Abbeyleix Stages Rally 2016

The Abbeyleix Stages Rally 2016 Finished In The Same Fashion To The Year Previous As Frosses Man Donagh Kelly Stormed To Victory.
At The The End of A Very Wet And Windy Rally Kelly Had A 55 Second Cushion Over The WRC Impreza Driver Niall Maguire. Paddy McVeigh Completed The Podium In A Similar Subaru.
Top RWD Finisher Was Enda O’ Brien And John Butler In the immaculate 2.5 Millington Powered Escort. They finished An Incredible 5th Overall In Such Challenging Conditions For A Mk2 Escort.
The Group N Category Was Won by Monaghan Man Shane Maguire In His Evo 9.
After A Very Consistent Drive All Day Keith Power And Eddie Doherty In The Renault Clio Finished Top FWD Car Home.
In The Junior Category Shane Norris And Brian Brady In A Honda Civic Came Out Tops Ahead of Denis Nagle And Donagh Crowley In The Little Nissan Micra.

Overall Results

1. Donagh Kelly/Conor Foley (Focus WRC) 49m 56s
2. Niall Maguire/Enda Sherry (Impreza WRC) 50m 51s
3. Paddy McVeigh/Gary McElhinney (Impreza WRC) 50m 58s
4. Kevin Kelleher/Andy Mahon (Impreza WRC) 52m 02s
5. Enda O’Brien/John Butler (Escort) 52m 21s
6. Barry Ryan/Emmet Sherry (Escort) 52m 40s
7. George Condell/Gavin Sheehan (Starlet) 52m 48s
8. Trevor Mulligan/Sean Hayde (Escort) 53m 02s
9. David Condell/Eugene McGrath (Escort) 53m 14s
10. Kevin Barrett/Sean Mullally (Impreza WRC) 53m 35s

Group N award
1. Shane Maguire/Mac Kierans (Lancer Evo 9) 54m 18s

Junior Category
1. Shane Norris/Brian Brady (Civic) 58m 07s
2. Denis Nagle/Donagh Crowley (Micra) 71m 49s .

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