who are the governing body of Motorsports in the Republic of Ireland.

For sponsorship reasons the series were called Dunlop National Rally Championship between 2011 and 2014, and Triton National Rally Championship between 2015 and 2020.

Seasons

2022

Calendar

RoundDatesEventRally HQOrganizer
16 March Mayo Rally Achill Island Mayo & District Motor Club
23 April Birr Rally Birr Birr & District Motor Club
324 April Monaghan Rally Monaghan Monaghan Motor Club
415 May Carlow Rally Carlow Carlow Motor Club
55 June Circuit of Munster Limerick Limerick Motor Club
617 July Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally Clonmel Tipperary Motor Club
728 August Galway Summer Rally Galway Galway Motor Club
88 October Donegal Harvest Rally Ballybofey Donegal Motor Club

Results

RoundWinner
1Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Hyundai i20 R5)
2Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Hyundai i20 R5)
3Josh Moffett/Jason McKenna (Hyundai i20 R5)
4Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Hyundai i20 R5)
5Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Hyundai i20 R5)

2021

The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020

At the 2019 awards ceremony on 16 November it was announced that 2020 championship will consist of seven rounds, six of which will be counting rounds. The change in biennial calendar is the drop of Sligo Rally in September and return of Carlow Rally in May.

The important championship sponsorship was offered to Triton Showers to extended for another year. Initially committed for five years term, Triton Showers agreed to remain as title sponsors for another year. [1]

On 12 March all motorsports events were postponed in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. [2] On 20 March, Motorsport Ireland issued a statement that all motorsport events are suspended until 1 June 2020. [3] [4] After the government released a road map on easing the COVID-19 restrictions on 6 May, [5] Motorsport Ireland released a statement same day that in line with Phase 4 of this road map the suspension of all motor sports events is extended until the 20 July 2020. Rally events fall under Phase 5 of the guidelines and will not be considered until after the 10 August 2020. [6] On 19 May Motorsport Ireland cancelled the 2020 championship. [7] Clubs might still be able to run events if they wish but it won't hold championship status.

Only the round 1 took place before rounds 2-5 were postponed, and eventually all remaining rounds were cancelled.

Calendar

2020 event calendar before cancellation
RoundDatesEventRally HQOrganizer
18 March Mayo Rally Achill Island Mayo & District Motor Club
25 April cancelled Circuit of Kerry Rally Tralee Kerry Motor Club
310 May cancelled Carlow Rally Carlow Carlow Motor Club
424 May cancelled Cavan Rally Cavan Cavan Motor Club
59 August cancelled Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally Clonmel Tipperary Motor Club
613 September cancelled Clare Rally Sligo Clare Motor Club
710 October cancelled Donegal Harvest Rally Ballybofey Donegal Motor Club

2019

The 2019 season was launched on 26 January in Mondello Park, [8] sponsored by Triton for the fifth year in a row. [9] The calendar, consisting of the same eight biennial events was announced. The best seven scores will count, in addition, the final two rounds will offer bonus points. [10]

Awards

There will be overall awards and awards for each of the 20 classes. Other awards include the Motorsport Safety Team Group N award, the rally.ie award (highest two-wheel drive in overall classification) and the Mk. 2 Champions Trophy. The Juniors will compete for Junior Trophy (Class 16A) and the National Junior Award (Class 16), with the winner qualifying for selection process for the Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year award. Navigators will participate in separate scoring and will be also awarded.

Broadcasting

The TV coverage is captured by On the Limit Sports. The viewers can view the series on TG4 and RTE Player in Ireland, as well as on satellite channel, YouTube and Motorsport.tv. [11]

Participating Classes
ClassGroupDescription
Class 1 N up to 1600cc (previously N1 & N2)
R1 up to 1390cc - VR1A
1390-1600 cc - VR1B
Class 2 A up to 1600cc (previously A5 & A6)
R2 1390-1600 cc - VR2B
Kit cars up to 1600cc
N 1601-2000 cc (previously N3)
Class 3 A 1601-2000 cc
R2 1601-2000 cc - VR2C
R3 atmospheric 1601-2000 cc - VR3C
turbo up to 1620cc nominal - VR3T
diesel up to 2000cc nominal - VR3D
Super 1600 Super 1600 rally homologation
Class 4 N over 2000 cc (N4 FIA Appendix J254)
Class 5 R4 FIA Appendix J260
R5 all R5
S2000 Super 2000 Rally (atmospheric)
Class 6 R-GT FIA R-GT homologation
Class 7 A over 2000 cc (previously A8)
WRC 1.6T, 2.0T
S2000 S2000 Rally 1.6T 30 mm Restrictor (also known as Regional Rally Car - RRC)
Class 9ModifiedModified cars up to 1450 cc, 2 wheel drive
Class 10ModifiedModified cars 1451 to 1650 cc, not more than 2 valves per cylinder, 2 wheel drive
Class 11FModified FWDModified FWD cars 1451 to 1650 cc, more than 2 valves per cylinder, 2 wheel drive
Class 11RModified RWDModified RWD cars 1451 to 1650 cc, more than 2 valves per cylinder
Class 13ModifiedModified cars 1651 to 2100 cc, more than 2 valves per cylinder, 2 wheel drive
Class 14ModifiedModified cars 2101 to 3500 cc, 2 wheel drive
Max 2 valves per cylinder over 3000 cc
Class 15 4WD Four-wheel drive cars whose homologation has expired
Class 16JuniorsAppendix 29.1 Article 21
Class 18 Historics Articles 17–19, Appendix 29.1
Class 19 Historics Appendix K
Class 20ModifiedModified Four-wheel drive Cars

Calendar

RoundDatesEventRally HQOrganizer
1 [12] 24 February Abbeyleix Manor Hotel Rally Abbeyleix Birr & District Motor Club
224 March Midland Rally Longford Midland Motor Club
328 April Monaghan Rally Monaghan Monaghan Motor Club
42 June Circuit of Munster Limerick Limerick Motor Club
530 June Raven’s Rock Rally Waterford Carrick-On-Suir Motor Club
6 [13] 14 July Sligo Rally Sligo Connacht Motor Club
725 August Galway Summer Rally Galway Galway Motor Club
827 October Fastnet Rally Skibbereen Skibbereen & District Car Club

Results

A total of 113 competitors have participated in at least one championship event.

Top 10 drivers overall:

PosDriverCarClass1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
 Points [14]
1 Josh Moffet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 720211821202122#143
2 Roy White Ford Fiesta RS WRC 71618161619180#103
3 Kevin Eves Toyota Corolla AE86 14911110#1601562
4 David Moffett Toyota Starlet RWD 135780#14#2155
5 Shane Maguire Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4355#141214#52
6 Declan Boyle Ford Fiesta RS WRC 71901418####51
7 Aaron McLaughlin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4131#161121649
8 JF Shovelin Ford Escort MK2 141916#0131848
9 Kevin Barrett Subaru Impreza S14 WRC 71#69##121442
10 Peadar Hurson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 71416##10###40
  • Note: # - did not start

2018

ALMC Stages Rally event originally scheduled on 15 July was cancelled prior to season start as the ALMC felt that there is lack of commitment to the event from the rally drivers, because there are too many rallies in June - July period. ALMC Stages Rally event was taking place since 1984.

Sligo Rally was admitted to the calendar instead, but rescheduled from 15 to 8 of July due to 'exceptional weather conditions' and fears that the heat will melt the road surface. However the heatwave persisted and this date was also cancelled. Eventually the rally took place on 2 September.

Carlow Mini Stages Rally organized by Carlow Motor Club and held on 20 May was not a championship counting round. Best five rounds out of seven counted towards championship title.

Calendar

RoundDatesEventRally HQOrganizer
111 March Mayo Rally Achill Island Mayo & District Motor Club
28 April Circuit of Kerry Rally Tralee Kerry Motor Club
327 May Cavan Rally Cavan Cavan Motor Club
412 August Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally Sligo Tipperary Motor Club
52 September Sligo Rally Clonmel Connacht Motor Club
616 September Clare Rally Sligo Clare Motor Club
713 October Donegal Harvest Rally Ballybofey Donegal Motor Club

Results

Top 10 drivers overall:

PosDriverCarClass1
2
3
4
5
6
7
 Points
1 Declan Boyle Ford Fiesta WRC 72119014191814105
2 Josh Moffett Ford Fiesta WRC 71820020#212099
3 Joseph McGonigle Mini John Cooper Works WRC 20141621161414#95
4 Chris Armstrong Ford Escort Mk2 149014121081265
5 Donagh Kelly Ford Fiesta WRC 7814#1920##61
6 Roy White Ford Fiesta WRC 70.59##16161961
7 Stuart Darcy Darrian T90 GTR 1411120011121147
8 Kevin Barrett Subaru Impreza WRC S14 7711##810945
9 Aidan Wray Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 412016130##41
10 Johnny Jordan Toyota Starlet 13##180#111039
  • Note: # - did not start

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